Author: Olivia

I (23M) work one step above the entry level job type for a company that is top 10 in the world for its product. At the moment I work a first shift position and I very much enjoy the time I get after work to do whatever for the rest of the day. However, a sister plant has the same position open but it is a second shift schedule. The work there is similar but with a few key differences being that it’s way more laid back, really chill, no down time to be bored (while there’s a lot of slow days where I’m at right now), and being able to show up in some steel toes and call it good (I have to wear a lot of PPE everyday now). The problem being I’m in the middle of moving right now and would rather not complicate things further taking…

Fuck politics. The only politics that matter are the people controlling the money and making us all serfs. If things are to ever get better, we must arrest the bankers. There will always be some little authoritarian ceo, manager, landlord, politician, but they are meaningless when the bankers drain our blood through money and debt.

Rant because I'm just so frustrated. My work has this obsession with meetings. Instead of calling, or emailing, or doing a quick message, if management sniffs out there's a small issue, we gotta have a meeting about it. And since the issue on hand kinda involves another department (if you squint) we gotta have them in the meeting ALL OF THEM, oh, and it might pertain to a whole separate department, too, so better bring them, ALL OF THEM. This means we will have multiple meetings a week with 15-30 people, all sitting there with nothing to share, because one person in Accounting isn't getting a single monthly invoice scanned over from the receptionist at another facility. This could've been a simple email, but now we all have to bear witness to this. And we all have to be called on, individually, to add our input to the situation. When…

I’m working a short time at this job and come in everyday for my shift on time and ready to go. Granted— it is part-time and I only really work a maximum of three times a week but as a senior in high school and dealing with my own mental problems it’s alot for me to deal with. Recently, three new underclass men joined our ranks and I was expecting them to work with me. They all get the same amount of shifts as I do and are expected to only work two hours a night when scheduled. However, ever since they arrived I was received nonstop texts and calls almost every night to take their shifts. At first, I said yes because I wanted the money and didn’t mind going in, but now it’s driving me up the wall. Starting two weeks ago, I now refuse to take their…

I don't even know if this is the right thread, but I need to rant, so here I go. I'm sick of the, “tell us why you wanna work here,” question on applications. So sick, in fact, that I'm done with it. Here's my answer, copy-pasta'd into every application now. “I want to work for your company because it offers compensation for services rendered and has an environment I find tolerable. I have no strong feelings either way for the company itself, and anything I might say to indicate otherwise is a lie designed to curry favor. I believe that a good portion of the reason why there is so much “trimmable fat” in every industry is because hiring managers put too much weight behind the question of “why do you want to work here,” and prioritize corporate sycophants over seasoned professionals. I prioritize being amazing at my job and…