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Bossman texted me on my day off asking if I could come in for the Night Shift to cover someone else’s shift. As I was pondering wether or not I should go he called me and I begrudgingly answered. He gave me the whole routine “we’re understaffed tonight” yada yada “it’d be great if u came in” yada yada ”I’d come in except it’s my day off” HOLUP, did I hear that right? Jackass clearly understands the concept of the sanctity of the day off but expects me to drop everything to go in and run his restaurant for him? The AUDACITY of this “man”.. anyways instead of giving him some excuse I simply let him know – It’s not gonna happen. If I hadn’t stumbled onto this sub a while back I wouldn’t have quit my shitty job to work this other, newer so the novelty outweighs the shittyness…
How do I talk to my rich boss?
I’m gonna make a quick note that I apologize if this isn’t the right group for this question. I don’t hate my boss. In fact I’ve only met him once. He seems like a decent guy although my coworkers aren’t his biggest fans. I work at a hotel doing housekeeping and I only make 11.15 an hour to scrub pee stained toilets and make beds. It’s a gross job and I never know when my day will end until my shift is basically over. I want to talk to my boss and bring up the following points. We are understaffed and experience a lot of call outs. I called the other day because a babysitter in my area averages about $12 an hour. I can justify going to work if I made AT LEAST 12 but I can’t justify losing the 85 cents. (My boyfriend got called into work and…
I hate this world I have had to become an adult in. I graduated college in may 2020 when there were no jobs to be had. I never got to move out of my parents because the jobs I worked only paid $11-13/hour. I had worked my ass off my entire fucking life and sacrificed so much for my education, for it to mean nothing. I quit my job back in June. I was about to turn 23 and I thought, “I am too old for this shit.” I thought I was doing the right thing. I am an artist and I felt that if I had more time to myself I would be able to spend more time doing what I loved with the confidence my talent was enough to pay the bills. But now it’s august and I am at the very end of my savings. I’ve become…
My Uncle is a district manager for a janitorial company and manages some sites. When bonus pay came around he only got a gift card, So he called his boss (CEO) and complained about how the company didn't appreciate his work and put in his two week notice. After that call he ended up getting a $10,000 bonus immediately from the company and everything went well because he has skills that would be hard to find. I personally can't imagine causing up a stir over a lousy bonus when the base pay is already good but I guess you can get away with such things when you are an employee with high value. I'm personally an unskilled labor and refuse to work retail or jobs that micromanage you way too hard for crap pay. Unfortunately I need to work my ass off to make decent money but it's my fault…
I read about “quiet quitting” and watched this interview: https://edition.cnn.com/videos/business/2022/08/20/quiet-quitting-work-page-west-smerc-vpx.cnn and it seems like quiet quitting is deemed to be some kind of new phenomenon, yet it feels odly familiar. I did some looking around and I remembered, that I know it by another name: “Dienst nach Vorschrift” ( https://de-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Dienst_nach_Vorschrift?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de&_x_tr_pto=wapp ), the wikipedia article ( the official english one is not as detailled ) mentions that the concept is even as old as 1892. And “Innere Kündigung” a closely related topic ( https://de-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Innere_K%C3%BCndigung?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de&_x_tr_pto=wapp ) is documented since 1982. I would assume people have been in this situation before and reacted in exactly the same way as people do today, otherwise there wouldn't be a word for it. So I guess it is the circumstances and not “Gen Z” or “Millenials” or whoever else being lazy.
What to do when you reach your limit?
It’s been about a year of me struggling to stay at my job despite toxic and abusive behavior. The other week, management was so rude to me I think emotionally I reached my limit. WFH Friday but literally did nothing out of disgust for them. Now it’s Monday and I don’t feel any better. I want to quit, been looking for a job but so far nothing (had interviews but no offers yet). Not stupid enough to quit without something else lined up… but I just feel so repulsed that I’ve allowed myself to be abused this much and have no desire to be around them anymore. My self esteem is suffering, my eyes are twitching all month. What should I do with this feeling and how do I continue working while looking for a job? Remember, this is my limit so I’ve already put up with derogatory and power…