Author: Olivia

right after my symptoms started i let her know that i believe i have food poisoning and would be unfit to work. i have worked there for over a year and have been a very good employee, yet another person in my same position can come in over 2 hours late and be 10 mins late every day, and not even get a warning. i feel this would be a wrongful termination and i’m not sure how to proceed.

I work 2 x 14hr shifts a week completely alone (I'm 22F) as a key holder + supervisor + salesperson for $16.50 in Ontario, Canada (minimum wage is $15.50) I don't get paid for the extra 15-30 minutes it takes to open, or the 15-30 minutes it takes to close. I don't get breaks. I sit in the back for the majority of my day either reading, watching Netflix, scheduling my next week, doing my budget, or whatever else I feel like doing to pass the time. I eat when I'm hungry, and if a customer walks in, I drop whatever I'm doing to help them. I know some of this is illegal but I can't even bring myself to care because I basically sit on my ass all day two days a week and I make the same money as if I was working 4 x 7hr shifts at…

I've been in a new job about 9 months. It's a very physical demanding job as it involves working with highly flammable gases, ovens that sit at 750°C, torches, welding quartz products that are expensive and easily breakable. The heat is that intense that I can ring my top after an hour of work and its like a wet cloth (Sorry it sounds gross but it's the truth). The products I'm working on now are ones that have taken others nearly 2 years to learn while I have learned it in a couple of months. My manager called me in to tell me that I'm going to be trained to work on these new products that are being brought in which will bring the company 10x more money per piece then what we've been working on at the moment but the thing is they are incredibly difficult to fix as…

Was offered a job, doesn’t start til April. Can I still get an apartment this way? Or will I need to be actively working?

Today at work I had a bittersweet revelation – I don’t have to work nearly as hard as I do. Namely, I don’t have to care as much as I do. What led to this realization? I work in the casino industry. I’m a Dual Rate Dealer and Supervisor. Some days I deal, some days I supervise. I broke in at my current casino 1.5 years ago. The money is great. The environment? Toxic. The management? Completely disconnected and out of touch with employee reality. Not only does hard work go unrecognized and overlooked, but management often makes changes that hurt our morale. A series of changes were recently made and I tried to grit my teeth and bear it with a smile but at this point I give up. Is this what they call quiet quitting? I’ve always gone the extra mile. The guests love me. I dress sharp,…