Author: Olivia

Sorry. Need to vent, and I know this issue is common and reflective of this community's values. ” is providing online training courses, which will enhance your professional development and provide value to your education without having to attend outside classes at no additional cost to you. please note, these courses are to be taken on your own time, including lunch and after hours.” My time IS my cost. This whole program is an insult to me and showcases my manager(s) inability to understand the value of proper training. This is for AutoCAD. We need a specialized system because of the work we do. The program they bought access to is a bogstander basic CAD training thing that covers stuff I was trained in at a former company. I had to spend my whole weekend cleaning up CAD mistakes of my juniors from other teams because they got a file…

So worried that if I get the job they will ask for references which I cannot produce. As my employment history majority of it is lies. I messed up earlier in my twenties by doing retail,and staying in it for a long time .

When I say “personal success,” I mean ensuring one’s personal values superseding employers goals. I have a history of people-pleasing my employer at the expense of my family and own well-being. Which employers eat up, but leads to burn out or just dissatisfaction. What are your tips, tricks or even phrases/language used to make respectfully clear to employers that they are not the top priority in life?

TLDR: 3 of the 5 people in my department quit, my employer will not compensate me and the other remaining employee for taking on the extra work for several months (and more to come), and my new boss said despite taking on the extra work I actually don't deserve my salary. My department at the time I was hired exactly a year ago was staffed with 5 employees, with the boss being C Suite. Csuite had a lead. One month after the other, after the other, three members of my team left. One took another position in the company, one took another job, and one quit outright after only two weeks of covering for Csuite. The lead who quit last said the juice wasn't worth the squeeze, and their departure pissed off our CEO, who then dismissed all the candidates we had interviewed to re-staff our department. He said he…