Author: Olivia

Like the title says. I work in England as a cook in a fast food restaurant and today, after a not-too-great closing shift yesterday (which she knew the reasons for, and the reasons were out of my control), I got a message from one of my colleagues saying that our manager had told him that she was 'going to test [me] for improvement for the next 1-2 weeks' and if I don't meet her expectations, she will fire me. The only problem with this is that I have heard almost no complaints whatsoever from her to me. I got one real critique about my cooking a week ago (which I amended and asked for feedback on and she said it was perfect now) but nothing besides that and the bad close yesterday. I've not had any formal warnings and am not being told what areas I need to improve in,…

Last year California passed a law requiring companies to disclose salary ranges. So far most of the job listings on dice and recruiter emails I get don't list salary. It's so frustrating that most companies won't follow this law at least in the tech world. I wonder how you report companies for not following this law in California or if this law just won't be enforced.

TW: slight trigger warning of mental illness & self-harm/addiction Been applying to hundreds of jobs in and out of my industry. Rejections, ghostings, etc all that. It's discouraging and has been hitting me hard lately. Cried a few times and wanted to engage in self destructive behavior. I didn't engage though. (Yay me) It's nice having all this free time. Been fixating on playing genshin impact but my fixation is slowly dwindling. I'm a reader & crafter but the slow creeping of not doing anything or going anywhere has been creeping into my mind. I'm slowly becoming susceptible to my mental illness. I have a good combo of education & experience, but nothing is clicking. I hear the whole “so many jobs, not enough people” for my industry. I'm exhausted and tired.

You can’t tell me skilled workers don’t exist at this level.