Author: Olivia

I’ve been working as an administrative assistant in this job for five years. My boss has been here for two years along with his employee who I will call Karen. My boss is the VP and manages 3 different groups, which I approve their timesheets and run errands for them at times. I DO NOT work with them. My boss and I are in a separate building from his teams that he manages. During Karen’s two years, two people have left, which one quitted on the spot. I don’t know the reason. This employee, John, has been with us for a year and put in his two weeks notice. Many months ago, John has requested one specific day for his minor surgery, which happened to fall within his 2 weeks notice. Right after he put in his notice, John removed some of his stuff from his desk, I believe. I…

It was an inside sales associate job opening that was for a mid-senior level position. It looked great until I saw the hourly rate of the position was between $12-$13.46 an hour. FOR A MID-SENIOR LEVEL POSITION. And corporations wonder why no one wants to work anymore.

None of us had previously discussed leaving the company (7 years for me next month), but during a conference call this week, it was announced our team labor was getting decreased, again. In January my team had ~348 hours in labor. For April, we are being provided ~150 hours, and who would have guessed… an increase in sales budgets. My sales team (2/6 team members I oversee) were looking at a budget of FOUR HOURS/day.. TO SHARE. My boss advised my that, despite my last day being April 5, I’m ineligible for a Q1 bonus if I leave the company. Darn. Small price to pay to regain some sanity. I advised my entire team to abandon ship, but I feel guilt for getting out before the rest of them. I’m frustrated that the career I, quite literally, broke and rebuilt myself for has written this version of an ending, but…

My boss would probably write me up if they knew. But at least I’m careful. 🤷‍️