Author: Olivia

So, I was pulled into my managers office after a meeting with a the dept. supervisor. This comes from my vocalizing my dislike of a move to a different part of the company as a stop gap so they don't lose profits. Nearing the end of our discussions at which I made very pertinent arguments that held true and accepted by herself and the lower level supervisor. She referred to me as a thinker. I am asking dear redditors opinion on this. I am thinking she knows I have it figured out and won't drink the cool-aid, but she can't fire me because they are already understaffed.

So basically , I’ve had about 3 jobs in my life , as I’ve mostly been in undergrad and grad school, and I’m currently finishing grad school online now as a work as a data analyst . I started this job in February and took it because it was my dream title , but it is not my dream job. For one, my salary is $42,000, while the average starting salary of a data analyst is about $66K-$77K. Secondly , almost 100% of the work can be done online and was during Covid , but the ceo likes things in paper and likes us to print reports so they can keep them in paper binders in their office. They are some manual entry parts of my work as I do enter documents , but once again, as stated prior, it can be done virtually if they really needed to: I’m…

I work for a large theater chain, and there are several theaters in my area for the same company. The closest is 5 mins away from me, but there are about 6 within a thirty minute drive. Our starting wage is the lowest of each of these theaters. The highest is two dollars more than our starting wage and is at a theater less than 20 minutes away from us. We even do more business than some of the theaters getting paid more than us. When I brought this to my general manager's attention, he told me not to get my hopes up but that he would talk to his boss about it. When we heard back, we were told the above, which is that because we aren't having issues with hiring new staff, we won't be increasing the starting wage. Which, to me, sounds like corporate talk for “we're…

What do you guys think of having short periods in your work history for whatever reason? Does it reflect badly or is it the new social work norm to only stay a little bit at a job like a few months and then move on if something bigger or potentially better comes along?