Author: Olivia

I'm 30 and cynical enough now that I don't really give a damn whether I feel like I'm making the world a better place at work anymore. I just want union protection. What the hell options might I have in the South to make a slim living – preferably ones that don't require unpaid apprenticeships or taking out loans for a degree and aren't wildly unfriendly if you're not a man e.g. electrical? I know we're all here concluding “THERE ARE NO F*CKING OPTIONS” but there has to be something… Right??? I don't have kids, my spouse is in the trades, we're not planning on buying a home. Shouldn't that give me some kind of flexibility since I can take less pay?? Background: I'm a public health student, so ofc I'd rather work in anything plausibly related – but a public health bachelor's is something I'm happy to have even…

After over a year of dealing with horrible hours, a schedule that we didn’t know until the day before, staffing shortages, so much drama between managers and employees, and more, I finally quit. I had my eyes set on a different employer. I applied and was hired. I can’t believe just how much different (in a god way) this place is. Both locations are dealing with a lot of the same issues, like being short staffed and dealing with COVID, but the way my new place is handling the problems is better in every way. And on top of that, I’m being paid more, have much better benefits, and have a set schedule. Please don’t sell yourself short. Employers can treat you better. And if they don’t, then they don’t deserve you or your time.

Working in a large IT company in the UK and my manager has been really pushing for a full return to the office with the “freedom day” our government has announced. After multiple staff quitting and a lot of bad glass door reviews theyve begrudgingly allowed certain teams to WFH for 2 days a week (after the whole company doing it fine for 2 years prior). Annoyed with this I started to book my holidays so that I would be off Mon/Tue/wed, for the next month and a half and then working from home the last two days of the month. Boss approves all the holidays I requested and then AFTER APPROVAL sends a notice out to staff about a change to the WFH policy to a mandatory 3 days minimum in the office no matter when holidays are booked. I'm beyond annoyed at being forced into the office just…

Long story short, my best friend (both of us in our last year of college) sent me a text that he saw new students taking the accelerated class in his major crying and thought it was funny. He thought it was funny that senior level students were crying over the amount of work being forced on them. This isn’t the first instance, either. He’s generally always held himself as a “grinder” and says that “it sucks but you’re better for it in the end.” I just disagree entirely. Some people work at a slower pace and you don’t know what personally struggles these people have. Ironically, he went to therapy because of how unhappy he was for having “grass is greener syndrome” and is trying to work his way out of depression; thinking that when he’s in the workforce that his life will magically be better. I just needed to…

After asking for 3 professional references- which that’s ok, fine. But my W2s?! Is that even legal? What on earth? I don’t feel as if strangers are entitled to look at my W2s! It seems so manipulative and creepy. (I wrote another post about this interview. I didn’t get good vibes from these people. I wrote to them and told them I wasn’t interested in the position.)