Author: Olivia

I need to vent for a moment about this bullshit United Way campaign my employer does every year. It's coming up for us and I know it's really common with office type jobs in the US. I have no problem giving to charity. I have small recurring monthly donations to a couple organizations I believe in strongly and have done so for years. I do have a problem with my employer trying to bully me into donating to a specific organization that gives them fucking kickbacks if I fork over my money. I have a problem with the fact that the employer gets social cred if they bully enough of their employees into donating. And I have a huge fucking problem with giving my money to an organization whose entire purpose is to skim a little off the top and then just pass the money along to the groups actually…

I’m retired, Previous employer wants me back on limited basis. It’ll be hourly contract work. They want to pay me at my previous full time rate. Seem fair? I’m not desperate for $$ but would be useful to contribute and get paid.

Employment at will means, and even with cases of stricter labour laws, you can even get fired for crying at work. I am fortunate enough to live in a country with hardcore protection for workers, and I find the concept of being able to just fire anyone at will appalling. Apparently some employers use the reasoning that behaviour like crying negatively impacts the atmosphere in the work place. I was once “disciplined” for misbehaving on a weekend team building event as well as for being drunk during the day at work, and they literally begged me to resign because where I live it is so hard to fire anyone. The entire concept of employment at will is anathema to the culture of labour relations in South Africa, and I find the idea of firing someone for crying to be particularly disgusting. https://preview.redd.it/uwqbdyez6ofa1.png?width=640&format=png&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=82c15060093f955af6986254190c4f94cbbeff8e

I feel this is the best Reddit to ask about this. To be clear this isn’t my current employer we worked together on a project last month and we’re going to meet for a debrief. We are supposed to meet this evening but he hasn’t reached out to confirm and neither have I considering I don’t really want to go lol. Just wondering if it’s on him for not following up or me for not showing up.

The owner sent a text to the assistant manager saying “when T is back, fire A” A was also in the text thread. The assistant manager liked the text message. Neither of them realized that A saw the text. This is just one of many reasons to quit. Several of us are putting in our notice. My bank account tells me to work the rest of the month. Myself is telling me to give 2 weeks notice tomorrow. So of course, ask the internet. 2 weeks notice tomorrow or 2 weeks notice on 2/11? Eta – this was a fun money job. I not relying on it financially.