Author: Olivia

I work at a phone company. We got a foot of snow. I kept telling my boss the roads were bad and he didn’t care. I told him it’s unlikely anyone will come in yet he still wanted me to come in. The kicker here is I get paid on a drawer. That means I get paid hourly but it gets taken out of my commission. If I make $0 that day in commission but I made $160 in hourly, I lost $160 for that day. He and I discussed how we BOTH think no one will come in and it would be pointless for me come in. He agrees no one will come in and says to open the store just an hour later to keep the same closing hours. Where I live they don’t really plow so as I’m taking my time to try and get to work…

Tldr- if you have a legitimate interest in the field and feel stuck at entry level, and will put in some effort to advance, I’ll give you some guidance. I see people posting the typical stuff here about being broke/miserable/trapped, and I occasionally look to see what they do in life. I’ve noticed a ton of people that are legitimately interested in tech, which is an extremely fast-growing industry (expected 12% growth this decade). Many of them are just sitting in help desk roles for years on end, or programming at home for fun but not capitalizing on the insane amount of money available in the field. I’ve done cybersecurity/pentesting, etc at a few government agencies responsible for critical national infrastructure and hold 6 Sans certs (worth about $55k) and 4 degrees. I’d love to talk to people who GENUINELY want to get ahead in the field and put the…

Help me not feel guilty for taking lunch breaks

I called off today. My manager tried messaging me to get me to come in. I am not feeling good. I am burnt out. We had a massive outbreak of covid and I have never seen such incompetence. Once a person tested positive for covid and their roommate was not, they moved the roommate that didn't have covid to another room. One person was moved 3 different times, finally tested positive, but infected 3 people along they way. That's how my nursing home is doing it, and I am sick and tired of it. Along with the fact that they tried sticking me down a hall by myself with a person who couldn't go into covid rooms. I am walking away on the 8th and working for hospice (a cushy job to be honest) but I don't even know if I can hold out.

Recently, work has been overwhelming and stressful. So much has been put on my plate, that i feel like i am drowning. I could see shit hitting the fan in the near future. I am viewed positively by leadership, and have always been willing to ‘step up’. How do i not give a fuck? I would like to quit, but i would owe a large chunk of change back to the company. If i get fired, i would owe any money back to the company, which would be ideal…

“Haters” please send your comments so I can laugh at your sad attempt to belittle me.

Im 28 F. I’ve worked in a warehouse for a cabinet manufacturing company for a little over 2 years, and worked there previously 2 years also. The job has always been some what stressful, but since new management took over about 6 months ago it’s all been downhill. Employee morale is nonexistent. Everyone is stressed and tired and overworked and they do not care. It all started 2 weeks before Christmas when they fired 30 people. Which meant basically we were working nervously all day waiting for them to fire people in our department. Honestly I’d consider myself lucky had I been one of those few. They did it again (20 or so) a couple months later. Everyone has been on edge. As you would expect, existing employees were expected to compensate for the lack of employees. My job, personally, was pulling doors for production. Then I was also pulling…