Author: Olivia

My manager hired me as a sales associate and had me come in the next day to bring in my ID, she was there with a moving van and her dog. Had to go home to get a different form if ID, came back, she was gone and her number had changed. Worked the next 2 days having no clue how to even run the register (11 hour closing shifts) then had to open then store myself today (after closing last night), which im not authorized to do and dont even know how to do as i wasnt even trained as a sales associate. Basically just had to figure out everything by a combination of google and making calls. Last night i was just given a key and told i was opening alone. The manager is gone, and i am an untrained sales associate acting as manager now. Ive been…

I'm just kind of shaking with rage at the moment, having been informed in a closed office this morning that calling out when roads are impassable because of snow and I don't want to risk driving 30 miles in a Prius for two days last month, was not acceptable. It's my responsibility to fulfill my duties so apparently it was my job to find a coworker to couch surf with for a few days who lives closer, so I could come in. This is just one of many things so fucked up about this job and I just….ahhhhh!

My company has sent all employees a survey. They say it will be compiled by a third party and will be anonymous. In Canada, so I know privacy law is somewhat better than in the States, but do I tell the truth on the survey?

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I've been thinking lately about how these posts we see on here about recruiters/bosses being frustrated with their employees is indicative of a generational gap. So many boomers just devoted their lives to working themselves to death and had their identities defined by work. Later generations seeing how toxic this worldview is are rejecting that. In my own personal experience my parents are constantly defining my happiness and value by how work is going. And even worse, I see them viewing my children in the same way (their grandchildren) saying things like “He is so smart, he's gonna do amazing things!” or “She's so creative, she's gonna be so artistic when she grows up!” I hate it, and it makes me think of signs people put up saying “Help Wanted: Boomers only!”