Author: Olivia

I have been working this part time job since my junior year of college. The hours sucked but the work was somewhat relevant to my field. Currently I am taking 19 credit hours and simply did not have the time for the job anymore, the hours were overnight and evenings on the weekend. I sent my notice in on Sunday, the upcoming weekend I was scheduled to work overnight, I could not do this as I have two projects due the following week, I told my manager this three weeks ago and he decided to continue having me work that shift. He did not want to be flexible so I quit. Fast foward to this monday, I receive a call at 7am. The managers boss calls me and starts to berate me, “What you did is so dissapointing.” Also, “This makes me question your character as you can't be reliable.”…

They have a snack rack for employees who can not afford lunches. I’ve seen it filled with Ramen, apple sauce, and pop-tarts. You know whatever the Manager finds at the dollar tree that week. It was often times empty Also they do not provide utensils. At least not at the location I worked at. Here’s an idea, maybe pay your employees enough to be able to afford lunch.

I started working on Jan 27th of this year (2022) and it's been a rush of no training, I stock shelves but they said I'm not “Fast enough” so they are going to move me to door greeter because “you're a talker and you like to be around people”, I have no other options, I may have to move in with a friend of mine who lives with his parents and has a spare couch in the basement, I feel like a loser, door greeters are the most redundant position and all I do is check receipts of TVs and high dollar items like Printers or electronics…I get insulted by customers. One even told me to “just off yourself” What do I do?

I am a high school teacher who teaches law. I’m planning a new unit on employment law in the coming weeks and I want to start the unit with a lesson about legal lies that businesses frequently tell employees. I’m thinking about things in the vein of “you can get fired for discussing pay.” The overall goal is making sure teens are aware of their individual employment rights. Any recommendations on topics/lies I should add to the lesson would be greatly appreciated.

We need to completely reframe how we think about vacation and time off requests. I shouldn’t have to ask “permission” to take time off when I need it or want it. I am perfectly happy to notify my employer that I will be taking time off as a general courtesy to them, and work on a plan to ensure tasks and projects run smoothly in my absence. I am also happy to consider tweaking my plans if it puts significant strain on the team. But submitting a request to take off the time and await approval is patronizing and disrespectful to us as human beings. We’re not peasants working for the lord of the estate. I work so that I’m able to do the things that are meaningful and enriching to me and my family, and to support the things I love. My life isn’t my job. My job is…

*this was sent out to over 90 employees across three states. I found this in my emails from 2018 and thought I would share To All; It is with great pleasure that I tender my resignation today from ****** Enterprises and remove myself from the ranks of the ***** Windows and Doors sales team. As an individual with over twenty five years experience in home improvement I am appalled at the lack of integrity of the brand and the gross inferiority of the product. The class action lawsuit only scratches the surface of the flaws throughout the catalog. The way this company from Iowa on down treats its sales team is a complete joke. Sending out mailers with deep discounts that the commissioned salesman have to ‘eat’ from their commission or ‘negative discount’ is sham and lacks any form of integrity. Demanding that we LIE to the homeowner about the…