Author: Olivia

I quit a very stressful career of 15 years (executive sous chef) 1 1/2 years ago and since then have been working for myself. I’ve been applying to jobs and taking my time to make sure I find something that’s the right fit for me but the money I’m making on my own is only just enough to pay my bills so the past few months I shifted to looking for something more entry-level and low stakes in addition to my own work so I can have consistent income and health insurance again (with my short term goal being that I can make a little extra to save towards emergency expenses and the education I need for a career change). I interviewed with several people at a company for a lower-level hourly supervisor position and made it clear that I was happy with taking the significant pay and title cut…

Was wondering who here with engineering backgrounds found jobs where they could still do technical work but not have to take a piss/hair test? I really hate production, and can’t see myself going back to a traditional role when I complete my PhD (I previously worked in both process and quality). I’m trying to think of a job that I can still partake and not worry about getting randoed. I’m very mechanically inclined, I maintain and rebuild all of my own pumps, furnaces, and experimental setups. Would be fine doing something that didnt require a PhD. Any suggestions. Do legal states have it easier?

Long story short, my job was paying for us to go on a week long retreat out of the country. Due to some mishap with the travel agency/airlines, my booking was incorrectly cancelled and I got stuck in the layover airport. I did my due diligence trying to deal with both the airline and travel agency, asking them if I could get put on another flight (spent hours trying to resolve this, btw). Neither were helpful and the best they could do was tell me they could put me on a flight which would leave another 24 hours later and arrive at the final destination 12 hours after that. After being stuck at the airport for 2 days, I was fed up and decided that I’d just book a flight back home instead. I explained the situation to HR and all they could say was “we’re so sorry, let us…

I currently work from home and have had this job for about eight weeks. I’m a part-time employee but I have health benefits and salary. However, I never received any kind of a package telling me what the company holidays are. MLK day was a day off, but last weekend and this weekend people seem to be working. I feel really stupid asking my manager if I have today off. Is this normal?