Author: Olivia

Today my boss said I’m not thankful for my job and that I expect praise and appreciation. I said that I hadn’t much praise over the course of the job. She said she thanks me frequently and is always advocating for me. I said I appreciate that but had these experiences otherwise. She said that it sounds like the praise will never be enough for me.

My manager keeps scheduling me for 10 or 12 hour shifts and it's really bothering me. And also asks me frequently if I can stay past my scheduled time at the last minute… The first couple times we're okay but it's starting to become a daily thing.

u/rayhollyx Just give it up man. You deleted your post, then posted another one on the sub. You continue to block people, even reporting users, and then you stealth edit your response to things like “chill out bro”, “so much salt”, “relax bro”, “broooo”… You literally asked for a censuses and actually you received lots of good constructive criticism. Most didn’t care that live with your mother at 38. It was your lack of personal accountability, willingness to accept that YOU need to put more effort into bettering YOUR life, and blaming everything and everyone else for your crappy situation. To every other OC resident out there at least making the effort to be a contributing member of society, hats off to you, and you got this!🤙

Christmas Eve 2021, large hospital. My acting ward manager (a low empathy control freak who had somehow slid into the job without an interview and burrowed in like a tick) had rostered excess staff on. We smashed the workload in half a shift then requested to sign off (using accrued leave). We'd been struggling through covid, we were beat. Nope. She announced she'd deliberately rostered us on, on Christmas Eve, to “give us time to catch up on outstanding mandatory education modules”. The ones that she hadn't given us time to do during the year…. I was seething. Esp as all the senior staff had given themselves leave. Next month I attended a general meeting with the exec as the employee rep. Me, casually “so, when is that acting manager role going to be permanently filled?” Exec “it hasn't been!? Well, we should probably look at a restructure while we're…

I just got hired for a great paying position but my benefits won't kick in for I believe 2 months. My orientation is 05/30. I have flight, rental car, and event tickets to an event from 07/20 to 07/24. I can go back to work the night of the 24th. I would have to miss the 20th, 21st, and 23rd. That is 3 days. This is a union job and I believe I get 40 hours off after those 2 months but they may go by seniority for that as well. Nonetheless I think I miss it by a week. They haven't really given me the entire information yet, I'll find out on my new hire date. How should I go about this? I put a lot of money and planning into this vacation, and I really want to fight to still go to it. What could I say or…

I’ll keep this as brief as I can, but hoping someone thinking of working for a certain large Hobby/Craft store will read this and change their mind. While going back to college online I decided to take a job at a craft store known for their large stores and controversial leadership. I worked in their framing shop because it was something I had done years before with another company and enjoyed seeing the interesting artwork people brought in. Unfortunately I started there shortly before Christmastime, which is their busiest time and when team leads and managers apparently become dictators. Each department was assigned an aisle of Christmas decor that they’re responsible for and members of each department rotated cleaning and restocking the aisles. At the end of your shift you also had to make sure your aisle was fully stocked before you were ALLOWED to leave. This is difficult enough…

My daughter found a really nice new job she’s looking forward to starting. When she gave her two week notice, she was informed that she’s only eligible for a 50% payout of her accrued PTO. If she stays four weeks, she’d be eligible for a 100% payout. She’d also have to train her replacement during this period. This doesn’t seem legal but there seems to be no laws preventing it. Just seems wrong but nothing surprises me anymore.