Author: Olivia

My problems aren't as bad as many of you and I feel bad for all of you that have very stressful jobs. Definitely move on for something better! See, my issue is that I have next to nothing to do each day. I work in IT and my manager refuses to get involved in my career development and I'm left to literally read the news and stare at the wall for hours upon hours. When we do have discussions about expanding my role my manager just feeds me a bunch of bs and executes on nothing. My manager also does work that I could be doing and refuses to help me train and take that work over. I make really good money and this is what kills me. I want to look for another job and move on to a more fulfilling role but I'm a little apprehensive because what…

I’ve been with my current employer for a little over 7 months. I’m the CEO’s assistant – I’m making about 180k – I work very hard. The company is almost five years old and the company has gone through six assistants. They range from less than 24 hours, to 1 year, but everyone ends up quitting. Learning this, I recommended a former colleague “Joe” who I knew was great at bus work, required little direction, and is just generally fantastic – he started four months ago. We joke around and say “there are problems, but we’ve been through war, so we know how good we have it.” Last month another woman “Rachel” quit, I think the writing has been on the wall. She often complained about the benefits, culture, she was coming into the office more dressed up, coming into the office on work from home days, taking long lunches,…

I’ve been with my current employer for a little over 7 months. I’m the CEO’s assistant – I’m making about 180k – I work very hard. The company is almost five years old and the company has gone through six assistants. They range from less than 24 hours, to 1 year, but everyone ends up quitting. Learning this, I recommended a former colleague “Joe” who I knew was great at bus work, required little direction, and is just generally fantastic – he started four months ago. We joke around and say “there are problems, but we’ve been through war, so we know how good we have it.” Last month another woman “Rachel” quit, I think the writing has been on the wall. She often complained about the benefits, culture, she was coming into the office more dressed up, coming into the office on work from home days, taking long lunches,…