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In school, my friends and I rarely thought about our coming lives in the workforce, let alone how school was prepping us for them. But one moment sticks with me, where my sixth-grade teacher let her guard down for an exasperated moment and gave us the first vision of what was coming.  It was one of those late-in-the-school-year afternoons when we’ve all had enough and are being huge shits to each other: relentless mockery, throwing erasers, making angry arrangements to fight after school…the works.  Ms. K, who’s also had enough, screams (fittingly enough) “ENOUGH!” at the top of her lungs. Since she doesn’t usually do this, we all fall into sudden dead silence.  She puts her teaching book aside and sits on her desk for a second, thinking.  After a deep sigh, she begins: “You don’t know how special this time is.  School is the only time in which you…

Im probobly getting fired for giving out 3 discounts to people i know. Had they been strangers, this would have been OK. I have a meeting with bosses and the union soon. At the same time, my colegue who sexually harrassed coworkers keeps his job. Its all about the money.

Alright so here goes: I currently work for a large corporation that is very well known. I'm not sure a hostile environment suit would work but here's what I have so far. During a Christmas outing my team had a public “prayer” where we blessed the food. I was the only one (as a non Christian) that did not participate. This left me feeling left out and honestly concerned my coworkers would treat me differently for being different. I am the only male in my team, and the only white person. While this isn't a problem, I'm constantly subjected to hearing about baby daddies and how “all men” are like this. (keep in mind, I have no children, have never gotten a girl pregnant so I definitely don't fit this stereotype). I've also been called a “big man” by coworkers even though I am very small, and had comments made…

So I'm not sure if this is standard practice, but I accepted a new job yesterday and was going to put in my two weeks today. I have about 10 days of unused personal/vacation time which is normally paid out to me at the end of the fiscal year. I assumed if I gave my two weeks that I would be paid out my unused hours, but looking at my employee manual I apparently I am required to give 30 days or else I forfeit all unused hours. I already told my new employer that I will start in two weeks. Should I call in sick for several days to use of those hours and then give notice only for the remaining 4 days? I have nothing especially against my current boss and would feel a little guilty, but I don't want to just throw those personal hours away. What…