Author: Olivia

Referring to human beings as a resource to exploit to exhaustion.

So im not from the usa. It happened to me few months ago. I work as the marketing/advertising team lead. And one small company hired me. They didnt have a marketing department before and they wanted me to gather the team myself. The first Red flag that should have caught my attention was that the company didnt want to hire me on legal rights, but preferred to hire me as the independend contractor. Many companies have been doing that here lately to avoid paying taxes, so i let it fly by. So i was also promised that i Will be reporting directly to the CEO of the company. That i Will get to make any marketing related decisions. And i was told that during the first month they will pay me $1000, but then they Will pay me 2000 bucks (again, not from the states, so it's pretty good money…

Hey there's a lot of details to my problem right now but the title basically describes it. Manager screamed at me, threw things in the kitchen out of anger, and also threatened to not pay me for my work. Tried reporting this to HR 4 times at the phone number my job gave me, haven't received a call back in over a month since I started. I just got back from a trip I told them about during my interview, my job never showed me how to request time off even when I asked, then managers proceeded to get pissy with me when I needed to request it verbally once again because they scheduled me during the time I requested off months prior. Came back from my Christmas trip, wasn't put on the schedule at the date I said I'd be back on so I called and said “hey I'm…

I'm 4 weeks into a new job working in a slightly different area from what I'm experienced in but in the same profession. Personally I am happy with the progress I have made and feel I have learnt a low. However, I was called into a meeting with my boss yesterday and told I am perceived by my colleagues as asking too many questions and they think I am taking too long to complete tasks I've been assigned. They also said I need to prove myself and change my colleagues perceptions of me. I have 5 years experience in my field and a masters degree in my profession. Now I feel completely deflated and am planning an exit strategy. Am I over reacting? I responded and told them I have been in the job for only 4 weeks and am still learning.