Author: Olivia

Companies/agencies can and will fire an employee without thinking twice about it for a multitude of reasons. Even if they’ve worked there for ages. Even if they have impeccable work ethic. I’ve seen it happen with my own eyes. I haven’t done much job hopping outside of this past year due to some life changes. I work in social services so it’s distressing in a sense because I don’t like leaving my clients who have high needs. This is the one and only thing I find difficult about it. Even social service agencies have corruption. The vast majority of us are overworked and underpaid. Turnover and burnout is very high in this field. I’ve been at my current agency for a little over 6 months. I recently found out that my rent is going up significantly. Apartment availability is low in my area and most of what’s available is expensive.…

Received word today that a pay deal has been accepted at my job, from £10 to £11 per hr backdated from April '22. Small victory

So I'm new to retail, and previously, I had a more labore intensive job. I'm currently doing training and I'm already looking for a new job. It's just not my cup of tea.My boss and coworkers are nice. I plan to quit as soon as I get a new job. The pay is alright, but it's not worth it since I can make more money working at a job that's requires a bit more work for higher pay. I respect people who work in retail as full-time or part-time positions.

I am a field technician and I work outdoors for the most part. The weather here has been miserable the last few weeks but I still have to go to work and it's been making me miserable. The thing that really gets to me is the sales guy and office staff get to work indoors in a climate -controlled environment, sipping hot coffee and enjoying themselves, and they don't even seem to care that we are stuck outside in these miserable conditions. Whenever I call into the office I hear them laughing and carrying on in the background having a good old time. They never even care to ask how we're doing, and I'm telling you, it's truly miserable outside. I don't get this mentality at all. I also don't understand why they don't offer us the option of staying home when the weather is like this. I was supposed…