Author: Olivia

Without giving away too many details, my niece works at a gas station, there was a hit and run. A man was injured and did not live. She comforted him and held him until the ambulance arrived. She's afraid to ask her boss for a few days off of work. I'm tempted to call her boss and threaten legal action unless she gets two days off, preferably paid. This is insane right, she held a man until he died. She's very young, not even 20. The man who committed the hit and run has actually done this before and the owner is aware. Perhaps I could use this as leverage? I'm looking for serious advice. Not just “work hate”.

It’s a song from the Cyberpunk 2077 game. Here’s the first verse to give you a taste. Get me fired up and raging every time: Lost another day to pointless drudgery The slow chipping away of my autonomy A rodent in a race unsung and underpaid My colleagues seem to me like slaves in sheep-array Then a shock goes through the herd at the nauseating purr Of the corpos of the world when the content is secured Cause they’re naked emperors hear the rattling of the purse I hunger for the hearse cause nothing could be worse Than a life lived as a limb in a debt anatomy Rather be dead than a link in a chain of tyranny Check it out.

I’m on my final write up due to performance and the last time I called out of work was in November when I had covid (which was excused). I need to call off because I mixed up days for an event I bought tickets to and can’t a refund on, and already asked people to cover with no luck. The issue is I received my final write up last week, and the event is Monday. I can’t even bother to let my manager know because all he’ll say is there’s nothing he can do (i know this based off previous experience of asking him for a day off that I had scheduled).

Had some people dropping off some equipment and the boss man wanted to brag about how good one of his employees is. Said he started working for him after they quit someone else who didn't want to pay shit. His words. Told me he was happy to have the employee and that he was paying him 15 an hour like it was some huge amount. I was trying not to laugh and just said that wouldn't even get me out of bed turned around and walked away.

even jobs that have paid sick leave act like you’re only allowed to get sick for the amount of sick days you have, as if you control it like when you take a vacation. few things disgust me more than seeing bosses / managers guilt and threaten people into coming into work while sick. maybe the health department needs to start cracking down on it more, and not just in food service either. it seems like enforced legislation is the only way to get employers to treat people like human beings

I'm almost 40 years old (turned 39 last month). I've managed to keep myself to one job while everyone around me was working 2+. I owe a friend of mine an undetermined amount of money. I like having time to myself but don't mind giving some to other people but I'm feeling pretty trapped. A bit of backstory. A few years ago I was working for a guy doing some under the table work. The work was mostly handyman stuff (which I'm good at). He provided the jobs and I went and bid on them and did the work. I learned a lot about people and met some great and some horrible people but I didn't like the guy I was working for, it was very obvious that he was really just out for a buck. Did that for about 6-8months and was making decent enough money but constantly stressed…