Author: Olivia

This is embarrassing now, because my boss is making it personal. I’ve tried to write this so many times, and it gets so long. This is my briefest version. I worked at this company for 5 years. Very small (less than 10 people and half of them are siblings) We did not have an HR Dept. I found out (on accident) that the new hire, who I am still training, is being paid more than I am I confronted the boss about it and he fired me for “breaking the golden rule of snooping” …and for “being an alcoholic” and being hungover on company time. I have these things in writing I have never been written up or even verbally warned of any issues arising from my “alcoholism” I thought of him as a father figure and so I’d opened up to him about my struggles with alcohol, mostly because…

So this was during December 2022, but I just found this subreddit, so I figured it was worth sharing. I am a 17 y/o male who was working at a local Pizza chain. This was my first job and I had been working there about 5 months as a waiter. I enjoyed my job and had fun, although it could be stressful at times. Anyway, cut back to December and I was helping close, when I noticed my ankle was hurting me. I didn’t think much of it and just pushed through the rest of the night. Then, the next day it seemed to have gone away, until around noon when it started swelling like crazy. When I got home from school i called in and said that my ankle was swelling, it hurt to walk, and I shouldn’t come in. They then denied my request, saying that they already…

Me (WFH) … Next day … My boss: Please can you let us know next time if you're going to be missing any meetings. Me: I was literally working one minute, and in hospital the next, it's not possible to give notice if this happens again. My boss: I understand and I'm glad you're feeling better, but please try not to leave the team waiting for you next time.

I left college with an engineering degree. Couldn't get an engineering job, and landed in technical sales at $55k. I felt like a failure, like I wasn't coming close to my own expectations. Three years of that and switched to a technical sales management role for a department within a local distributor at about $71k. A year and a half of that and switched to another distributor for applications engineering at $80k Not even three months there and I'm accepted into a regional manager role at significantly over $100k If I'd started at the first company I'd likely be at about $65k right now. Your employer doesn't care about you, only what you can produce for them. You owe them no loyalty. You owe them nothing. Make your resume look like the job opportunities you want, and go for it. Also, don't give notice when you leave. Tell them you…