Author: Olivia

I get just say ‘it’s not within my scope’ but that’s not true, I can say ‘do you want me to deprioritise this to do tht’ but everything is a priority. Or how about when they make a decision to move you abroad which you’ve initially agreed to but now your life circumstances have changed so much and you need to let them know you no longer want to move? I’m so fearful of relationship backlash from management that i’ve just been sitting on the thought of staying without letting them know my decision to not move. I’m paralised. How do I go about that conversation?

In case it’s relevant, I’m in NC. I’m experiencing workers comp currently and occasionally need to take a day off to regain my strength. I’d rather not go into details, but I’ll explain to an extent. I want to keep my job long term (I just started a month ago) and I’m happy with my pay. Im not concerned about getting paid for off time, I don’t need it. Im not sure if they have to pay me when I take these off days, that I call out for. I don’t want them to have to pay me bc I want to keep my job, and I just started so you know, impressions and such. Do they have to pay me when I take a day off for my pain or healing?

It’s necessary because not everything is post-worthy but people still want to engage in conversation/ask questions. Mods, you said you’d bring it back months ago and never did. I know you hate working but you gotta put in a little work sometimes.

I've seen posts here lamenting having to include cover letters or short introductory videos when applying for jobs. I don't really understand it. Why would you not be willing to do those things, especially if the job is paying $80,000, $90,000, $100,000, or even more? The potential return on investment seems like a slam dunk. Even if you don't get an offer, the effort is so minimal. Why not just do it?

I like my job. I really truly do. I however don’t like my boss. He’s a super sweet guy, no doubt. But we just don’t click. Our leadership styles don’t match and neither do our communication styles. He’s definitely a kind 40 year old frat boy and I’m definitely more of a straightforward hard headed person. I know that’s a weird way to describe us, but that’s just my way or showing how we’re different. Like he’s water and I’m oil. We definitely don’t hate each other though. I feel happy but unhappy. Like I can stick around but I sort of don’t want to. But I feel so guilty because the only issue is a personality difference. Mind you I’m his Admin Assistant so we need to work closely together. I’m sure I’m making it sound bad, but I can tell he’s closer with other employees over me. I…

So about 2 weeks ago I got pulled aside for a management position and was told they’re pretty confident I’d be promoted/moved into the role. The only catch they had to talk to the underperforming employee. Fast forward 2 weeks later I haven’t heard anything other than we will talk more about it. But I see the other person still trying to fulfill the management tasks. So I am guessing I haven’t gotten the promotion/title change. And all the extra work/input/QOL changes have been for naught. Oh well. Guess an underperforming/absent employee is best sometimes.