Author: Olivia

So I've been applying to jobs in the marketing field since that's my area of expertise, but I've been out of work for a while since I went back to school. I totally forgot how scammy some of these marketing companies are. So I picked up the phone very enthusiastically, ready to scam bait and the woman says “hi, I'm so and so from so and so company that you applied for” I was totally shocked. I worked for one of these sketchy scam marketing companies back in 2019 so at that point I know exactly what's going on, but I continue the call and we hang up. I immediately look up the phone number and the company pops up. All young, inexperienced looking ppl. Nothing about this looks professional. I go to the website which is basically a landing page and integrated Instagram. The instagram is just full of…

So basically the title. I (22f) was at the coffee station getting a cup of coffee this morning. My coworker (50m) saw me and said “drinking coffee is unhealthy.” I looked at him, shrugged and said “well it is what it is. I like it.” I'm not gonna defend why I think it's fine to drink coffee, it's just that simple. I like coffee. He looked at me, shook his head disapprovingly and said “You are such a donkey.” I heard him perfectly clearly but turned to him and said “what” to see if he had the audacity to repeat himself. He got shy and was like “nah man you're good” and walked off. Honestly I'm shocked. We don't have an HR as we are a very small company. What the hell do I do?

Seems weird, but I’m assuming is legal. My employer is spamming all employees encouraging them to donate to their political action committee. They give some general goals for their political action committees, which are mainly to advocate for the company/industry. They don’t disclose who they donate to, but it’s like 60% R’s and 40% D’s. They don’t tell you which candidates, and I hate the thought of my money going to a candidate I fundamentally dislike, so I’m probably not going to donate. But this is the first time I’ve had a company ask me to give them money to advocate for themselves politically, and am wondering what are the legalities surrounding this?

After working as a weekend NA for several years in a different city I decided to give it another go in late March to try and clear off some debt. I was hoping it would be very similar as it was at my previous hotel, but the difference between what was expected of the night auditor was like the difference between night and day. It really helped me appreciate what I had at my old property. I was expected to do the typical auditor stuff: run the audit, organize paperwork for management, slip folios under guest doors, etc. On top of that I was also expected to change out the trash of all trash cans on the first floors including the trash cans around the outside of the building. Sweep and mop the first floor which is quite large. Prepare the keys and print off guest agreements for the check-ins…

It’s probably best not to trust them. Last week I was let go from a company I worked at for over 2 years. They list transparency as one of their most important culture values yet are being shady about layoffs. The ceo of this tech company was asked during our stakeholders meeting a few weeks ago if we would experience layoffs and he emphatically said absolutely not. Yet during the last two weeks multiple people in high pay positions have been let go without any warning due to weird reasons. Many of us have never had any disciplinary actions against us, we were leaders in our respective departments, we were in management training, we worked late and on weekends and for what? I found about 7 other top ranking employees who were let go for bullshit reasons and they all agree that this is managements way of having layoffs without…