They told me in the interview that they start at minimum wage and the only raises they give are when the minimum wage is increased. Not a raise! This will be a huge surprise, they offered no benefits at the time. The minimum wage was around 13.00ish an hour and was slowly getting raised to 15 it's a smidge higher than that now but not much.
I sell for an industrial supplier in Western Canada. I am extremely good at my job and have a customer base that loves it when I visit. About 6 months ago, I applied for medical benefits due to my wife leaving her job. I was denied because I was late to apply (90-day deadline for signup), and my family is “high risk” (attempted suicide and mental health medications). When I approached the employer to see what could be done, I got a passive-aggressive response saying I should have applied earlier. Strike 1. Fast forward a few months, my territory is doing absolutely phenomenal. I've grown the territory well over 30% and have fantastic penetration and closing ratios. I projected over 2.5 million dollars in sales for the year but noticed I was going to only see about 70,000 bucks from it. Now, I'm all for the company making more than…
I hate working so fucking much that I can’t enjoy a moment of my life outside of it. My stomach is in knots all the time and my eye is constantly on the clock counting down the minutes till I have to go back and suffer through another day which never seems to end. I have no hobbies anymore, I have no interest in other people. I feel nothing other than dread, my entire life is based around work. I do it because I need to eat and survive. Fuck work, I wish I would just die or find another way to survive.
Strongly encourage you to major in something marketable? Discourage you from taking out student loans (or try to keep low) by going to instate public, or starting at community college and letting you live at home”
Started a new job about a month ago. I was literally shown my desk and was given no guidance on anything. I’m trying to just learn the processes of the organization, but I have little to no support. I’m being placed on conference calls and not given any context of what these calls are about, and I’m being asked questions I obviously do not have the answers to. It is getting to a point of embarrassment. I went through something similar with my prior organization and it really affected my mental health and I’m afraid that I have a joined another fire. Where are the companies that provide support for their employees and don’t set them up to fail? You can only sink or swim to a certain point until you are essentially useless. My email inbox was literally blown up with all types of issues from different departments on…
I work remote at a job that occasionally has quite large periods of potential down time during the day. However the general expectation is that I stay online during standard work hours so other people can easily reach out to me. I found I couldn’t even leave my desk for more than 10 minutes because my company computer will auto lock after that and show me as “Away” on teams. For the last year or so, I used Move Mouse to keep my screen active while I did chores etc around the house. However, today I found the app doesn’t work (potentially my company changing restrictions). I am currently trying out a new app called Wiggler, but I’m curious if anyone else has any suggestions for keeping your screen active while away from your computer?
Can they be trusted?
