Author: Olivia

I work at a big box store and make $15/hr. I stock shelves with kitchen and domestic related things. I am slow. I go at my own pace, and for the most part that seems to be okay. I am not a hustler. I’m not a great team player, I’ll admit that. Today I was unpacking domestics truck and we had 2 full pallets. It looked like a lot, but my supervisor told me it wasn’t, that the boxes were just big. My supervisor and I were working on unpacking today. I was pretty tired today and was being pretty slow, a bit more than usual. I was hoping my supervisor wouldn’t get upset with me and surprisingly she didn’t. I came back from my 15 and most of the truck was done. There was one u boat’s worth of stuff left for me to put out and there didn’t…

This is the second year in a row where my end of year pay raise has been more or less negated by the company's health insurance premiums increasing drastically (while still being cheaper than if I got insurance outside of this job) resulting in getting paid the exact same amount every paycheck. I have a health condition that requires plans with low deductibles so I can't really skimp out on the low cost high deductible plans, though they aren't really much cheaper either. I plan to jump ship as soon as I get something better, but I wanted to vent the frustration and was wondering if other people have had this issue too.

So on the last before Christmas break my boss ringed me up to let me know that I “don’t seem happy at work and maybe it’s time to make a change.” — it was obvious he was hoping I’d resign. We’ve recently laid off 20% of our workforce and I suspect he can’t afford to pay any more unemployment as he pressured another team member to quit that same day. Is there anything I should do to cover my ass? I assume if I don’t quit I’ll be fired which is fine but just looking for any guidance I can get!

So. I work for a vending company and we have these set ups that is like a snack and drink station and you scan it yourself and pay and go on your way. Like the check out isles at Walmart or something. Anyways. We have ONE driver that fills this type of setup. And she is having family issues, which I get, but she will not be here tomorrow. Another driver will also be out because his father passed, and one of our techs that will sub in will be out also. I. Am. An. Office. Worker. I take phone calls and shit all day. I do not run a route. I’m already uncomfortable driving to work. I do not want to drive all day tomorrow for work. I won’t be compensated like the normal driver who makes hourly PLUS commission. I will keep my measly $15/hr. It’s a large…