Author: Olivia

At my job, my manager recently had a couple employees quit within a few weeks of each other. Since then, she’s lamented the fact that she’s having a hard time finding any job applicants who are in the area and willing to commute. However, she’s been finding a lot of remote applicants. This is a sentiment I’ve heard from other supervisors and executives out there as well. My manager also laments that the office has become a ghost town due to downsizing and other departments working from home full time. Gee, I dunno guys. Maybe it’s just that the pandemic lockdown exposed how pointless it is to come into an office every day when they have the tools to work at home full time more productively? Never mind when winter comes around and people are getting each other sick in the office all the time. Look, I get that not…

After working at a beauty counter for over eight months they decided to terminate my contract immediately. Management mentioned how I wasn't making enough money for the counter and was way off my personal sales targets, as well as being guilty of taking time off due to illness and death in the family. My area manager had to bring up the fact that I barely made 50% of my sales target recently and asked why despite knowing two of my family members passed away in that month alone, that's when I broke down crying. I genuinely don't understand what they were expecting me to do, pull money out of my ass? Selling overpriced beauty products for £70+ isn't easy in this economy, not to mention I was always out of stock of very popular items and lost hundreds of pounds of profit a day but when I mentioned it they…

Just got my raise for my annual review, boss tells me that im doing a great job and that I'm one of the best poeple in my position. Unfortunatly the raise i was given was less than the inflation rate this year. Meaning that im getting paid less than last year. I confronted bossman with the fact that im not getting paid enough and he got mad and straight up said “if you dont think thats good enough than leave.” So anti-work got any suggestions?

Sorry if this isn’t allowed but i need to know im not alone Ive been working BOH at chain restaurant since mid 2021 and i’ve been burnt out since month 3. Immediately they trained me for 3 different positions which by month 2 i was handling alone for upwards of 6 hours a day. My hours have been dramatically reduced but on days I am “fortunate” enough to work livable hours (especially holidays) i now have 6-7 positions im juggling in one shift for the pay of 1. Break them, catch them up, stock the walk in. I was taught that being a yes-man would get me far in life but all it has done has given me severe anxiety and depression with mounting existential dread that im going to be stuck here forever after my applications to many many MANY jobs were either rejected or ignored. My final straw…