Author: Olivia

I was one minute late today and received the following email: “Good Morning, We noticed you arrived late to the huddle this morning. Please remember that the expectation is to arrive on time, and that this is where we share important information for the running of the day. Thanks, and let us know what questions you have.” I asked my co-workers if any of them have had a similar experience, and one of them arrived right on time seconds after the pre-shift huddle started, and still got an email similar to this one. The word from middle management is soon they’ll be writing people up if they arrive seconds after these huddles start, even if we’re at work on the dot. I really like my job, and it’s a shame because stuff like this makes me question what I’m doing there.

This is a throw away. This particular work incident and what followed since has been unlike anything I've experienced at a job so I'm making a post and will update what goes on next if anything. It is long. Tl;dr at the bottom. My boss, who is also president of the company, is…insane. She's penny-pinched co-workers all while she does research for clients for free and allows her sons do whatever they want (come in once a week, play their switch at work, etc. She's also paying for a house for her adult, 30-something son, the one who comes in once a week. I don't blame him. That's the dream. But maybe don't bitch at your workers for taking an extra minute to do something then. Also, she recently bought another vehicle and cell phones for all 4 of them.) She chews out co-workers in front of others. She's considered…

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I work remotely as a manager for a for a digital marketing company based in the US. I am the only US citizen working for the company, where there are less than 100 employees total. I know based on my tax information that I am a contractor at the company, technically freelance. But the company CEO and COO insist on calling us all employees. They are enforcing hours and processes, giving strikes when someone doesn’t work on the weekends when they want, and the CEO pays salaries through his personal bank account. They also tried to not let us list our employment with the company on LinkedIns and it her socials. When I brought it up (“I’m confused because on my tax documents it’s says xyz…”) they made us all sign a code of conduct that outlines all of this and insisted we were all employees. We don’t have any…

Let’s just say many things are happening in the sterile processing department right now, all correlated to a certain brand new toxic manager. It’s been 3 weeks and it’s only getting worse. To the point of counter-productivity due to this manager’s decisions. We’ve ALL contacted as much of the chain of command as we could, including HR, and nothing will be done. Of course not, because they think we’re piles of shit that do nothing right. Honestly we can only go so high in command, cause honestly we all know anyone executive and in upper management could care less about who’s working in these hospitals. In all specialties. So… this is just personal research 🙂 what have you guys done if you’ve been on strike? Or went somewhere for a strike contract? What did they do to strike? Were there results? Just would like to know 🙂

I know so many people who take such pride and sense of identity for being a diehard worker who gives it their all, never phones in sick, rarely takes holidays etc but don’t actually seem to get any benefits from it. I do my job very well, I’m competent in my role and constantly look to improve my skills and have been rewarded for doing so financially. As far as dedication goes. I’m on time everyday but I leave on time everyday. I don’t do beyond what is reasonable, I take holidays and have no issues with being off sick for however long is needed. I’m of the mindset that this is an exchange of skills for money. Is this just a weird people pleasing defect, a personal boundary issue or have these people been brainwashed? I could understand if this was about greed or personal gain but these people…

My one year ‘anniversary’ with this company is coming up at the end of the month and I want to ask for a performance review and a raise. For more context, I am a server working with elders so legally we don’t get tips (while also experiencing the same stress from a regular restaurant) and i only make about .50 above minimum wage (CA). While there are many times where I’ve had to call out, be late or ask for time off (I am a full time student), I am one of the very few servers that go above and beyond, and is highly loved by the clients. We are a small team and everybody is essential. According to higher ups we’re “fully staffed” but yet there are days we struggle. If I was to quit, it would definitely be noticed and be an inconvenience to the rest of the…

Maybe we can crowdsource a master list of the best objections to the BS reasons our bosses are giving us to come in person. Would love to hear the reasons your bosses gave you and what you replied. Even better if it worked. I'll go first. My bosses are demanding we work in-person because: “For collaboration” video calls exist… “Because people aren't as productive at home” we've been working remotely, no missed deadlines, equally if not more productive… Bonus secret reason: “Our office space is $25,000/month” Don't lease a building you can't afford! Have you considered skipping the Starbucks and avocado toast?

Hi all, Today was the final straw at work. One of my colleagues was working on an incredible community project, which our boss tried to sabotage this event from the beginning. The presentation went well and the boss took all of the credit for it. The real kicker was some community members presented her with flowers, even though my colleague did everything. The boss sent out an email stating how wonderful it was they gave her flowers and my colleague responded how much she liked the flowers/needed to know where they were from because she wanted to get her own. And after 10pm, the boss sent a text message to all of our personal phones with a photo of the flower, stating how much she was enjoying them in her apartment. I’m so disgusted. This woman is so narcissistic and abusive. She has no boundaries and she undervalues everyone. We…