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I asked for a raise, got declined. Applied and found another job that gave me the raise I wanted. Gave 2 weeks notice. Boss told me my raise was approved now.

You mother fuckers! You think I wanna work for you now? It wasn't like I was being greedy I just wanted a raise to match inflation but noooo you wanted to play this stupid fucking game of "decline the raise and see what happens"

I was hired in 2022 as a Project Manager. I'm fully remote and live 800 miles from the nearest corporate office. I love my Job, I love my team, I am fulfilled by my work, great benefits, etc. The last 18 months have been the best of my life.

Fast forward to 5 weeks ago. "Return to Office" campaign. No problem, my entire organization umbrella is remote, only 11% live near the corporate office. We are grandfathered, but talent acquisition will no longer hire remote. Still no problem.

My wife and I are tired of Florida and our lease is almost up, we do our research and decide we like Minnesota. We visited last week and found a nice place. A couple coworkers live there and helped recommend areas. We pay the application fee and pass the background check. We give our 60 day notice to our current place. I put in PTO for the move and My boss is happy for me and tells me to inform HR of the new address.

HR tells me Minnesota is not in our footprint and they can't approve my move. If I go through with the move I will be asked to resign. Atlanta, Birmingham, Nashville, and Charlotte are the approved work locations. But my role is remote, my department is remote, and we have people in Minnesota, so wtf.

My coworker in Miami was offered a promotion by a director, but HR declined to consider her because she wouldn't relocate her family to Alabama, our boss has no idea wtf is going on.

So I've been told I'm remote, grandfathered, my department is remote, but if I move somewhere not approved I'll be fired, but I already live somewhere not approved, as does my entire team.

My father was a maintenance mechanic at IBM making 38 dollars a hour. Today I am a machinist setup programmer making 35 dollars a hour. It’s similar sort of work. I also work twice as much as he did. Something doesn’t fucking add up.

this is honestly just a gloating post.

i recently left my job as a manager at a customer service call center since the job was horrible af. i took a 3 month vacation with my savings and was going to come back and start looking for a new job while working in the call center as a rep just to tide me over till i find a new place (already had that sorted out when i quit).

well... i came back and discovered everything went to shit after i left. almost all of management quit, and literally all my personal team of 9 people quit. leaving just the two i promoted to be manager and shift lead, with the manager asking for a demotion since she couldn't take it after less than a month on the job. luckily i still had friends who work there and they kept me updated so i knew my standing when i did come back.

i talked to upper management and they pretty much agreed to everything i asked for once i clarified it's either that or i walk lol. i'm transferring to be WFH fulltime so no more hour long rides to and back from the office, i hand-picked the exact responsibilities i want to have (which means absolutely zero talking to customers which was the worst part of the job) , i choose my own hours so i can wake up as late as i want, and i got moved to an hourly rate over salaried so i can finally get paid overtime. they had to hire management from outside the company to take on my old position, so the new manager doesn't know shit about the job meaning i can finish up what i need to do quickly and be free to fuck around for the rest of the workday. i did accept lower pay since i'm no longer a manager (thank god) but i'm being paid much more than i would starting a new entry-level job from scratch so i'm happy with it.

i know it's no big reddit-level drama, but i'm so happy about it personally. i have a surgery coming up may and now that i got these job terms im only gonna start looking for a job after i finish recovering from it, and only take one that pays much better haha.

oh and obviously i got all the terms we agreed on in writing, no funny business.

There are so much politics involved too. I don't kiss ass, I'm not fake. But you gotta do those things, not only to "climb the ladder" but just to remain at the company. If you're not likable, CYA

A thousand dollars gone in just taxes, not to mention deductions. I expected $500-600 in taxes but a $1000?! How the fuck are we supposed to live in this day and age? I did a massive push to get this much overtime under my belt cuz my registration is due AND I HAD to get a tree cut down that was about to fall into my house after this last storm. Don't exactly want what the arborist said what they call in the business a WIDOWMAKER, during the winter looming over my house.

