Author: Olivia

So my company wants us in office 1 day a week. Guess who schedules appointments that day when I need it? Me. There's nothing they can do. I schedule all my doctor, vet, and other appointments exclusively on that day of the week and there's nothing they can do about it! Edit: I'm getting a new job soon with more pay.

Does anyone else suffer from this product? The user interface for employees is absolutely terrible, and even as a software architect who can kinda read between the lines and figure out what the developer was thinking, I am sometimes defeated. Today I had to get on a screen share call with the company's internal Workday support person because it wouldn't accept a form from me … the error was “you need to set this” even though it was already set when I opened the blank form. After 20 mins of dinking around we figured out that you had to turn the checkbox that was already set off and on again, a bug in Workday. I used to work for a small company that made specialized HR software, and we used to regularly ridicule Workday for its terrible UI, a decade later nothing has changed. I can only assume the way…

Earlier today, I reached out to HR at my previous employer to request an increase in my severance pay, which they agreed to. During the conversation, HR informed me that I need not be concerned about future employment checks, as potential employers typically only inquire about my start and end dates and whether I was employed there. However, she also mentioned if they ask about rehire, that she does not answer that. Additionally, HR mentioned that I am eligible to apply for unemployment benefits after my severance pay runs out, and that my claim would not be contested. ​ Recently, I accepted a contract-to-hire job offer which is set to begin on Monday. However, given HR's advice that I could apply for unemployment benefits, I am now considering doing so instead of taking this job, and focusing my efforts on studying for the CPA and finding a better job opportunity.…

Sih-suh-FAN-tik Adjective. Describing behavior that is insincerely flattering or servile for the purpose of gaining power, but ultimately futile and ineffective. The term draws on the myth of Sisyphus to work endlessly in futility as well as the word sycophant to flatter someone to gain power.