Author: Olivia

I 27F am miserable in my current job, and I've done a few interviews now for a job I think I'd actually enjoy. I found out that in May-August, it's a normal M-F schedule, but for the rest of the year, I have to work Sundays and get Wednesday & Saturday off. I knew when applying that there may be weekend work involved, but I got an offer, and now it's hitting me that I have to decide if I want to give up a normal weekday / weekend schedule outside of the summer time. I'm scared that working Sundays is just going to get in the way of life in general – taking weekend trips, making Saturday night plans etc, all of that needs to be factored in. They did say they're very flexible with time off and don't deny requests for it which is good, but still. I…

[URGENT] What reason to give my manager beyond “personal reasons” so he finds it “justified”?

What are your opinions on “flexible availability” after you get a set work schedule? During the interview, manager said they wanted employees with flexible availability. So I was flexible with the hours/ days they needed. I got my work schedule and started. After I got my work schedule, I made some plans on my day off. When I was at work, my manager told me they needed me to come in to work the next day, my day off, to cover for ‘John.’ I told them I couldn’t, I had already arranged plans. Then my manager said I “lied” about having “flexible availability.” I may have misunderstood the manager. I didn’t imagine “flexible availability” meant I would be on “beck and call.”

How is it fair that someone in a position to hire you can say something like ” Oh, you've only been at all of these jobs an average of two years. That doesn't look good.”? In a place that there's at will employment, assuming you've voluntarily quit all the jobs listed on your resume/application, it's perfectly valid to job hop. Especially when you compare the number of jobs you've held against the number of employees said company has fired/laid off. You could just as easily say that's a problem, more so even, than you leaving a job. They should really piss off with the job hopping rhetoric

I want to apologize and be open with you all. When I got a job out of college I felt like I was set. I bumped into this group on Reddit a few years into my job. At first I did think it was a bunch of lazy people who didn't want to work. It wasn't until years later when I wasn't getting raises while the cost of goods was rising and lost unemployment that I understood what antiwork was for. I fell for the 9-5 grind and even though I picked up a job again I am very open minded about the antiwork concept. People shouldn't have to work long hours or two jobs just to make ends meet. Rent and the cost of goods have gone out of control and I've seen how greedy companies have been since the pandemic. I really hope some day companies and the…

Last week my coworkers and I were discussing our salaries and whether we should talk openly about our salaries. Today, I got called into the director's office and was told “I know it's your first job [out of college], so it's okay to make mistakes, but in corporate settings, it is generally frowned upon to openly discuss your salary with your coworkers”. I am also in my 90-day period since I just got hired in December, but I was told that this is something that would come up in my review when discussing my tenure. Is there anything that I can do legally about this? Even if I can't I just needed to get this out of my chest. I'm so pissed off

I’m a sever at a restaurant and someone I work with was bragging about a check he got that was $1400 when he worked 71 hours in back to back weeks. That shit should be an absolute crime

It is with great pleasure I announce I quit my bloody job. After years of blasted hell and nonsense I said f* this. I have been screwed around finically, I have been made promises that never were honoured, I have had enough pizza parties, I have endured watching those who did not deserve to be promoted ascend to positions of authority and continually drop the ball. Today I gave my notice and it felt like the largest weight had been lifted. For the last several years I’ve suffered from mental health, stress and overwhelming anxiety. Today it melted away as soon as I said the words. I have no idea what the future holds but for the first time in a long time I feel like myself. I quit. It made me feel like brand new.