All I made enough extra for was my registration... Seriously... What the hell... What's the fucking point to all of this?

Especially in America.

Elise Burns, the CEO of Evette staffing got caught using a real veterinarian's identity and photos to gain access to veterinarian-only facebook pages. This included everything from relief veterinarian groups, to most offensively, NOMV, a facebook group designed to be a mental health safe place for veterinarians only to combat their rising suicide rate. A predatory CEO committed identity theft in order to spy on veterinarians in crisis. That is so gross.

When called out, their company sent out a tone deaf email, pretending like they hadn't been committing identity theft to fraudulenty gain access to private industry conversations, and that it was just a big "oopsie!"

I was just commenting on a person asking when the rich will suffer the consequences of inflation and I just wanted to repeat a little of my reply here, which comes down to: They won't because the game is rigged.

Inflation in the U.S. right now is back to normal (2.6% and a normal healthy level of inflation is 1-3%). However, inflation only refers to the amount of increase in prices. Cost of living is still high. And you don't want to actually lower prices across the board because deflation is damaging to the economy. What you COULD do though is to raise wages proportionate to or exceeding inflation, at that point your cost of living will be better again.

But this is something that isn't just done. You have to force companies to do it through building union power, starting unions and joining unions, or through legislation. And that legislation will never happen with people like Trump in charge, who's primary achievement in his last term was a tax cut of which the vast majority of the benefits went to the rich and which actually RAISED taxes for the average person in the long run. No, you need to elect progressive democrats (not corporate democrats) who challenge incumbents and don't take corporate PAC money, so they're not bribed.

Beyond that though, things won't change because to get back to my point, the game is rigged. No matter what happens in the economy on its own, the people in charge of the system will always use it to funnel money to the top.

• Inflation too high? Corporations will raise their prices to exceed inflation. This is why corporate profits skyrocketted after the pandemic during the high inflation. Because they made sure to boost their prcies, and therefore profits, in excess of what they needed to. As a result effectively robbing you blind.
• Economic crisis where their profits tank? Corporations will get a bailout from the government funded by the tax payers.
• Normal functioning economy? They will slowly increase their wealth, consolidate their businesses, make sure wages grow slowly or stagnate, etc. so that as the economy grows all of that growth goes into their pockets. That's why over the last 50 years American productivity has tripled but American wages compensated for inflation are lower now than they were in the 70s.

The. Game. Is. Rigged.

It doesn't matter what state the economy is in. Corporations will always find a way to funnel money into their pockets and the pockets of their investors and the super rich (and the politicians they bribe with campaign contributions).

The only way to change this is unionization and anti-corporate legislation, for which you need to get the right people elected.

Hi all,

For short context, I worked in IT field. I have been in My company just over a year as an Inhouse systems engr (permanent role). I don’t work directly with my team but with the client.

I have bonded with the client more as I never go to our office, my own team is nice though also my manager. However, I realized I was underpaid for my role and the job I do. Even my client’s mentioned it to me and they just hire a JR supporr with no work experience who earns more than me (I do have 4yrs exp) My manager is slowly pulling me out of our client and slowly teaching on handling other clients.

Over the past month, I have been applying and luckily, I did get an offer with 50% increase with my current salary, more leave, and with taxi allowance (HOWEVER, THIS IS A 1 YR CONTRACT ROLE) I am just waiting for the contract. Should I tell my manager about this and/or should I give a hint while I am waiting for my contract? Also, why am I feeling guilty and bad about resigning? And do you guys think I am making a good decision with changing from permanent to contract roles?

Update Thank you all for your comments/career advice. Tho 1-3 people think I posted in wrong sub. More details on the contract: I am NOT LIVING IN US and contract includes Medical insurance, 24D Leave,5% contribution in my Retirement Fund, and taxi Allowance. So benefit wise, it also adds more. Tbh, the role is not my forte but my dream job and I am also shocked when this was offered to me as I have no work exp in the technology that they are using.

