Author: Olivia

I know a lot of people are going through this, but any advice or ideas is appreciated. I started a new job 6 months ago. I was told it would be remote/community position. They said in the beginning their would be some in office stuff to get to know the team, but after that it would be remote. I left a remote job of over 3 years, to try something new. I didn’t mind, since it was still remote. I was told during the interview, their would be no unnecessary office time, those days were over. I was also told that we would be reimbursed for mileage, .60 per mile, for visiting clients homes or work related events. I accepted the position. After being hired, I was given the rules regarding mileage, which were not disclosed to me during the interview. The rules state you cannot get mileage if your…

I just left a low paying, toxic job for a job with better pay/benefits/work culture/flexibility. However, I am on my third day and feel so overwhelmed by new responsibilities that I cried twice today. But this happens to me at every job because I’m sensitive and easily overstimulated. I get overwhelmed and cry within my first week I’d say. And now I have an interview with another workplace from before I accepted this job… But in reality, is every job overwhelming and would switching jobs so soon be pointless?

I work as a vet tech in a very small practice of 1 doctor and 3 employees including myself. I started at this practice in Nov 2022 after leaving my previous large 4-doctor, more adequately staffed (still understaffed, but less-so) hospital. In my 3 months here, I have called out 3 times due to completely unexpected family emergencies. Mind you, I am not one to randomly call out for no reason, even as someone who has been dealing with ongoing family issues, healing from an extremely abusive home-life, and as someone living with cptsd, and just simply as a healthcare worker with burnout! I still show up and show passion and drive, stay late every day and show a commitment to my work and the patients and clients I service. Anyway… I was recently sat down by my boss, the Dr and practice owner of this clinic, and she informed…

I work in IT and managed in this space several years except for the last 3. I moved to an individual contributor role 3 years ago after a new Director came in who brought his own manager in as well. The writing was on the wall that if I didn't, I may not have a job. After 2 years of working for the manager and doing things to make our company more world class but not being recognized, I thought reporting to my peer, a senior manager, may be better. He was more technical and gave me the impression he recognized my contribution level. After a year of working my ass off to single-handedly get our region out of using home folders, folder redirection and PST files into cloud based technologies (OneDrive, Exchange Online Online Archive) end-to-end as well as supporting and growing the KTLO staff, I thought I did…

The restaurant company I am going to be leaving soon, is engaging in practices around wages that seem off to quite a few of us. For one… managers are paid a salary AND they are also working floor shifts serving or bartending and are in the tip pool. Now this isn’t the way for all managers. Some managers are given like 500$ a week and then told they have to make it up with tips… which isn’t fair to the rest of the waitstaff and bartenders that are missing out on shifts because the managers have to work to make tips, instead of the owners just paying them a decent salary. This is a 5 restaurant company and growing. We are busy. They can pay these people and keep them out of the tip pool… they just don’t. They have employees that have been with the company for over a…

The situation is this at my workplace: recently more and more people have been brought in by a 3rd-party staffing company to “supplement” the work of the unionized employees. Is there a good way to let these people know they are being exploited by my workplace's management? They receive no PTO, no benefits, and a lower wage than a union member working beside them at the exact same job. I would like to bring this to light, ideally in a public fashion, but also would prefer to avoid reprisals on myself. Thoughts?

I just started working at Casey's General Store. When I first got the job I was working as a cashier. That's what I signed up for. But now the past 2 weeks I have been in the kitchen which totally surprised me and not what I signed up for. In fact, at my last job, I applied at a local bar to be a bar tender, and it turned out it was a position for a line cook. They fired me in less than 2 weeks (in poor taste) for being too slow. I never even cook at home, I hate cooking, never even made a burger before. My background is in Web Development. Damn it, I wanted a job that involves talking with people because I just moved to a small town where I don't know anybody. I'm really scared that tomorrow I work the kitchen alone and they…