A big eff you for your ridiculous rules/policies, disrespect, bitchy employees, forcing me to dye my hair, and much more! Best of luck to ya!
Author: Olivia
I went through 3 interviews with a company whose listing stated that 3-5 years of Marketing experience was required. The job had a hefty list of responsibilities and the company is definitely a place that rakes in a lot of money. Anyway, I ended up really liking company #1 and I had a job offer on the table from another company so I told company #1 that they were my first choice and that my timeline was now shorter because I needed to give company #2 a decision on whether I was going to accept the job offer or not. They sped up the hiring process for me and I got an offer from company #1 within 2 days. They told me that the starting rate was $20/hour. I was floored. I have 4.5 years of experience and I had no idea what to say to this guy. What did…
Can someone explain to me like I'm an idiot, what this whole “write up” and “goes in your file” shit is that I see in so many posts? I sort of understand if you're working at a large, multinational, institutional corporation and plan to be there for 30 years across multiple locations and departments. But for people who work at a local florist or fucking Foot Locker, this is the dumbest thing I've ever heard of, that people seem to accept this as something to fear. Oh no! Not a “write up”! Not a report put IN MY FILE! How will my career recover from “Barbara” saving a note in a manila folder somewhere where she dramatically chronicled that time I wore ripped jeans to work back in 2019? Imagine if I yelled at my dog that I was writing him up for shitting in his crate again. That's how…
So I’m super ticked off, I just learned that my employer at the coffee shop I work at has hired a lady, with no food or coffee experience to take the manager roll I was offered. A month and a half ago I talked to her and said that I would be happy to take on a larger roll within the franchise, and she said she’d be happy to promote me. What she’s done instead is given me more hours more responsibility, and when I ask about the promotion she laughs at me. I like where I work, and I like who I work for however, I’m going to quit soon once school starts. I’m super frustrated and don’t understand why business owners don’t focus on keeping the people they have and focus on replacing them in case they leave. Well, she made a good prediction because I’m out of…
Calvinism rots the protestant work “ethic” to the core. Basically, in a nutshell, most anglo-saxons* believe (and that’s so pervasive that even non-protestants believe it, too!!!) that poor people are poor because they are lazy, and they are lazy because they have no morals, and they have no morals because god has decided so, and there’s nothing that can be done about it, except punishing the poor because of their poor morals. It’s not for nothing that France seriously persecuted calvinists and protestants for centuries, because they have a very toxic mindet that absolutely rots the social fabric. Nothing will ever be able to be done until calvinism is totally eradicated from the anglo-saxon collective psyché. Which is to basically say “never”. * “Anglo-saxon” is a French political science term that designates the protestant, english-speaking countries (England†, USA, Canada, Australia, New-Zealand). † I purposedly avoided mentionning Cymru, Alba and Éire.
So I’ve been with this company for almost a year. About five months ago, they promised to transition my position into a more design-oriented one. They said this transition would take about a month. It’s been five, and there has been no movement on this. I brought it up to my boss (this isn’t the first time, by the way. They’ve been blowing me off about this for awhile.) yesterday, and told him that I think the company could use a full time designer and that I’d love for my position transition to be prioritized. I reminded him of my design experience, and that I have a portfolio I can send to him if that’s what is holding him back from moving forward. He then proceeded to pull up the “graphic design is my passion” meme on his phone and show it to me. “Have you seen this meme?”, he…
To provide some context, I work for a small marketing agency. I’m quiting for a long list of reasons (against remote work, constantly watching the clock, toxic culture) but also because I landed a gig that would be fully remote and pay me more. I was a top performer at this agency and was promoted to a managerial position in less than a year. I started job searching aggressively when the CEO started to bully me everyday. She would nitpick my work, make passive aggressive remarks during meetings, and lecture me for not working past 6pm. When I finally received an offer at another position, I immediately sent off my notice via email and thought that would be the end of it. They did not send a reply to my email nor make any acknowledgments to it besides one off-handed comment from another executive: “Guess we don’t need your head…