Author: Olivia

I started working full time for my current employer on Jan. 20, 2020. The employee handbook given to me at the time said I would be given and additional 40 hours PTO after three years with no caveats listed, I still have this copy, so I thought it would be applied this past January. When it wasn't I reached out to HR thinking it was a simple mistake. Nope. Turns out they grant additional PTO to employees on January 1 the year after their anniversary, no matter when that is. I followed up asking if a person started Dec. 30 and another Jan. 2, would the second need to work an additional year to get the same benefit? Their response was, ” this is the policy”…. I even asked where this was written and they linked me to an obscure “PTO FAQ” page buried on their company SharePoint page. Thankfully,…

I’m the supervisor of a coffee shop on a college campus. We are run by a third party company. We have a sister store on campus that we work closely with. The supervisor at the other store recently told their employees that working with me would make them want to kill themselves. I went to the head of HR on our campus to handle the matter. They spoke with both of us separately about the issue and afterward I was told by HR “hopefully you both can work it out amongst yourselves”. I don’t feel like anything was actually done and I’m not sure where to go from here? Should I let it go or pursue the issue further?

I have no money left. I've done shit loads of work though and it's going to go unpaid. I'm hiding underneath the blanket today because I feel sick to my stomach. I've never not been able to pay my own bills. I'm considering pulling the plug and going back to working for some asshole. I've also considered selling everything I have and moving to Mexico. No one cares either. I made the calls to the people. Not a one has an interest in putting a check in my hands. This country is so fucked up. The amount of debt general contractors are carrying is out of control and the wheels are coming off so fast. I guess let it crash. If I have to go down then I hope all these other people go down with me. System is broken. Fuck people who refuse to pay bills. Fuck capitalism.