Author: Olivia

Need some advice. If I work two remote jobs, do I have to let the employer know or can i get away with it? Is there anyway they can find out? For context, i work in the finance industry…

I just got a PIP today. All the reasons listed for the PIP are very clear they are more because of manager's inability to actually manage a remote employee. I'm beyond frustrated but I pretended that I was grateful for the opportunity to improve. I personally think PIPs should be illegal or that employees should be able to submit PIPs on their managers. I'm also torn between signing it or waiting. My boss said she's not giving it to HR. But I have an interview for another role today internally so I'm going to hold off on it. Ugh, I just want to quit my job and start a little cafe. I hate corporate America.

A couple years ago I quit a job at the transmap corporation out of Hilliard Ohio. Look em up on glass doors they're truly wretched. The reviews will make you sick. Just to give you an idea though… It was a pavement inventory GPS/GIS job. There was some travel across the US which was cool, but it was back breaking sun up to sun down work. If you were in the field you could expect 100 hour weeks. The pay was abysmal for that field. Terrible benefits. You'd never get vacation. The only way to get a day off was to work OT for it. Worst of all though, was the management. Dude would cuss you up and down in front of the entire staff of like 15 people just for kicks. You'd be told how incompetent you are, how you'll never get a raise, and you wouldn't even get…

What grassroots teachers unions should I encourage my education friends to join?

I have been working in blue collar jobs most of my life and currently working as a security guard. I don't have a degree and could only do entry level jobs. I read stories and comments like this one or this one where people do maybe a few hours of work but slack off for the rest of the day. How are people finding these magical jobs where you hardly do any work? I know there are job search boards to look through that specialize in remote jobs. But to find this specific kind of job is quite hard since I don't know what career or job type I should do. I know some remote jobs have employee tracking software which is a huge turn off for me. But I could do my work on my laptop and use my desktop behind my laptop to slack off. If you have…

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I'm currently doing my notice for my current job, I've been there for about 6 months and things have very suddenly fallen apart. One person's wife died and now does very little hours (which is fair enough, I'd do the same), promised a promotion and never got it, the area manager refuses to change the flooring, promised a new one to be laid down in January, and it's February now… He also is forcing us to have one person in shift at a time, which is next to impossible on weekends. Things keep breaking, we're chronically understaffed, the new kitchen manager is lazy (I end up doing the majority of work when I'm in with him) and now I'm being given random hours and days to do. I put my notice in because I can't have a social life in this place, I never know when I'm working, it changes…

Went in today for a part time job at a gas station. First they decided to send me to another store instead. Whatever. Second, they offered perfect hours, well someone quit so we gotta rearrange it. Ok but you're working around my availability, I'm not stressing to be here. Ive worked for the person before at a different company but still gas station. So she has me on one day of training then next day by myself for half shift. No big deal but geez not looking great. Then she said the funniest thing I've ever heard. “They send the training videos to your email. So you can just watch them at home, whenever, while your playing with your kids.” I laughed. No hun. I'm not doing that. I'll watch them here, on the clock, thanks. There are three stores of theirs fighting for me. Offering jokes for wages and…