Author: Olivia

In the past, I've always found another job first and then given my 2 week notice, but at my current job – I have a great relationship with my boss. She really tries to tell me how much she appreciates me and my work as often as she can, but I need to find something that pays more and is a little more fast paced. I'm in the very early stages of applying elsewhere and am not in a huge rush to leave this company until the right role comes around, but I also feel like should I even let my boss know I'm looking elsewhere? I fear she might feel betrayed/blindsided if I just put my notice in.

My work definitely corners me when it comes to coverage. In fairness I sometimes need coverage too but I always find myself covering beginnings / endings of shifts that end up being 10 hours, instead of my boss calling in a sub. I cover for my boss who is a manager and gets paid a manager’s wage but I don’t get paid more for that shift when I cover for it (with subs covering for me so it’s usually kind of a shit show). I’m always the first one they ask and it feels like they ask because they assume I’m just able to do whatever, whenever. For personal reasons I cannot leave this job right now and so I want to ask for a raise. In March it’ll have been a year and they know I’ll be with them for another year at least – what’s an appropriate/commanding way…

It’s wild to me how so many employers expect you to do things outside your job description. Like another person’s full time job. I’m the second newest employee at my company and I’m being trained on someone’s position in addition to my own so I can cover them when Theyre out. (Yet nobody could cover me when I was out months ago for a couple of doc appts and I got a talking to about missing work). I understand the employer wants to get more bang for his buck but at the same time, my job description and contract don’t cover that. Shouldn’t employers pony up more money to have us do more work than what was agreed upon? Is that a wild thought in todays world?!

I’m 22f in California So, I’ve been with my company since the end of august. When I was hired, I was offered $18/hr (later learned that was the lowest end of our pay scale for my position) and I was the only full time team member in my position. I live really far from work and my commute is easily 50+ miles one way. We get paid miles as well as hourly on our drive time. Because of this, I was doing alright because I was able to accrue some decent OT with my commute. My job is similar to a traveling salesperson in that I travel to different locations where my companies product is sold and promote it for a couple hours. It’s been known that my commute was a point of contention for our director and payroll dept. they’ve been pestering me asking when I’ll be able to…

Apologies if this doesn’t belong in this sub! In my contract it states all the public holidays that I get to have off from work and Presidents Day is one of them, but my boss just told me I have to work Monday anyway. Can I show them the contract and tell them I’ll be taking the day off or is it ridiculous for me to even bring up at all?

I’m aware of lots of the red flags that would make me turn and run from a company. If they don’t post salary, interview is basically gauging how subservient you are etc… What are some things I should look for that would indicate a company is actually worth me giving my time to?

Hello! So I asked a similar question in another sub but I feel like I need various perspectives. The thing is that the place I'm at, I agreed to do an internship (required for graduation) and I made a deal with them to work there for 3 months, with the hopes to be officially hired after, but right now they are telling me that I agreed for 4 months, and so I would have to work for another month with the same low pay, and I don't know what to do. I didn't sign any contract and so there's no evidence of the number of months I agreed to. I don't know what to do now since I feel like I'm being taken advantage of, since a friend who started months before had been offered 3 months in the same deal. Another thing to mention is that it seems that…

Hi, so this post is just about what the title says. I’m working on a speech for my college public speaking class of why the minimum wage has to be raised to help so many get by, does anyone have ideas for where I should start research on this topic? Sorry if this isn’t the right sub for this, been lurking here awhile and couldn’t quite figure out if it would be.

Hi – thought i would share this recent experience/ rant. I've been working for a city agency since 2014. For the last year, ive been applying for internal positions with salary ranges posted up to 68k-82k. On 4 seperate occasions, i've applied – accepted interviews for the position, and then told either during the interview, or after accepting the interview that the salary range has dropped as is now 50-62k (essentially what i make now). I've gotten so fustrated – on the last interview, after recieving the news of the salary drop, i cancelled the interview citing that i would not accept the position if offered. I know i make a decent salary, but living in NYC is expensive and i have not gotten any sort of pay raise in over 2 years. I love the work i do and i love the city agency im employed with, but its…