Author: Olivia

Back in June I fell at work and my arm went through a window severing my tendons, artery and nerves. I have had 2 surgeries so far and have to have 2 more. When I was at the hospital being prepped for my 2nd surgery, the owner of my company texts me and says he sold the company, my health insurance is cancelled, I no longer will receive my company provided apartment (I moved across the state for this job) and that my employment will not transfer over. My question is I have worked for the company for 7 years. Do they owe me severance?

Long story short I need a doctor's note to explain why I called off today. Chat me, and I can give you the information you need. The real reason I called off is because of depression but I don't want to get checked into a mental hospital, I just need a day off to recuperate.

Does anyone know of any templates for a reply/renegotiation to a severance letter? I’m not hiring a lawyer for this. It would cost everything they’re giving me. My company is only offering me 6 weeks pay. They didn’t pay out for my accrued sick leave (68 hours) and since we have unlimited PTO I can’t collect that, but we were offered one week to be taken within 90 days for working during Christmas week and mine was scheduled for Feb 6th. Obviously had I known I was being laid off I would have taken it sooner. Anything else that should be asked for? My only bargaining chip is retaliation for complaining to HR about a colleague (I was offered a transfer to another team and after my meeting with HR it was rescinded). Unfortunately I can only go so far with that as I was locked out of my company…

The reality is that most of us need jobs to pay the bills. If, like me, you have little to no experience, it can be damn near impossible. Almost every job ad I've seen requires previous experience of at least 2 years, even for something “entry level”. How on earth am I meant to have experience if entry level jobs already require experience?? It's like nobody is willing to train you or to have any level of patience, they just want people to pop out of the womb knowing everything. If you're a genius I suppose you can probably “survive” the system, but I wasn't that lucky. On top of that, I've been looking for remote jobs because I don't want to be tied down to an office, but even jobs advertised as “fully remote” often require you to go to the office and I just cannot for the life…