Author: Olivia

I requested a day off next week to take my boyfriend to a work conference. I foolishly committed to taking him before getting my request approved and it was denied because I’m out of personal leave (used 80% of my sick days just in November from the flu and covid back to back) Regardless, I’m 24 and I work a minimum wage job at a school. In the grand scheme of things, I’d rather drive him and do something fun by myself than waste the day at work. I want a new job anyway but don’t want to burn bridges at this one. Do I just not show up? Tell my manager, “cool, um, I’m still not going to show up”. Do I call out sick like I should have just done but my dumbass wanted to be honest?

I have a virtual work from home job. The company I work for has employees all around the globe. I was told recently that supervisors and managers are making an effort this year to fly around and see everybody. I went to dinner early on with my immediate supervisor and manager when I was first hired. This was way before COVID and I was still working in the office so it wasn't as big of a deal. Now though, I've grown to really resent my manager and the company. I still enjoy what I do and take pride in my work but I don't feel I am valued and do not wish to be forced to spend my evening at a restaurant with my bosses. Am I obligated to go on a dinner date with them? Are there any laws that would protect me if I decided not to go?…

I got reprimanded today for a job I took a while back because I needed work, but slowly started to enjoy it and thought I’d be good at it. And now I’m starting to question if I’m actually “good” at any job I’ve ever had and I don’t think I was/am. I’m trying to unlearn negative stereotypes around work and self valuation based on how much I contribute to capitalism, but working between the nonprofit and education realms, it feels different because it’s supposed to “be a calling” or help others out. If you’re “not good at your job,” what did you do to kind of accept that mentally and find value elsewhere in your life? How did you break this tendency (lot of Americans have it) to see your self worth in your career?

I got hired at a small startup (I'm on a team of 3, after another employee quit today) in April 2022 as VP of Operations. My Employment Agreement (EA) said I'd be paid $85k for the first year, then increase to $100k after one year. The EA also promised me “1% equity in the company, vesting monthly over 4 years with a 1 year cliff.” That is the entirety of the language the contract included about equity. We are currently reorganizing the company. We operate two distinct legal entites, and we're merging them into one new entity. Last Friday, I was sent a Shareholder's Agreement (SA) to sign spelling out the terms of the distribution of shares. I was unhappy with the SA, because it seemed to effectively take away equity offered in my EA. Instead of offering me a fixed 1% of the company, the SA said I owned…