Author: Olivia

I (21F) put in my notice last week as a property manager at elderly apartment complexes. Friday is my official last working day. I realized while in this notice period, it's been so much easier for me to set and maintain my boundaries and not over-extend myself, as before I was afraid to lose my job or rapport with my residents. In this week alone I've made huge strides in setting my boundaries, I told my bosses that I'm not going to be a part of their hiring process, I told them who should take my place too. I have had 3 or 4 non urgent calls or texts from residents this weekend and have told each of them that I'm not working right now, I'll get back to you later. I've also been able to tell residents when something is not priority for me, and to leave those things…

I feel so stuck. I've been a cook and then a Chef for 10 years of my life. Its taken such a toll on my health and my life, more recently my marriage. I never seem to be happy anymore just stressed and overworked. Always exhausted. I work 80 hour weeks for “the love of the industry” and never take time off when sick or needing medical attention. I hardly see my family. Its increasingly obvious that I need a career change but I've put everything into this career. Now that I'm looking into new career paths I can't figure how I'll be able to afford to leave the industry when all the entry-level jobs I see pay no more than $15 an hour. I have no clue what I want to do but money is a huge part of it. I live in a decent sized US city. The…

This happened a decade ago, but reading a recent post or two here reminded me of it. I was working for a place that to describe as having questionable ethics wouldn't be an overstatement. While not a legal requirement, I still gave two weeks notice. Here, the employer is required to pay the employee within 6 calendar days of their last day (for my fellow law nerds). During that last two weeks, things are mostly normal, expect for an “exit interview” where the manager at some point said that I wouldn't last long at the new place and would be asking for my job back within a few months. I shrug it off, and finish out my time there. I left enough time between that last job and the start date of my next to: Get married, celebrate my birthday, and go on our honeymoon. So we're already on the…

So I’m working at this place I kinda like for more than a year now. It’s the first time I don’t hate the place, the bosses and the employees. I kinda feel like I’m part of a family. And it’s a great improvement because I have always hated my past jobs. I’m currently working part-time because I went back to school. But I recently realized that school is not made for me. In the meantime, a new position opened at my current job. They hired a girl without any experience only because they knew her for years and got well along, but she quit because she wasn’t paid enough. So the position is vacant again and the company is looking for someone new. I thought it would be a great option since I already know the team and part of the job and that I want to quit school and…