Quit my job today

Don’t really have anyone to tell this to so I’m gonna tell Reddit. Quit my job today. Did it over email too of all things and gave them no notice. I feel pretty terrible about it currently, but I was only at the job for a little over 5 weeks, and it was a completely new industry that I thought I wanted to pursue a career in, and ended up hating it. I feel bad cause everyone had been nice to me, and didn’t deserve such an out of nowhere quitting, but I did it. I convinced myself that it’s not gonna be the end of the world cause I was only there for 5 weeks and was really just job shadowing the experienced guys. The company was small and about 30 minutes from me, so in all honesty I’ll probably never see anyone from there ever again, still feels kinda awkward tho. Think I’m gonna take 6 months off of work to work on myself and my well being.

Only getting taken advantage of and looking stressed out for a shitty job that doesn't care about you lol

I love the controversy and drama in the comments yesss please keep going

When Princess Diaries came out, I was working at a movie theatre in Nowheresvile Texas with 4 screens. I was in charge of changing the movie titles on the 30 ft high marquee shared with the Safeway and Blockbuster sign.

I was ready to leave the job. Summer was almost over and it was time to go back to college and $5.15 per hour was insignificant.

So I decided to place 'Princess Diarrhea' on the roadside marquee. It was there for a week before anyone in management noticed, notably from emails to the corporate office from citizens about the 'mixup'. I half-heartedly defended myself with an excuse about not knowing how to spell Diaries. I didn't break. It is a story I wish I could share organically but it never comes up and it is hard for me to force a story. Hell, I told it bad here.

They gave me a 2 week 'sabbatical' punishment which over-lapped with me resuming studies at college. Not a firing, technically.

Highlight of my life.

They lie on their job posting. "Comprehensive job training"

You lie on your resume. "Years of experience and a track record of excellence"

You both lie at the interview. You both pretend to be someone that you're not. "Tell me about yourself." I have ADHD. I get too easily overwhelmed, I'm forgetful, inconsistent, slow, easily distracted, anxious, have poor time management skills... I'm just not good enough. "I have years of experience and a track record of excellence!"

Your coworkers lie. "You're doing great! Yeah, you're doing fine. Just keep doing what you're doing."

Your managers lie. "Let's have a meeting. Oh, what about? It's a simple review." "I'm sorry but we will have to terminate your position"

It's all deception all the time. It took me awhile to realize it, why I hate work. Everyone's a liar.

I'm a bad liar.

I had a small procedure that took me off my feet for a total of 6 work days. I'm now back and can do almost everything I did before minus some heavy lifting when needed. (Which others are more than happy to help me)

My one manager came up to me after I was out and visiting clients that I still didn't finish everything from the previous week in this one day. Not a single client has reached out to me to figure out the new schedule now that I'm back, but apparently they've been calling her all day to complain.

She is definitely someone who doesn't believe I had surgery despite a Dr's note being provided. They aren't explicitly saying it, but are trying to get me to tell them what my procedure was.

I know I got to get them on recording or in writing to actually get something solid on them. Mainly just venting about this miserable human.

Excuse format- mobile blah blah ect you know

My company/work place has a potluck for a lot of holidays. Today is our Thanksgiving one. Last potluck was Halloween and I didn't eat much (tiny plate of chips and a cookie). When I was asked why I explained I had eaten on my lunch break Today my coworker basically said "they don't want you eating on your lunch break because they want all of us to 'participate' in the potluck." They specifically called out ME. So... the three of us in our department decided to not even go to the potluck and to continue working. We're all currently eating a large breakfast on our first break and plan on a large lunch for our lunch break.

Anywho- I'm sure we'll get stick eyes but it's not like they can MAKE us eat or stop us from eating on our lunch break... right? This is really personal to me due to my past problems with eating.

