Author: Olivia

I work in a pathology lab in California as a non-exempt, hourly paid employee. It’s very important for our fridges and freezers to maintain certain temperatures so they all have sensors installed and are registered on a 3rd party service’s website. I was recently given the responsibility to respond to alerts and phone calls about these temperature fluctuations and that I’d even have to come in to the office at the drop of a dime to move freezer contents to another freezer should the first one fail or not maintain it’s set temperature. The hours I’m responsible for monitoring this exceed my work week, but I haven’t received additional pay. I want to know if I’m entitled to some sort of compensation or if this is normal.

Congratulations, you don't want to make friends at work. What the hell does that have to do with creating better working conditions for everybody? It's so tiresome to see this introverted preference upvoted to the top of the page. I'm sorry if you hate the thought of getting drinks with your coworkers or going to the holiday party with them. Nobody is going to be your friend without your consent as well. It's a NON EXISTENT problem. Please stop posting about it.

i (26F) started my new job a few weeks ago. the managers have been great, however, i have had to take initiative and figure a lot of things out bc there is no one training me 1on1. i’m an assistant so i send lots of emails and also as a young, black, woman who is new to the corporate world, i want to make sure i am standing up for myself when i need to. my one supreme supervisor is an older white man and usually has an ok temperament. there have been a couple times where he pops out of his office to correct what i’ve said in an email. in this situations he sounds kind of exasperated, yet animated at the same time. it’s a weird energy and it feels kind of rude but i’m not really sure what to make of it yet. today, i sent an…

I'm going to try and make this short. In 2019 I started working in early education. I was so excited because I love babies and toddlers. Reality quickly hit me when I realized how shitty the center I worked at was. In short, I witnessed child abuse in the center, reported it, told my boss I reported it, was coerced into resignation, and slandered after leaving. I want to add that I was not the only teacher who knew about the abuse. I was the only one who said anything. That experience kind of killed my passion, but I am stubborn. I don't want to let this ruin me! I gave early education one more time in 2020-2021 before leaving “for good”. I now need a full-time job while I'm in school and can't find one anywhere else. I am applying for more daycare teaching jobs… I am so nervous…

I've been unemployed for over half a year. I left a job where I was in a department of two people, but that's being generous, because my supervisor would find the work, and then have me do the work. He simply could not help because, per his words, then he'd lose his “10 thousand yard vision” I left that job for a contract position that paid 15K more…but they lied when they said they were hybrid, and told me I needed to be exclusively in office. This would be shitty but doable, if there was any work to do. There was not, only a handful of tasks that were incredibly poorly thought out and poorly communicated with other departments that ultimately went nowhere. After three months, they terminated my contract… Fucking me entirely over. I've been trying to get a job ever since, just back to back rejections. This last…

I'm not sure if this group could help but thought my fiancee works with an electrical contractor but really doesn't have a background in electrical. She doesn't want to go back to school or really pay for any knowledge courses that are too expensive. Does anyone have any resources or suggestions on where she can maybe learn a bit more?

I work in the hospitality industry and I am fairly young with less than a year of combined work experience – just reached 6 months at my current employer this month. Two weeks ago we had guests from overseas that were quite literally generally and sexually harassing staff, causing damage to the property and in general thrashing the place. They mostly came and went during the night as they were on a stag party – we're talking big fellas who are constantly drunk, about 7 or 8 of them. Hotel staff at night consists of one (1) receptionist and one (1) security guard. Exactly two people – and if you're lucky and it's the weekend – one manager on call. The guests reserved their rooms for three nights – they should have been thrown out after the first but management decided that our international chain hotel property that was able…

i work from home (edit: in the us) at an hourly pay rate (recently switched over from salary in same position) and my paycheck was a lot lower than what i expected it would be, so i questioned my employer and was told 30 minute lunch breaks are auto-deducted every work day. this is the very first time i’m hearing of this, and hadn’t noticed any disparities in my paystub until now (because i had let myself trust them and hadn’t even checked in a while). i work 8-10 hour workdays. and even though i’m at home, i’m on the clock the whole time. i answer any phone calls at any time, and rarely leave my desk/office. i hadn’t checked my paystubs in a while so i’m pissed i let this go by without even being aware. i know this isn’t a legal advice subreddit, but i wouldn’t be opposed…