Author: Olivia

I used to work at a bookshop for the last 45 days, I Started working 9-12 hours a day, the job was customer service behind the counter and anything else if i don’t have work to do,i got paid per day, The manager who is the son of the bookshop owner told me to leave for 2 hours when we are not busy, when i asked him why, he told me that you’re not getting paid enough to buy a meal every day(and thats true) because i was getting paid 1 dollar per hour, if I worked 10 hours, one time, i came across the owner when i was leaving to eat at home, and he told me that I should stop coming to work for at least 20 days because they were not having enough customers due to bad weather, while i was left alone dealing with 10 customers…

I’m in the process of starting my new job in a field I can see myself staying in for a long time. It’s important to me that I’ll work a job that I actually enjoy instead of the disrespectful get-by jobs I’m used to. My best friend is getting married in late May and I’m a bridesmaid. I will be working an alternating schedule starting out and the wedding will be on a Saturday. As you may have seen from my previous post, I have made the mistake of being too trusting in my previous job. I don’t want to assume I’ve got this job indefinitely and I want to protect myself. But I have been her friend for years and she’s important to me so I have to do what I can to be in the wedding. When would be the best time to bring this up? And how…

It might sound very obvious that I should get a new job but I’d like to explain a little bit. So I will start with the cons of my job. To start, the pay is not great, the commute sucks, I recently discovered I make the same amount as someone who has worked there for 12 years (I’ve been there 3 years), sometimes I do work email outside of work because my work email is on my phone because they give me money every month for “phone reimbursement”, I could keep lost stuff but I want to get on to the pros. The pros are that I am great at what I do, I love everybody that I work with including my supervisor, I have some freedom in this place to walk away (still doing my job just need to be outside or in another building) and no one questions…

Im curious how much people make a year that are part of this subreddit. Please post your TC below! Edit: seeing a lot of high earning tech workers in here. This is very interesting to me.

I accepted a position with an expanding pharma company after a layoff in December. After a month my manager is riding me for my “performance”. My territory basically sucks and I recently found that several people have failed in this area. I mean, how much opportunity can you have in a 15 mile radius. After being hired I immediately saw a problem and it was my territory. I spoke with my manager about expanding into other cities and I was met with “I will get back to you”. After a month of diligently working my territory I get a call from the boss man. Basically he said I was underperforming compared to my class. I fire back: The other reps have 200+ quarterly prescriptions they are inheriting. There are 20+ demos in field for each clinic in other territories (easy in) They have a 40+ square mile radius and I…

Speaking with my wife she asked if I (Electrician, Alberta, Non-Union) get sick time. I respond that's laughable. I don't think any of the construction disciplines get sick time and Vacation pay is typically paid out each pay cheque. I think it may be that the employers want have a control over an employee, ie: can't take vacation unless you set aside your vacay pay and not treat it as your hourly. Ciao for Now

So originally I had met with my boss and the manager directly above me to talk about schedules. I’m the Assistant Manager at the facility I work at. We decided that my manager and I would be alternating between Mondays and Saturdays off. Today my boss told me that she never said that, and that I’ll only get one Saturday off per month, despite me showing her all of the things in the schedule that coordinate with her decision to alternate Saturdays off. She said that she actually wants me to work every Saturday, so my manager only has to work Monday-Friday. It feels like no matter how much work I do, I’m always being overlooked as an employee and as a person. Should I just get a different job at this point?