Author: Olivia

​ “This email box is not monitored”

I’m not sure if this is the place to ask, but i’m recently interviewing for a job and got to the third interview which means they are very much considering me. I asked about benefits and PTO and they said your first 2 years you get 10 days of PTO and then after 2 years you get 15 days. I definitely don’t think 10 days is enough and want to ask, can this be negotiated or is PTO standard in companies and can’t be negotiated? but like…. who the hell gives someone only TEN days off a YEAR…

A spinning blue circle is popping up next to my mouse cursor on a pretty regular basis right now (every 10-20 seconds). Is it safe to say my work is being monitored?

I am a mid 40s corporate employee. Early in my career, I never felt comfortable using my time to watch TV, play video games, or generally relax. I liked to by busy building relationships, travelling, pursuing my hobbies, and if those weren't available, I would work extra hours at my job. This approach made me very successful at work and I enjoyed learning new things. As I got older and started a family, my “free” time shrank and I was no longer willing to work the extra hours. I had fortunately progressed to a senior role with much more flexibility allowing me live a much more balanced life and work for a company I like. Looking back, I feel like it was a worthwhile trade to work the extra hours in my 20s to give me a richer and more flexible life in my 40s. When I see younger people…

It was an older couple who bought a big house (in California, I think) so they could retire there, but they realized they would need to spend a good chunk of their free time maintaining said house. What happened is that they bought a mansion thinking they would have housekeepers but the cost of living is so high where their mansion is, that there is no housekeepers living nearby and no housekeepers willing to do the commute. Does that ring a bell to anyone?

I broke my hand earlier this week, and called my boss immediately to let her know my shift that day may be hard to get to. She urged me to push through the pain to make the shift. After finding out I’ll need surgery on my hand. A staff wide email was sent out asking for help covering my shifts. The only thing is she put out how I broke my hand and it felt very shaming. My gut reaction is to not want to ever show up there again. Is this wrong?

Started at $20, got a 0.50 cent raise. Our new minimum became $21 so they brought me there but my 0.50 cents wasn’t taken into account. I brought this up and they should be happy I’m at where I’m at. But totally disregarded and denied that my 50 cent raise is now null and void. You can’t make this up.

This is the prompt of an essay required for a scholarship… the other scholarship is “Why do free markets work and how can free press ensure their prosperity” lol great guess I won’t apply Not asking anyone to help w the prompts of course, I just think these are ridiculous like really?

Every day that I have to directly communicate with her while nobody else is present she speaks down to me like I am a toddler. She ignores things that I say to better fit her narrative and and will put words in my mouth. She’ll ask me about how to solve work flow issues or “inefficiencies” and then when I don’t propose $1000+ ideas to fix the issue she says I’m not properly “brainstorming.” She also repeats the same thing over and over again so all of this takes 20-30 minutes. I know this a but ranty but I don’t know how to move forward. Currently my direct supervisor is the only one who knows what is going on and she is asking me to put in a formal complaint but I don’t have any evidence. The only thing I do have is maybe a witness (who is probably not…