Author: Olivia

I live in New Jersey. I worked at an ice cream shop for 3 years when I was 17 until I was 20. This ice cream shop stole employee time by having a closing manager write the time we “clocked out” but they would write early times to make it seem like we cleaned up earlier. They also would only go by 15 minute blocks because the manager was too lazy to actually add time punches. So if we finished at 1108 they clocked us out at 11. We also had a meeting after clocking out when we would count tips so we were still working off the clock technically. The owner had a huge ego and would hold meeting every year sometimes more for all the stores where he would yell and swear at us. One girl actually passed out during it and crying during them was the norm.…

I had two interviews ghost me this past week. One was for the better because it honestly was a total last resort application, like many others I’ve put in the last few months, the other was an NGO that I’ve always wanted to work for. Let’s just say there was a very good response from the NGO about what happened to my missed phone interview. I go in next week to get the particulars and hopefully get this job. The boss man who called me to make up for his subordinate was really insightful about the position. I explained to him that this was an organization I’ve always wanted to work for yet have never seen the position available before. He literally said to me that due to “what are they calling it? The great resignation?…(yes)..we have a huge worker shortage” and with that folks please, take it from a…

I work in a law firm and my current job title is that of an assistant. For the past 3 years however I've been handling job duties which are more in line with that of a law clerk or even a senior law clerk. All of the lawyers refer to me as their law clerk. As such I decided that I wanted my job title changed, I did not even ask for a raise with this job title change. Today my boss responds saying that they can not change my job title because I did not formally graduate with a Law clerk degree and as such they can't grant me the position. Is this not complete bullshit? We're in 2022 where a vast majority of information/tasks can be learned online and if I have 3 years of experience anyway it should supersede the need for a diploma (other firms don't…

World Health Organization and ILO, the International Labour Organization studies have proven that not only do the current 9-5 work days 5 days a week cause harm, but they actually cause productivity to plummet as well. So the ironic thing here is people are being worked so hard that they are getting less work done due to tiredness, fatigue, stress.

Sorry for the small rant I’m just so pissed right now. So last night I started having trouble breathing and couldn’t catch my breath enough to sleep. I decided in the morning that I would just go to the hospital as I wasn’t gonna risk my help. Well I called my boss, who has been a family friend since I was a little kid, didn’t even ask if I was alright and even had to take the time to berate me for something that happened 3 days ago and mind you this is all while I’m laying in a hospital bed on the phone with him. I guess once you get that nice paycheck and the ability to lord over people even someone you once considered family your willing to screw over.