Author: Olivia

Sharing because this is absolutely dystopian? My employer has a once-a-month food pantry for employees who are facing food insecurity. You’d think that this would let the employer know they aren’t paying full time employees enough if they are experiencing challenges with getting food. Even worse, employees can only go to the food pantry 6 times in a year. So even though an employee may be facing these challenges for a whole year (which is likely as most contracts/salaries are signed and finalized once every fiscal year), my employer only wants to acknowledge that they are underpaying employees for half of the year.

Worked for a tiny husband & wife marketing agency with 4 employees, wife was super anal and micromanaging, extremely unpleasant to work for in general. They had a home office so one day they invited me to lunch because I never took lunch, as I prefer to work straight through my day, so I ended the day an hour early instead. Anyway, they wanted to go to a specific holistic vegan organic restaurant (no judgement im a vegan myself, but they’re super over the top). The place was a bit further away, they drove I was a passenger. Well, the ordeal took over an hour, as you could imagine, and they made me clock out and in, and docked me for the extra time. I was essentially a hostage as I couldn’t leave to return to work and they were the ones who were taking their time ordering & eating…

A lot of people in here seem to be militant about nepotism which just screams irrationality to me. I agree that it's not good but it's definitely understandable. The only reason people hate nepotism is because they don't benefit from it. If you were in a position where you could get someone you cared about a good job you would. Nepotism isn't just family. It can be anybody you know. I'd wager most people have some form of Nepotism in their career. A buddy putting in a good word with their boss for you is by common definition Nepotism.

I took a new executive level job. They suggested i start Jan 1, I wanted to start Dec 1 ( to lock it in as another expired then) but they were reluctant since the office basically would be shut down the last 1/2 of the month. I suggested I would start Dec 1, then take 2 weeks unpaid leave last half of the month. I expected them to a) appreciate my offer, but b) say “aww that’s nice but we want to pay you anyway.” But they agreed I’d be off last 2 weeks with no pay. Guess what, paycheck for the last 2 weeks just hit my direct deposit. Am i obligated to tell them? Is it a test? For context, the company hit 125% of plan for the year, so they aren’t hurting at all.

I just got back from my trip to MO where I saw so many gas stations, grocery stores, etc. starting off workers at $13-14 an hour in small towns. My family lives in a town of 9k people and they told me they start off at 17/hr for factory jobs. This is a town where you can still find plenty of decent homes for less than 90k. Meanwhile I live in a big city in Texas where the median home price is a little less than 500k and there are so many people still making less than $10 an hour, especially at fast food restaurants and gas stations. I work in the finance department of a car dealer and I see plenty of pay stubs averaging less than $450 a week. What’s the reason behind this? What gives employers so much leverage here? Do we just have that many more…

I applied to a job recently and during the pre-screen interview I was asked what I'd like to be paid, so I said. They didn't agree or disagree, they just wrote my answer down. The interview went well and it was inferred I got the job. I was told to email the manager (who interviewed me) with the necessary documents (background check, etc) and that a different manager would be contacting me about getting signed up for the online stuff. I emailed them (interview manager, who would be my direct manager) and asked if I'd be receiving a letter of offer, including rate of pay from them or the online person. I never heard back. I didn't hear back for two days, then got an email from the online person with a “welcome” email explaining all the online training (unpaid, on my own time) I'd have to complete. I thanked…