Author: Olivia

Like is this legal? A work day is 12-8 and if it’s 730 I have to wait another 30 to be allowed to clock out and leave other wise im considered a walk out. I just don’t see how this is a legal thing. Im guessing it is as I can’t seem to find anything online. In Tennessee forgot to add sorry

Having multiple issues with a current employer who is jerking me around. One issue is a potential workers comp claim. I spoke to a lawyer and they said that a workers comp claim will show up as a “black mark” on my employment record forever. Why? Despite how things should be, why would this reflect poorly on me if I wasn't the one who screwed up?

So I've noticed a lot of the older crowd I work with (40s and up) don't seem to have a social circle or hobbies outside work. In turn they bring a lot of their problems into the job, have inappropriate/private (or if I were having the issue I would want it private) conversations with other coworkers, and seem genuinely miffed when I don't want to meet up for drinks/go to company events/socialize off the job. Obviously this is anecdotal, but I think it explains part of the culture war/”nobody wants to work” thing; for older folks there seems to be family and then the social circle is primarily centered around the office. Just an observation

I am a European who's been living in the US for about 3 years. I'm working in a professional field in which employees are required to document the time they spent working on specific tasks in a timesheet that needs to be submitted at the end of each week. So far, so normal. Every now and then, the company has corporate calls in which they talk about things like the state of the company or about technological advancements in the field. This is where my confusion kicks in. Charge codes are never provided for these (typically 1 hour long) calls. I asked some of my closest colleagues if they charge time for that, and no one seems to do that. The company does, however, indicate that they want every person relevant to the field (or just everyone in case of the state of company calls) to attend. What that actually…

For a while now, once a week my team has had to help out some people that have an entirely different and much shittier job that makes a couple dollars an hour more than we do. We don’t get increased pay for our time in there. There’s absolutely nothing in the offer letter I signed for my current position about helping in other places, and there isn’t the “other duties as assigned” bullshit. I wouldn’t mind if the job didn’t leave my back hurting and allergies inflamed basically every week. I don’t have much hope that there’s a fix for this because workers in the US have basically no power, but I figured I’d ask just in case there was something I could do to get myself and my fellow employees out of this situation.

As part of my job I coordinate calendars. I saw an invitations with details to a specific conversation that needs to happen, but not enough I can figure out what’s going to. I know have a meeting tomorrow morning for an hour with my boss labels discussion They have also blocked me from seeing their calendar I am so nervous but can’t think of anything I did wrong. FML. Happy Friday

Not a day has gone by in 2023 without a company employing someone I know doing a major layoff. The LinkedIN posts start flooding out shortly after, and its headscratching. Note- I myself was laid off in June. It most certainly did not have to happen So many people practically giving the company that fired them a handy on the way out the door “thanking them for the opportunity to learn and grow” or whatever BS. I get that it's not gonna help your job prospects to rage online, necessarily. But for the love of all that's holy, THANKING them on the way out? Have some self-respect. The other one driving me nuts: “My heart hurts for those affected”. That's a great sentiment, and absolutely you should share it. But you stop there after you say this, and your customary offer to help anyone in any way you can. You're…