Author: Olivia

I think I might get my first right up next week. How do you not get upset about it? I have been really sensitive about it. I am getting married soon, so I think I might be extra sensitive, because of the stress of this.

Crossposted from r/GetEmployed because I’m really feeling down. I feel like I’m losing hope and getting so anxious with my job search. I’ve been working as a strategy consultant for 2 years for a pretty big consulting firm, but the culture and long hours have been really getting to me. My company is also potentially considering layoffs, so I’ve been looking to exit. But, God damn, how utterly terrible it has been to get a decent job. The job search has been so hard and so depressing and so anxiety-inducing. I’ve been searching since beginning of February and I think I’ve submitted 60 applications so far. I have a Bachelor’s in Economics, 4 years experience as a Financial Analyst for the Federal Government, and 2 years as a consultant. I mainly apply for remote program management or business / finance analyst positions and I’m careful to seek out positions that…

I got a new job a couple months ago. It’s okay but the hours is what kills me sometimes. Some days we work 8 hours. Sometimes we work 6. Sometimes it’s 10 or 12 hours. I got in at 6am today. It is about to be 6pm and we have still not finished our tasks and probably won’t be leaving till 8. Everyone seems to have no problem with it but I can’t stand having to work more than 8 hours in a single day. This shit is crazy to me. Everyone says once holiday season comes, we will be working 12+ hours a day, 6 days a week. Right now we only work 4 days a week which is okay for me. They said during the holidays they worked an almost 20 hour shift. I thought they were joking but it wasn’t a joke. The fact that everyone thinks…

Not sure if this is the right subreddit but this is my situation. I(37M) have worked at a hotel for the better part of two years. My role is a houseman, I basically strip the rooms and take the trash out without cleaning the room or making the bed. Basically I make it easier for housekeeping to do their job by removing the dirty stuff. The housekeeping staff has generally been made of women as long as I've worked there, with only occasionally a man being part of the crew. Recently another man was hired. I learned today that this man had been let go due to unwanted advances on the other housekeepers. I won't go into details but the gist of it was he pushed boundaries and made more than a few employees feel like he was stalking them at work. Obviously this man could not stay and I…

Hi everyone, I'm seeking advice on how to get references in an anti-work context. I want to be upfront and mention that I have dyslexia, anxiety and ADHD, which has caused me extra trouble in most jobs with performance and makes it tough for me to get references. I only get by in most interviews as the place is super desperate for help or I might double up on my meds that day to stay a bit more focused. Professional references: I have tried to obtain references the legitimate way by asking my previous managers, but unfortunately, they tend to blame me for whatever goes wrong in the store, even if I wasn't there that day. When i stopped doing everyone's work for them at these jobs, the management got mad and made me take a drug test every month. Later i got out of that and got into teaching…

I will preface this by saying that I was in the wrong. Company policy states that no phones will be used on the sales floor unless you're helping a customer. This is also a union retail job. Last Saturday I got injured at work: nothing serious, just some bruises on all extremities and some aches. We have an elevated office and I tripped going up the steps. I smacked both shins and knees off the edges of the steps and hit one arm off the garbage can and the other off the desk. 3 coworkers, a few customers, and at least 2 cameras saw what happened. I rolled over and sat on the steps for a minute before going to the back room to assess my injuries. While back there, I texted my mom to let her know what happened. I checked my legs and cleaned up a small cut…

So I’m currently on month 1 at working at Bank of America, as a fraud analyst doing free work. I’m not an intern I’m an actual contractor for the company. Would you guys quit or do you think it’s a good opportunity? If I do get converted it would be $23 an hr. Would you guys work for free for a 6 month internship? 40 hr weeks.