Author: Olivia

I’ll try to keep it short. I like the job I have now and wasn’t looking. It’s a niche role working in legal and IT. A recruiter contacted me with an amazing opportunity for £40k. I was interested as this would be a significant pay rise that would make leaving my current job a little easier. Went through the interview process successfully. The same day the company called me directly asking me certain questions including salary. I’m always told to lie about this but they caught me off guard and I hate lying about it anyway. Now they’ve offered me the job but far lower than advertised (£33k) and the only thing that’s changed is learning my current salary. They had no doubts about my experience in interview. I don’t need the job but it would be a good opportunity. But this seems a huge red flag to be lowballed…

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So today, I found out that we are having mandatory overtime….I’m pissed for several reasons. 1) we ran out of supplies for my specific area and they had us cross training. It took a long time to just get the supplies. (This is more of a frustration) 2) so many people got approved time off for long periods of time so it ended up short staffing us 3) I started studying courses on top of this full time job as I need a way out of this job. So I have very little time as it is on top of doctor appointments, personal time (not much tbh), etc 4) my boss asking me what I had going on when I said I can’t make it to the mandatory time. I truthfully don’t think I have to explain but I did out of courtesy. I’m really hoping I don’t have to…

I worked part-time at a fast food restaurant for the first time this past month. Did 36 hours and got paid around $150. I'm thankful I have a job right now, but man, seeing that paycheck really made me dread going back. It's alright, but the manager is awful. Knowing I get paid that much to tolerate him telling me I look stupid for smiling (at the counter??) and that he doesn't think I look smart enough for my university s u c k s. Always swearing and being rude. Apparently several newcomers quit within the first week because of him. I really bit my tongue for a month for the paycheck but got $150…

I worked here shortly after a lovely place called mallwart. August 2018 to November 2019. The hell that I endured for the near entire time I worked there is heinous and unfair. I hope to tell someone from gpm reads this, because you broke the law and got away with it Starting Pay Was: $8.50 Their main brag was, and still is I believe, is a high hiring rate, the high turnover rate keeps this true. My pay as of my firing was $8.65 Shortly after my hiring came training. Fortunately, I was training overnight with a young woman, as the septic tank was full and the bathrooms were out of order er, and we had to walk a half mile into the park to use the toilet all night, thank my stars it was fixed before I took over nights. Shortly after the septic tank was fixed, we became…