Author: Olivia

I’ve been on LTD for a while now with a mental disability. Tomorrow is the first day of my Graduated Return To Work (GRTW). My company claims they want to do anything they can to support me and say they can’t wait to have me back. I guess that’s why they are refusing to accommodate any of the recommendations from the doctors – even the one they hired. One of the sticking points is working from home. All my co-workers are working from home but they want me back in the office at least part time. I asked them where I should be reporting to work tomorrow for my first day in 18+ months and they said that they want me in the office on Wednesday. So……. where do you want me tomorrow you morons?? They were adamant that tomorrow was my first day but give me no information. What…

My rent was raise $299 without notice. Tennessee requires 30 days notice. I've now been emailed a 15 day eviction notice for not paying the late fees on the increased amount, as I payed what I have been paying on a month to month ongoing lease. What do I do now?

So, here's the background, had a job that was okay to be honest, but had unsociable hours that was beginning to affect my relationships and personal life. Got a new job which I started yesterday which is Monday – Friday and nice sociable hours and was said to provide training for those without experience (me in this case) as well as potential to learn new practical skills, and even talk of paying to send you back into learning if there was a particular area of the business you wanted to focus on. To my surprise I was offered the job at the interview, which in hindsight, might have been a bit of a red flag, but the thought of no more driving around all night and seeing those close to me again was too good to turn down, so I accepted. Arrived yesterday, and in my experience on a first…

I can understand an employer wanting their employees to take a break in order to rejuvenate themselves, but can they force them to? I was just told that after working for 8 hours and not taking a lunch break that I would be getting deducted 1 hour of pay from my total time worked. I'm just curious if that's even legal.

I’ve been dealing with mental health issues since I was little, unfortunately I’ve had no therapy to deal with them. Since covid, my mental health has nosedived and I’m unable to function at work. (It’s strongly suspected I also have ADD.) I come home crying regularly. I try and stretch my breaks to get more precious minutes of sanity and silence. I fear constant remarks on how I’m not pulling my weight. I come to work depressed, and leave sore and exhausted- but of course no one cares as long as you make them their money. Well yesterday was the final straw for me, apparently. The assistant manager pulled camera evidence of me leaving my workstation and not returning for 20 minutes, and gifted me three write ups for time theft and breach of trust for denying I was in the breakroom, where they thought I had gone. They laughed…

This subreddit is awesome. But some of the things I see folks commenting here don't really make much sense to me based on the workplace experience I have. I'm specifically talking about the denied PTO/Vacation/Day(s) off threads. And more specifically the replies stating the employee should just let the employer know they are unavailable or will still not be attending work on said days. Are you all collectively not working jobs that have a penal system for absences? Where I work, we have a points system. Call off, one point. Late, half point. No call absence, 3 points. You hit 8 and you're gone. I'm curious because I have never had the option of just not getting paid for the day and that's the end of it.