Author: Olivia

A bit of back story to the shit storm cooking. My job is pretty easy however there is a LOT to do (Tech). However, since the pandemic, we were told working from home is a big NO NO. We have tried fighting for this for god knows how long. Recently, there was a meeting between all the managers, where the owner had said, “He does not want to breed a flexible work culture”. Now my job is to provide support to clients all around the country, I do not need to physically ever be there, hence why we wanted a hybrid work system. Recently, I became ill, so I spent 2 weeks in hospital. On my first day back, the Owner came down to the floor I was working, said my name out loud, and said, “YOU KNOW THAT THING YOU GET AT THE END OF THE MONTH?”, at this…

Honest to God question. I've spend a good 10 years in operational and general management in catering and decided to give up due to stress, burnout and being sick to my teeth of making an owner/CEO money for no comparable returns.. The pay was decent'ish, sometimes there were bonuses, but these were a joke in comparison to the money I made for the company. Seeing an owner line their pockets while the team literally made the company what it was, was becoming unbearable. I worked on a fixed wage, and often ending up having to work 90-100 hours per week, always trying to be available for staff and their personal/work related issues, make sure there is replacement when someone is sick or if one of the location managers fucked up, implement new systems of work for better conditions and more efficiency, outsource repairs, write reports, do events and open new…

So I started a new job in a small design and manufacturing business, and while it is in an industry I like the pressure is huge. The business is hanging by a thread with payments and has a liquidity ratio of 0.4 (This measures how much it could pay off a months expenses in one go with 1 being 1 month) the fact that our company can barely cover 2 weeks of expenses while also selectively not issuing payment until being threatened with legal action disturbed me greatly. I decided to ask a couple of CEO's of sub 100 employee companies on LinkedIn their thoughts on this. One replied, here was his answer: “Hi X this kind of practice is common, it isn't good but more prevalent since covid. The main reason is often because their own clients do this too. Like a knock on effect. ” This horrifies me.…

As the title reads, my manager keeps trying to change my schedule outside of my availability. I'm not sure if this is a good place to ask for advice, but idk where else to post this. He's known about my availability for months now, and this is the second time he has tried to do this (the first time resulting in me calling off those days). I just tried to talk to him before he left for the day but all I got was a dry “well I don't know what your gonna do” and a “I can try to transfer you to a different store”. He knows I cant work another store as I have no transportation other than walking, and it's already a three mile walk. Thanks in advance for any advice people are able to give, it's greatly appreciated.