Author: Olivia

I just want to say thank you to everyone that works in a restaurant. You have to it so rough. You bust your ass for the populace to feed them their meals and get shit on with low hourly wages, you deserve more. I was in a restaurant having lunch and watched the owner scream and berate a pregnant waitress to tears. I felt so bad for her. I got up, called the guy an asshole and left a $100 bill on the table I didn't even order yet. You hard workers deserve a fair wage.

The title sums it up. I work in insurance and although my job is in a good field, I want to kill myself every day I’m in the office. My managers are extremely dry and hypercritical and there’s absolutely no positive reinforcement. I look around and everyone looks miserable. Some of these dickheads can’t even be bothered to say “good morning” back to me. I try my best, but fuck, man, corporate America and American work culture is just trash. We get 10-15 vacation days a year if we’re lucky, NO mandated parental leave, shitty benefits (if any), and no pensions. And they wonder why people don’t want to be “loyal” to the company that wouldn’t bat an eye if they croaked. I guess this is just a rant. Anyone feel the same way? I can’t do this for 50 years, I just fucking can’t.

I've seen so many posts on this sub where people ask “is two weeks notice enough?” Or “I'm not sure how to quit my job, I don't want to make my toxic manager mad” or “former workplace contacted me about paperwork” Let's clarify the situation- I'm not sure in other countries but in America you don't owe these people anything. 2 weeks is a courtesy if you don't want to burn your bridges in case you ever want to go back. Beyond that, you don't have to tell them anything beforehand if you're going to quit. Just don't show up one day. Tell them you quit if you want. Once your employer is no longer paying you money, they aren't shit to you anymore. They have no power over you. Break the mental bondage that an employer or manager is any sort of authority figure outside the transaction of paying…

A family member was working at an elderly care facility under the table and has left them for a different job. They owe her like $170 and refuse to pay her out. They said they don’t owe her the money and that she didn’t do anything, and also claimed something about cameras and her coming to work on codeine (she had a prescription for that for a horrible cough). I told her to call the DOL but she has no idea where to start and there are tons of phone numbers on the website. She hates confrontation and is literally having an anxiety attack because she needed that money for her power bill. She’s in Mississippi if that helps or hurts. Edit to add: I can’t even find the business listed. She says they didn’t drug test or anything and it sounds like this place is totally illegal and off…

I would like to put my volunteer work on my resume but I was wondering if it's required to disclose that it wasn't a paid position. “Volunteer Project Coordinator” sounds worse than just “Project Coordinator” to me.

Per my offer letter: Paid time off (PTO); Employees are eligible to use their PTO after completing 60 days of employment. Employees are allocated (10) days of PTO at the start of each calendar year to be used until December 31st. Employees may then choose to roll over or payout 20% of their allocation. New employees will be given a pro-rated amount dependent upon their start date. This does mean that I am accruing time at time of my start date. Since I started Nov 29th, 2022, should I have been given PTO for 2022? For 2023, they gave me a pro-rated amount starting January 29th. I believe I should have been given the full amount. Can anyone provide some insight on what I should do?