Author: Olivia

For context, I am in California working as an Inspector at an Aerospace company. I work close to 50 hours M-F with “optional OT on the weekends” or so I've been told at hire. My department has about 18 people, 3 currently in my shared office and the other 15 are on the shop floor. When I got hired, they said overtime is greatly appreciated but they understand that everyone has other obligations so we just need to give them a heads up. With that said, it has become very apparent that they want me here every weekend despite weekdays overtime. My direct manager, who is an awesome boss, usually goes around and asks us if we are available for Sat and sometimes Sunday before he puts us on schedule. However, he has been out for several weeks in a row and my boss's manager has been sending out email…

Context: Last week I got extremely sick after a work dinner where we were brought to a restaurant that serves purposely undercooked meat. I mean super rare. The following night, and day I was bent over a toilet bowl throwing up, with a pretty high fever to boot. 48 hours was enough for it to flush out of my system but it was Hell. Today, my boss brings me aside to discuss “concerning behaviour”… what? I've been here 4 weeks and get along with everybody, but OK I'll bite. What's up? “Never in my career have I seen someone take so many sick days in such a short time period”. Funny enough I actually worked those 2 days when I wasn't heaving or passing out from my fever. Didn't even take PTO (of which I have unlimited). There was a very serious “your career hangs in the balance” vibe to…

My wife was just laid off after 15 years at the same company. She was a remote district manager. Her boss sold half of his business for millions and now only needs half the employees they had. She has amazing references and experience but not a lot of people are hiring in her field, plus she would like to stay remote if possible. Laid off with 30 day notice and zero severance. Just sucks.

The title really says it all. We interviewed a candidate today for a position and my boss says she's not a good fit for the company since she likes to game outside of work. My boss states that he wants a well rounded person and doesn't want someone who plays games when they go home for the day. Idk seems kind of messed up to me. What someone does with their free time has no business being discussed or judged in the workplace.

My boss and I text pretty much all the time, and I’ve simply texted him when I’ve been sick in the past, this morning i texted about 5 AM to make sure I gave a good multiple hours heads up, however he hasn’t replied back at all – would you also call to cover your bases to make sure he “got my text”, or leave it at that?

I’ve been paying taxes for 20 years and I can only get 4 months of unemployment? Why?

I’m having extreme anxiety at my workplace. It’s gotten to the point I can not sleep at night, eat while I am there and constantly anxious about it. This morning while I’m as getting ready I started shaking. I’ve been taking propanolol to help calm me down along with SSRI’s. I’ve been working 6 days a week to prove to my boss and it’s biting me in the butt. I’ve done the most work but due to having invalids (lab errors) I didn’t get a raise. Meanwhile he sent me to help another department where the workload was high and demanding while other people on my team didn’t have to and were coasting. During our reviews they all got 7% reside and he gave me 2%. My boss is also aware I am currently battling cancer and I have expressed mentally I am not well and scared what’s going to…