Author: Olivia

And I'm one of the lucky ones. I have a place to sleep at night, food in my stomach, and no fear of gunshots that riddle neighborhoods less than 30 minutes from here (chicago). Literally if I was born 10 minutes in a different direction my life could have been much worse. That's just in one city. Now expand that to a global scale. I could have been born in bumbfuck Russia and be drinking myself to death right now and working the only job in town that's some factory literally making the air poisonous. So people tell me to shut up and we have it easy. But, life in America has it's own drawbacks. If I have a medical emergency for example I'm kinda fucked. I was out taking a walk the other day and kinda thinking “hope i don't break an ankle that bill would destroy me”. I'm…

It was a big event day at the store and they only had two employees working ( me being the only cashier). I couldn’t leave my station to use the bathroom or even eat or drink water because it was incredibly busy with me being the only one on the register ( the other lady doesn’t know how to use it). My boss called me to ask if I wanted to take my 1 hour lunch or go home an hour early. Before I could even answer she said it would be preferable if I went home early so SHE wouldn’t have to make the drive to where I was at to cover me for lunch . So I had no choice but to accept the leaving early deal which didn’t really matter because I ended up leaving 14 minutes past since my boss never went inside to charge the…

I've written up an email to my boss already, as follows: “Hi (Boss), Please take this email as my notice of resignation, effective immediately. I know that this is very unprofessional and I should give a longer notice, but please understand I am doing this for the sake of my health. Over the past year and a half I've worked at (job), I have had many health problems both mentally and physically, with most of them stemming from my complete lack of healthy sleep. I've realized now that I am just not suited for a third shift position. I can't adhere to a consistent sleep schedule on my days off, and I can barely sleep at all on my scheduled days. I apologize for leaving my position so abruptly. I hold no ill will towards any of you and I sincerely wish you all the best. (My name)” ​ The…

That’s it. I am so sick of my career taking a nosedive when we have a child. I did the math today and the next time I will be able to work a FT 8-5 in-person job, I will be in my mid-50s. I have a masters, graduated with honors, and have worked most of my life (80s kid who first babysat at age 9 and got my first job in a grocery store as a checker at age 15). Every time our child is an infant and toddler, I’m sick with stress about trying to pay our bills and stay afloat. I’ve successfully worked remotely for more than one employer for a total of almost six years of remote work, including a high-stress job in the legal industry during the first years of the COVID pandemic. The U.S. government seems to actually want new mothers to just die -…

I have a question and I'm new to this! So I have 160 hours to use for my holidays in my current company. I'm considering leaving and now I'm wondering if I should use all my hours before doing so. Or is that a bad idea cause the hours might be transferring to my new company. Could anyone tell me what to do? I'm working in Ireland if that's relevant. And companies have no coo-relation.

I'm pretty bad at this, but it's aggravating and I just need to release some anger. So mothers 50th birthday celebration was on saturday. Since I've started working at this restaurant I've always opened it on saturday. Schedule gets posted every week on sunday. I didn't tell my manager about it because if it was going to change he'd tell me. ( assumption 1, wrong ) He scheduled me in the evening on saturday. Me and my mom don't get along. I've been told by the owner I should try an make some concessions. Okay, told my mom we'll celebrate another day, just me and her. This thursday my mom personally asked me to be there. I called my boss up, while on a drive, to find coverage. He said he would cover my shift. ( action 1, wrong ) he back pedaled hard on this one. I should have…

It seems to be a staple among name brands, and it seems to be a persistent hinderance. This is utterly inhumane.