Author: Olivia

I've only been at this job for less than 3 months. My mistakes are being aired out to my other coworkers via my manager, which makes them point out my mistakes even more to the manager. Some of my coworkers treat me like shit and then try to smile in my face as if they didn't just shit all over me. My manager doesn't tell me about my mistakes until days sometimes weeks later. I'm walking around thinking I'd done a wonderful job when that was further from the truth. I'm sick and tired of being told I'm not trying hard enough when I'm giving everything I have to this job. I'm tired of being threatened with termination if I don't shape up. I'm tired of being discriminated against, I'm tired of being told about complaints that customers have made about me weeks later. I'm tired. I'm being singled out…

This was said by the president of my department. We had a line management call with the new president of our department, who spent the majority of the call berating us. When a discussion came up regarding an employee who just returned from maternity leave, it was brought up that the responsibilities she had prior to leave were now aligned with a position one level above her (we recently went through a departmental re-org). Our president said that if we reassign her the same work she did before, that she will ultimately want a promotion, and that millennials and gen Zers don’t want to work hard for promotions or raises, they just want everything handed to them. They went on to say that it would be better if she just decided to quit rather than give her a promotion. Way to say the quiet part out loud. Oh yeah, If…

Is there one that is ideal?

Sorry for formatting, on mobile. Started a new position a couple years back, was told by hr that there'd be growth potential. From the get go I caught on quickly, to the point of being offered higher level projects. I exceeded expectations on everything I did. I asked to learn about more complex systems and then expressed an interest in moving up…anyway, long story short, my boss was supposedly unable to convince higher ups to promote me. I'm not convinced it was ever presented to those people, but whatever. Review time came, I got “exceeds expectations” for the entire thing. I am still bitter. I want to stop going the extra mile without coming across like I'm doing just that. But really I just need help to stop continually offering to do more in some misguided attempt to be worthy of a promotion that will probably never come.

Peace is a lie, there is only passion.Through passion, I gain strength.Through strength, I gain power.Through power, I gain victory.Through victory, my chains are broken.

I'm currently working a job in Australia, NSW, and I'm pretty sure for an 8 hr shift you get a minimum of (2×) 10 minute paid breaks and a half an hour unpaid. I only 20 minutes unpaid, and I'm not sure what to do/where to go for this. I know I could report it to fairwork or somewhere similar, but the store is foreign owned and I'm pretty sure they'll just shut down out branch; they've done it to similar “uncooporative” stores in the state as well. is there anything I can do without losing my job?