Author: Olivia

I work for a relatively major hospital. I got put on “paid administrative leave” until the 4th. Want me to file paperwork about a situation. But what paperwork? My manager is telling me one set of paperwork, HR is telling a different story, and the people who handle the FMLA and restriction/accommodation paperwork had no idea I was being told to fill this out.

I am currently home for Christmas break, which I requested off for. But now my car is having issues, and won’t be out of the shop till late next week. So now I have to call off next week, but on top of that, they scheduled me on a day I told them I cannot work. I get really bad anxiety about calling off because I feel as if they will lash out on me, but I can’t help that I have no transportation to work. How should I go about telling them without pissing them off? I work in the restaurant industry, which makes it even worse.

In most countries, it is nor illegal for the employers to fire an employee over a blatant lie about performance, culture fit or whatever bs reason. Yet, we as workers have been sosialized and taught that we as workers should always get references and worry about our reputation. The hard fact is that many people have been treated like shit, mocked, bullied and fed into dogs in some part of their career, so there is a huge power disequilibrium between a toxic boss firing a worker trough lies and the worker’s power to control his reputation in this kind of situation. Hence any article or piece of advice about ”you should be careful about this and that as a worker” is a form of gaslighting. In reality we have no control over our reputation because the employers can legally fabricate reasons to fire you and alas you get no references…

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I once had an interview with a German insurance company (Yes the one you are thinking about) near Zurich. I was on time but did not know the contact person anymore. So I talked to the two ladies at the reception who gave me the we have 3000 peoples here look. So I turned around went to an apple shop to access my email (it was 6 years ago and I did not had internet on my phone as I came from Germany). So when I had my email, I called the contact person and told him I was there but could not get to him. He basically told me that I am lying and I should not make up stories because I am late. When he said he can come down and fetch me, I basically said it is not necessary, as I decided that I do not want…

Hey y'all, as the title says is this something a job can do? My friend just had this happen to him. They told him they didn't feel he was productive enough so either use PTO to cover the day or come in on a day off to make up the time. I don't feel like they're allowed to do that and I'm trying to find something to send to him so he can stand his ground. They also mentioned that they're planning to put him on a PIP if they don't see him doing better. This is the first time he's gotten a warning, verbal or otherwise, and it feels completely out of left field. He has complained that his boss has been very short with him recently (within the last month) and doing things like giving EOD deadlines in the middle of the day. I've already warned my friend…

I checked my bank account the week after Christmas (yesterday) and didn’t see anything different in my paycheck. I was told that in order to get holiday pay (at Ulta) you have to work the day of/before the holiday and the day after (even though I wasn’t scheduled) in order to get holiday pay 🤨 I’ve never heard of that or had it happen like that for me, personally. Any holiday I worked, I usually got paid (without having to come in the day after or whatever) I feel kinda cheated, tbh. Is it like that for anyone else as far as holiday pay- working the day of/before and then the day after ?

I asked about holiday pay earlier this week. We get paid for Christmas but not new years. We don't work that day but we aren't getting paid for it either. This feels illegal but I'm not sure. I figured I'd ask around first before I called anyone about it