Author: Olivia

That's all.

I (33F) started a new job back in December of last year and I absolutely hate it. I hate everything about the way the team is structured, the way they crap train people, the way the workload gets dumped on my teammates, and how my boss just has conveniently been “sick” multiple days of the week sine I started, the way we are chained to our desks all day with strict hours, and the way I feel all day from when I wake up to when I go to bed. We all answer calls from both reps and customers, and the new people were explicitly told to ask our teammates questions we don’t know how to answer, but they’re all so busy with everything else, it’s nearly impossible to be able to get a straight answer. To top it off, I thought I’d like the 9-5 kind of deal, but…

I started working this job at a dog boarding place like 2 1/2 months ago. It’s minimum wage (15.20) working 10 hour graveyard shifts. There’s a new assistant manager who it feels like is abusing their power over me. She’s sent me antagonistic texts over issues I had been informed of the day before as if the managers aren’t communicating and even threw a fit over how I was folding towels. I found out last night that she has taken the 5am shift tonight which means I’m gonna have to work with her and from what I hear of her reputation she’s probably gonna find something tiny as justification to hold me there after when I am supposed to get off. I have a broken finger right now which makes some of my job really painful to do so I’m slower to do it or sometimes just unable to but…

My job rounds the time to the “nearest“ 15 so 00:00, 00:15, 00:30, and 00:45. But now that I’m paying more attention to my punch ins I’m noticing it always rounds down to the lower 15. from my lunch to when I left work it was 2 hours and 12 minutes and idk like 25 second but it rounded to just 2 hours and so I could have accumulated hours of work I’m not paid for and I don’t know if this is legal. I know companies can round to the nearest but can they always round to the lowest? I never worked anywhere that rounded time before

So, I work in retail and don't get holidays like a normal person as in no christmas or busy periods for the place. I have applied for annual leave not once but twice because I have hours to use and both times I haven't been able to take time off because my team literally has nobody to cover me while I am away as we are all worked to maximum. I am so ready to quit this shithole. I am burnt out here so the time off is NEEDED. It's not just some holiday, I actually need the time away from work for my own mental health and I can't even get that. I hate retail.

I work for a toxic women’s clothing company (corporate) and I’m just here to vent. They offer limited severance and a months health care insurance upon separation. I suppose I should be grateful to get anything at all, but they are being so difficult to deal with. Bullying via slack and not willing to negotiate for a month longer for health care or extra funds at all. I work for another month and don’t know how I’m going to deal with these soulless shitty people. I wish I could walk out, but there is an added $1000 severance if I stay on until the end of March. I’m looking for work elsewhere but not getting any interviews. I’m hurt and angry and wish I had more control in this situation.