Author: Olivia

I am starting a new job as a lead preschool teacher next week, in Minnesota. Today I went in for some paperwork (unpaid) and she said I will be paid at a lower rate my first week since I won't be in the classroom. She claimed to not know what that rate would be, however. There is a bunch of onboarding paperwork and the reading of the employee handbook that I am supposed to do before starting- unpaid. At all of my previous jobs, this was paid since it was done in person at the office. I also have to do a fingerprint background check before I can start, and I pay for that — this one I'm pretty sure is legal in MN for teachers, it's just frustrating. $45 My first aid and CPR have expired, so I also have to take those classes. When I asked about that,…

i’m 19 and started working at a grocery store about 6 months ago. i’ve been told that i’m a very hard worker and my manager even got me flowers and cheesecake for valentine’s day for how much i do, which of course i appreciate. but this job has me constantly burnt out and i feel stuck. recently i’ve been scheduled more, generally 5 days in a row, one day off, then repeat. i asked for 4 days a week a few months ago, which i got for maybe 3 weeks. i also now have to do some closing shifts, which i was able to negotiate leaving at 6:30 since biking home at night as a woman scares me. hopefully within the next few weeks/months i will have a car. but i think until then im just stuck.

I had a job creating computer graphics, printing out files for clients, writing content. Immediate manager was a glory thief who took credit for a lot of the graphic work I turned out. I didn't say anything, but after the first few times of him getting complimented for MY work, I got crafty. I used Photoshop a lot, so I made two blacks in the palette and buried my signature. Boss came around after one of those review meetings where manager was again showered in praise, asked if everything was okay and I said no. No, it's not okay when Jim takes all credit for my work. Boss says, “He claims to have created this piece.” So I opened the file, changed one of the blacks to bright red and, lo! My name in lights! They found an excuse to let me go days later, but the joke's on Jim…

My job has a policy where if you call out you have to take a wellness survey, if you do take this survey and it deems you unfit to work you cannot work for the next 5 days, regardless of how you feel in that time frame. I now do not get to make any money from my job because I was sick since Monday. My job is Texas Roadhouse. This policy is insane.

That's the language used in a post for a position I'm considering applying for. Isn't this a red flag telling the applicants the employer basically doesn't care if applicants have lives, schedules, child and/or family care needs? I emailed requesting clarification. The answer was that program needs “might mean some evenings and or opportunities to work outside those hours.” No clear expectations in mind, just the expectation that anyone should be able to randomly adjust to schedule changes that could include any and all hours of the day or week, which they may later dictate because things “might” change on their end. Am I wrong to feel it's exploitative to hire people without having clear scheduling expectations? I'm repelled by how so many postings cavalierly throw in the expectation of an employee being totally flexible with their availability without any concrete reason why. I realize there are certain roles that…

On Monday I was investigating an arrow board that fell from the back of my truck. Usually they're attached to a hook but this one fell off. So I went to investigate it and I saw that it fell so I decided lift it. I felt a very powerful popping sensation like a dislocated muscle or bone in my rib, and it felt like it was on fire almost like a hot knife was piercing the inside of my rib. I tried calling my manager several times but he didn't pick up the radio. Eventually he showed up because I wasn't back at the shop like he expected. I told him my symptoms but he didn't believe me or at least he looked like he didn't. I asked him to take me to the emergency room but he decided to waste time by telling the others about the arrow board…

Title says it all. They say if a 14 year old want to work at a meat processing plant they should be allowed. I don't see any 14 year old wanting to. Only forced by circumstance. I brought up an example of a 14 year old with a drug addicted family with no way to get food and they said, yeah he would WANT to work not be forced.