Author: Olivia

I work factories and like most factories the break room is a several minute walk from my station. 3 minutes each way. Recently had someone ask me why my breaks were 21 minutes. I told them my break starts when I get to the breakroom. We get 2 15 min breaks and a unpaid lunch. They really thought they were going to be able to take 12 mins a day away from me more than an hour a week from my break leaving me with 9 min breaks. I brought up how when I clock out for lunch I have to walk up to the time clock before I clock out and they backed off of me. However I see several coworkers take their 9 min breaks and shovel food down because they only have 9 mins to sit and snack. Sad more people don't put their foot down with…

Main issues i have are with management, half the time i can do my job perfectly fine without them, then they come in and micromanage wasting my time. E.g. i got fired once for saying 'anything else sir?' Instead of 'is that all?' Because it 'encourages the customer to say 'no'. But with the amount of non native english speakers in the metropolis i found people were actually struggling to understand the phrase! Grunt solutions aren't accepted. Also, i dont know how half of them get the job. I'd be better at it than them, but I know they wouldnt hire a kid in university without a degree. Has to be a soulless clueless person who stresses how they don't care about employees and want a target up their ass. I would be such a good manager it enrages me that i have to wait!! Also yeah I'm being dramatic…

I’ve hated every job I’ve ever had and I’m struggling rn to find a passion after my relationship ended recently. Most people in my life view work as their end all be all, like performing well at their job is their reason for living. Honestly if I could be like that I would, it seems so easy, but I just can’t view work as anything more than a means to make money. I’ve been trying hobbies and learning and stuff but nothings scratching that itch for me. What are you guys passionate about and live for if not work?

Hello, everyone. This is a throwaway account for obvious reasons. I work at a very well-known bank in the US, at one of its call center locations. Recently, our manager has told us that some people were abusing bathroom breaks and the solution to fix that was tell us that outside of break and lunches, we are only supposed to be on the phones and that they don't pay us to go to the bathroom. When told about needing to go in between scheduled breaks (which they won't even consider making flexible to begin with), middle management will literally give you “tips” such as sit down on the toilet during your break and don't drink any water during your shift so you won't need to go, which is obviously detrimental to one's health. When confronted about the possible adverse health effects of this new policy, they act surprised and tell…

I'm 24 and work retail. It's extremely high pressure, high volume, high sales. We see over 1000 guests a day and I handle more cash every day than I make in a year. I average like one transaction every 2-3 minutes, 8 hrs a day. I get berated by customers constantly and no matter how fast we go or how much upselling we do management and corporate hate us still and it's never enough. I come home exhausted and can't do anything but crash on the bed and barely make dinner for myself. I'm also on our union negotiating committee trying to make this job less shitty for everyone, but that means on my “off days” I'm also in meetings being told why I don't deserve better. I come home mentally and physically exhausted every day, I can barely keep my house clean or myself fed on top of work,…

My previous employer had the unmitigated gall to ask us to come in at 5:30am on days with snow. They let us know the “volunteers” would need to arrive at 5:30 on snow days and would be expected to clear snow from all sidewalks and other walkways before the rest of the employees arrived. I was the first to hold up my hand. “King, are you volunteering?” “No. I just wanted to know why we don't hire a snow removal service. It only snows about 5-10 times a year. This is a $60million a year company. The people in this group are highly trained and highly skilled at what we do. We are all certified in an extremely niche trade and are on call for life and death emergencies 24/7/365. I'm not willing to participate in the snow removal plan.” An hour later one of the other guys came up…

So I have been saving for 5 years now, and I finally have enough saved to take about 6 months off of work and do a roadtrip around the country which is something I’ve always wanted to do. I was so excited! I told my boss, who I thought I was cool with, about my plan when I gave her my two weeks notice today (actually slightly over two weeks). I told my boss that this is something I’ve always wanted, that time is one of the most valuable commodities, and I told my boss that I would love to use her as a reference when I do eventually go back to work and asked if she’d keep an eye on potential openings for me at my company. My boss said not only can I not use her as a reference, that I was being “incredibly stupid” to leave a…