Author: Olivia

Our boss decided to make us sign this “new rules” after we asked him to reinburse the gas money we spent on our vehicles to work on a 50 miles away project he pulled a few months ago. Is this legal?

It is so stupid. If the managers are in charge of scheduling people, they should also be in charge of finding coverage. It’s just one more thing to offload to the employee for which they have to be responsible for. If a manager doesn’t want to be in charge of finding coverage, they shouldn’t be managing.

I showed up to an interview today at McDonalds (money's tight and I have bills due at the end of the month). I'd scheduled the interview yesterday, and the location was nearby (within walking distance). I got there 15 minutes early, dressed in business casual. Got something to drink, and when my drink was ready and told the employee there that I had an interview at 2. Her: “Oh. Well I know that you're supposed to have an interview today, but we're no longer hiring since we hired two people yesterday.” FML, I can't seem to find a job anywhere. Applied to at least a hundred jobs this week, and every interview I've had I've either been stood up (cough cough Wendys) or haven't been contacted again.

I don't like work more than anyone else, I just want to understand what the proposed solution is to somehow eliminate it from society. It's absurd. In fact the less people that work the harder the burden is on the ones that do.

This is going to be quite long. I'm a work-from-home crisis counselor and have been in this job for over a year. I handle both calls and texts, mostly from drug and gambling addicts. My job boils down to assessing callers and giving them referrals. Initially, I was very excited to finally have a job that involved what I went to college for. However, I am now jaded. The job is very hands-off yet extremely critical of counselors at the same time. My supervisor literally disappeared for six months (we all thought she had quit). During that time, I had no supervision. Then, she reappeared out of the blue and asked me with a straight face why my quality had dipped during that time. The Quality Improvement people are the worst. They set you up to fail. They expect you to ask a million personal questions before you can offer…

Is it bad that I day dream about being fired, so the stress of my job would be off my shoulders? Anyway if you got fired what would be your next steps? Finally take that fat dump on your boss's desk? Ask for proof of firing for unemployment? Take a single day to recoup then start applying for a new job? What is your plan for your hypothetical firing?