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Time off request a year in advanced denied?

So I work for a major vision insurance provider doing customer service in a call center. Since I started it has been an abolished shit show, my training was cancelled indefinitely due to business needs during “busy season” and me and the rest of my training class were tossed onto the phones with virtually no support and made to figure out our jobs on our own as we went along. Recently I proposed to my girlfriend and yesterday I informed my boss I would be getting married in January of 2023 and would need about a week off for the wedding and honeymoon. I was promptly and firmly told that the date fell on “black out dates” for the assumed busy season and a wedding was not something they would make an exception for and my supervisor had the balls to say to me he would hate to make me…

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This is what it’s like to live in America. Graduate with $130k in debt, only to get jobs that pay $12-$15 an hour.

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When supervisor and managers telework

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This explains alot – Why Boomers have it so good and we dont

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Walmart greeters forced to stand in tiny square

I'm so mad, and I'm going to call the Walmart super center on fort Henry Dr. In kingsport Tennessee to complain. I noticed as I was leaving that the greeter was standing inside a square shape taped to the floor. It's about 2×2 ft MAX. No, they are not allowed to move. I asked.

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There’s Never Been a Worse Time to Buy a Home in a Poll of U.S. Households

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Celebrating and Saluting!

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Who else agree that LinkedIn has become so toxic because of these kinds of posts making people hate themselves and their work

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California Sheriffs Use Asset Forfeiture To Steal Millions from Civilians

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I don’t even know anymore

So this one is a doozy. Yesterday I got an email from a local business wanting to set up an in-person interview. I (needing a job) happily said yes, and asked what time. The person suggested Tuesday (today) and said they had availability for 11am, and between 2-4pm. I suggested 11am. Crickets No response. I emailed both yesterday afternoon and earlier this morning asking if 11am is okay, or should I come later? Crickets 11:15 I get an email telling me I’m very unprofessional for not showing up to my interview. Color me surprised, and very confused. They never confirmed the time with me They never gave me the address of where I would be going I was never given a name for who I would be meeting up with As much as I wanted this job, I get the feeling that I dodged a bullet here. Especially not at…