Author: Olivia

I've seen so many posts on this sub where people ask “is two weeks notice enough?” Or “I'm not sure how to quit my job, I don't want to make my toxic manager mad” or “former workplace contacted me about paperwork” Let's clarify the situation- I'm not sure in other countries but in America you don't owe these people anything. 2 weeks is a courtesy if you don't want to burn your bridges in case you ever want to go back. Beyond that, you don't have to tell them anything beforehand if you're going to quit. Just don't show up one day. Tell them you quit if you want. Once your employer is no longer paying you money, they aren't shit to you anymore. They have no power over you. Break the mental bondage that an employer or manager is any sort of authority figure outside the transaction of paying…

A family member was working at an elderly care facility under the table and has left them for a different job. They owe her like $170 and refuse to pay her out. They said they don’t owe her the money and that she didn’t do anything, and also claimed something about cameras and her coming to work on codeine (she had a prescription for that for a horrible cough). I told her to call the DOL but she has no idea where to start and there are tons of phone numbers on the website. She hates confrontation and is literally having an anxiety attack because she needed that money for her power bill. She’s in Mississippi if that helps or hurts. Edit to add: I can’t even find the business listed. She says they didn’t drug test or anything and it sounds like this place is totally illegal and off…

I would like to put my volunteer work on my resume but I was wondering if it's required to disclose that it wasn't a paid position. “Volunteer Project Coordinator” sounds worse than just “Project Coordinator” to me.

Per my offer letter: Paid time off (PTO); Employees are eligible to use their PTO after completing 60 days of employment. Employees are allocated (10) days of PTO at the start of each calendar year to be used until December 31st. Employees may then choose to roll over or payout 20% of their allocation. New employees will be given a pro-rated amount dependent upon their start date. This does mean that I am accruing time at time of my start date. Since I started Nov 29th, 2022, should I have been given PTO for 2022? For 2023, they gave me a pro-rated amount starting January 29th. I believe I should have been given the full amount. Can anyone provide some insight on what I should do?

The listed salary in the interview is a full $5,000 a year lower than the advertised salary when I applied. How do I address that in a professional manner to have them adjust and correct their mistake? It’s not like it was a one time error, this salary was listed on the internal website for weeks prior to the position closing.

So I work for a TMS company (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) it's a treatment for depression that involves placing a coil on specific portions of the skull and stimulating areas of the brain responsible for mood. As of late the GM has been going around to a ton of locations at the orders of the admin to inspect our work. It's been very annoying for us techs because they'll come into treatments with patients that have social anxiety or really don't like more than just 1 person in the room. We've also had a change in protocols to get people to a certain level of amplitude (level of power/energy beamed into the patient's brain) when treating them. It's been very annoying because some patients just don't tolerate higher treatment levels. It takes them a minute to get there. But now we're expected to get them to higher levels even if the…

Should I keep my current online status in Microsoft teams? I actually don't want to show my status to anyone and want to keep it “Away” all the time because either I don't want to get disturbed, or don't want to tell anyone when I am online, or sometimes I also like the flexibility to check group messages without even worrying about anybody checking if I read their message. This gives me less stress. But this might backfire since I work overtime and work late at night since I am in an IT job, and my managers could be under the illusion that I am not working, and it could affect my career. Please share your thoughts on what is right to do…