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School or shitty job

I just got accepted into the school I want to go to. I should be celebrating but I also did the math today. I work as a waitress and have been spending as little as possible the last couple of months to put some money aside. The school will be full time for 2 years. If I live on just rice and beans I can make it 2 month before hitting zero. This is my chance to not be a waitress for the rest of my life but I can't see how I could make it. I'm panicking.

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can a job fire you after you put in your two weeks?

I want to hand in my two weeks because I am having a good awful relationship with managers and other staff. Little to no actual observations are happening yet the work is “based on performance”….. By who?? I want to give them the notice but I feel like they'll aim to fire me for doing so, out of spite. Edit : I wouldnt mind unemployment but being fired would be a first and doesn't that hinder possible future endeavors?

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Can employer of consultant restrict talking about wages to client?

I work for a consulting firm, as a consultant I have been told we cannot discuss wages with our managers on the client side, I rarely have interactions with consulting firm itself, all they really do is give me the paycheck, can they really have a clause in the contract that states I cannot discuss wages with my direct supervisor from the client side? These are the people that would be hiring me directly if the make me an employee in the future anyways.

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How did you stop having these thoughts?

Whenever I go to work, I get really bad anxiety because I feel like I owe them a lot for paying me. So I kill myself working ridiculously hard to show what a great worker I am (like I’m some brainwashed product of a capitalist society). It’s damaging me and I need help. I can’t switch off at night because I worry about how I made myself look in front of co-workers that day. It’s why I love being in education (uni) where I’d technically be burdening myself if I failed a task, and not other people. I wish I had the same mindset as you guys

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When is it acceptable to walk out before a job interview?

I have been waiting for 20 minutes for the interviewer and I'm just about ready to walk out. For future reference, how long do you normally wait before leaving? -Edit: The next person to be interviewed has arrived and I'm still waiting

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Anti Work Anthem?

Just wondering if anyone knows of any songs we could use as our unofficial anthem? ​ I've always enjoyed Thats it, I quit by hayseed dixie (in fact i even emailed it to an old boss along with my letter of resignation many years ago). But it may be a tad too “redneck” for some people…. any other suggestions? ​ (and yes, before someone points it out, we dont need an anthem, but i thought this might be fun, at the very least we can share some antiwork songs and rib each others taste in music 😛 )

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Compensation Disparity

Real question: why do administrators and middle-men/women get paid so much more than the people who actually have to do the work?

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“You can’t do anything.”

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Quitting my job

I’ll be quitting my job to take a better paying/benefits job. This will be the first time I’ve outright quit. My current employer has been OK, but it’s been just a decent entry job. How would you go about quitting?

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Sad to be posting this but need advice

So I really like my job, but found out the company is dissolving my job location and what I do specifically will not be a part of the company anymore. I am being offered a position at the new location BUT a few things I don’t like: A) further commute with no pay increase, B) will be stricter and less breaks, C) mandatory OT wayyy more often up to 60 hours at a time, only benefit I’m seeing is job security and is it even worth it at that point? Will be doing warehouse work which is tedious and monotonous at best Any thoughts?