Author: Olivia

I work for a pretty large company and keep getting asked to restructure things and make things that no one else in my same job class is ever asked to do. When I finish those things I don’t even get a thank you, let alone helped with anything like more pay or better career opportunities. It’s soul sucking to work there and I know I could get paid better somewhere else but this job has decent benefits and pays for my schooling. I’ve thought about demoting myself or just mentally detaching more but I’m unsure the best way to do any of those things. Work is crushing and I want to create and learn more than anything but my brain is so anxious about the next thing at work I’m tasked with completing that it seems impossible to focus on things I love.

Hey guys, I have a family member who is really against Unions because he believes they lead to people holding onto job positions too securely and then they get lazy and don’t do enough to justify their pay. Was curious to hear what salient arguments people have against this point. Thanks!

First time posting here. I work in at a small business right next to some train tracks. Greyhound passengers can see right into the windows and one of those windows looks directly into our bathroom. I noticed that people could see in there while I was cleaning at night a few months ago. I relayed this concern to the owner and her response was something like “I just hurry up when I hear the train coming.” I told her that isn’t ok since clients and their children use that bathroom every day and that we need a curtain or reflective film on the window. Her response was a no because it would ruin the aesthetic. I was unfortunately relieving myself of a hefty pee the other night and the Greyhound passengers all got to see me go pee and clean up in full view. My boss is on vacation out…

Leader of our division is not very bright. He confirmed a methodology to attribute revenue among the team mid last year but now that it’s time for commission checks he is simply reneging and I won’t be paid 50% off what’s owed to me. Am I really just at the mercy of a bad leader changing his mind on a whim? Apparently there is no other option or solution I am shit out of luck according to him.

I just had a question, I am 20 and working my first “big girl job” outside of retail and food service. I work in customer service answering phones and emails and such. I've been working here 6 months and passed my yearly review i was never supposed to be given with flying colors and earned my first raise in december. that's where the trouble (from what I can tell) starts. My supervisor sat me down a few weeks before the review and asked me if i could work 6a-5p mon-thurs. I loved the idea of a 3 day weekend every weekend and told her I could. She thanked me and told me I was doing her a great favor and such. Since then I have called out three times, which is way more than I have ever called out but I was sick each time and needed to stay home.…

For context, right now I’m working two part-time jobs, and I want to leave one of them because the other one that I like much more is offering to promote me to full time with benefits. But since it’s a busy time at the job I wanna leave, and my coworker is leaving too I feel bad about leaving my boss “stranded”. When I got hired my employer told me how hard it was to find decent employees. I know that this isn’t my problem but tbh, I think I’m mostly scared of my boss being upset with me for quitting. They’re pretty hot-headed and even though they like me now, I have no idea how they will react to my putting in a notice when I know they’ve been stressed with their job and they always complain about being exhausted and overworked. I feel like the only reason I’m…

This month makes 2 years since I’ve had a full week off. I’m “lucky” enough to get 10 paid vacation days per year, and I’ve had to use them for reasons other than an actual vacation. If I don’t use any days, it’ll take 5 months from now before I have earned enough time for a week off. But after that, I’ll go back down to zero available vacation time. My job doesn’t allow unpaid time off. I don’t know how much longer I can keep doing this.

My job always cuts time I’ve worked every week to exactly 40 hours. It’s only a few minutes but this still doesn’t seem right. Last pay period I worked 80 hours and 15 minutes, but they took off the 15 minutes. Is this allowed?