Author: Olivia

I work for one of these multinational justice system transcription companies (like, their product/service is court and police transcripts), but not naming names. Worked for them for something like five years. A lot has changed in terms of automation being brought in (speech to text programs) but they're still not as good as humans, so humans are still needed as well. These are big companies whose sole aim is to automate away transcripts and captioning and they treat their workers like robots as a result. There's constant oversight of every little thing you do, which you must record on your time management system (or TMS) like you're some kind of lawyer charging billable hours. Obviously there's no entry for things like taking a shit or socialising or taking a break, so anything necessary you do that's auxiliary to your work is dragging your productivity down. And they expect you to…

I just finished an interview at a local motel and one of the interview questions stuck with me. He asked “In a 6 month period how many times is it okay to call off.” I answered 3, 6 months is a long time and people get sick and hurt. He looked disappointed and said that he was expecting me to say 0. I know it's not that big but that really caught me off guard.

I originally posted this in r/teleperformance , but i wanna post it here too. I've worked for this company for a year and a half now and I've got to know the true meaning of emptiness and degrading . I spent most of my time working from home thanks to covid, which I don't hate but the whole working experience is shit, the standards they set ,the overworking, it kills you man, it's too much I had to downgrade to part-time yet I'm still being overwhelmed it's really too much, Even the part-time you feel drained at the end of it, you can't do anything even on your days off, even if you get paid it's just lost down the drains somehow, it's like you're working to get money to keep working and nothing else in life matters, I fell into depression thanks to this fucking job and even as…

First time posting on here so bear with me. I've recently (almost a year ago now) started working at a Solar Installation Worker's Co-operative. I am not yet an official Co-op member (there is a 1 year 'probation' period, then you can buy in/join) but compared to working for giant corporations, it is amazing. I've done a lot of different things for work from running my own small business/partnerships to 6 figure camp work gigs. From my limited experience with a Co-op, everyone seems much more invested in their work and appreciative of others efforts as well. I know a few other people who work for worker owned businesses (not necessarily co-ops) and they have had nothing but positive things to say as well. I may be a bit biased as this is a really interesting job with a great group of people, but I really recommend looking into worker…

Had interviews with a company that made me meet with each separate project manager for the IT department. Had all the qualifications and I was good enough to get pretty much to the final lap and was still denied.

So we were sitting in a conference room chatting. I'm working on a couple of projects with one of our production team leaders and the Plant Manager checks up on us from time to time. The other day, he was hanging out in here, we were just randomly talking. My buddy (the team leader I'm working with) asks Senior Manager, “What's up with /u/Gotitaila26's job title? Shouldn't we be changing that?”. For context… I am a material handler. My job title is that. That's forklift driver. I don't drive a forklift anymore. My managers have put me in the admin office for the past 1.5 years with my own office and shit. I work on all kinds of things.. Efficiency reports, any math stuff (like figuring out how many people we can fit in a storm shelter), Power BI stuff for business intelligence reports and production status, etc. The only…

The job I am quitting is bagging groceries at Kroger, so it's not like they can't replace me quickly. I was planning on quitting in about a month, with a full two week notice, but my dad is going on a business trip next week and he is going to set up interviews for me at the places he is going, so this is a great opportunity for me that I don't want to miss just for the sake of finishing a 2 week notice at a job that could replace me in a week if I dropped dead. I know they are very likely going to be spiteful tomorrow, so what is the best way to respond to them? I just graduated college and I don't want to miss any opportunities to find a good job, so I am definitely going on this trip with my dad next week.…

I am a recent JD/MBA grad, who has started the job hunt. I had an interview with a marketing firm for 8:15 Tuesday morning. I get there at 8:10 and have 8 or so different people ask for my name, and the company I am interviewing with. (I come to learn that multiple different marketing firms are housed under the same roof) At 9 a “hiring manager” comes out to tell me there was a mix up and I don't have an interview with the company I was supposed to (which they triple confirmed with me) but to do “ME A FAVOR”, she was willing to interview me and another perspective employee at the same time. Again, this is a different company than the one I sent my resume and had communications with. I thanked her for the consideration, but declined to take her interview. Emailed HR (person who confirmed…