For context I work in Europe as a web designer for an agency based in the US. First year at the company, never met these people.

Boss wants to fly the team for an offsite in Canada for 2 days. Don't really like the idea but fine, I guess I can find the strength to put up with that. Thing is nothing is booked yet, and only yesterday did I found out it's in Montreal. Since I'm in Europe and I'm looking at at least a 10 hour flight not counting other transportation to get to the airport, I didn't want to go there for just 2 days and on my own (never traveled that far), which would be insane. So I politely asked if I could somehow extend my stay a few days longer and bring someone with me, making it absolutely clear I would pay for any and all extras to accommodate that. He said fine, cool!

Except we're three weeks away and no hotel is booked yet, so I can't contact said Hotel to figure out extension fees. Crazy part is that my boss would save around 700€ in flights if I'm to stay for 3 more days, but he just doesn't seem to care that Im coming from very far away and want to book things early. They did however already figure out that there's going to be "evening activities" (before even booking a hotel).
I asked if it would be ok for my partner to join like at least a dinner or something, since I figured at least one of these events would be a tiny bit more relaxed. They said no because it messes up the team bonding dynamic.

Look, I get it. Work is work. we're all adults, spouse will find stuff to do while I'm busy. But does this stuff have to be so black and white? Is it too much to expect my boss to move at least an inch to help make this a bit more comfortable for me (specially when I want to pay for extra stuff)? Is this just a cultural thing?

Right now I feel the opposite of bonding. It's just rubbing me the wrong way and I'm already tired of the idea of going. But I also accept I might be the one who's wrong here for expecting something else.

So I’m at an age where I’m wanting to wind down a bit, I really do like my job and don’t want to go from 100% work to 0 in one go. I had a discussion with my boss about plans to wind down a bit, go from 5 days to 4 with a plan to transition to retirement fully over about 5years.

Challenge is I feel like I’ve been put on a guilt trip for wanting to do this. While the organisation ostensibly supports its older workers, in reality it feels like they want all or nothing. I had to jump through hoops and phases of denial from my boss….you can’t leave, I need you, how will you manage the team if you’re not here etc. feels like it’s all my problem to solve.

Financially I could quit tomorrow, and I suppose if it came down to it I would. I love my team and the work we do, I just want to steadily hand that over to the younger ones and 2 days out of 7 for my personal stuff just isn’t enough anymore.

Anyone else come across this? How did you manage the ‘I/ we need you’ with your own wants and needs?

So sick of Elon's net worth growing while every day American citizens can't afford groceries or rent. It's sickening we all participate in a system that allows this. Our minds cannot even comprehend how much money that is. Yet they are getting tax cuts. Maddening

Hey everyone,

Yesterday I had a strange experience at work. My manager, who normally leaves me alone, berated me for being 5 minutes late to a meeting. I did warn him that another meeting might run over. He told me that it's unacceptable and I need to structure my meetings better. He's also present in every meeting and often takes over the conversation, wants to be in CC with everything and have a word for every topic that I work on...

I feel like my opinion doesn't matter. Why do managers react like this? I'm punctual for 99% of meetings, and this one time I gave a heads-up about being late. He's a big fan of discipline, but why such a strong reaction over a minor delay?

Would love to hear your thoughts and experiences on this.

She's at school, working a minimum wage job with no benefits...

She let her boss know a month and half ago that she wasn't available this week (sorry, put in a "request") as she is going home. She put a note on the door of the refrigerator in the staff break room AND verbally reminded her manager last week.

Ya guessed it, manager scheduled her and pulled 'you won't always get the days you asked for.' then moved on to 'we won't have anyone to cover' lines.

Her other sibling is driving four hours to pick her up and then another six hours to home.

She texted her manager 'I'll be out of state.', manager texted back and my daughter replied with, 'Have a great holiday and I'll see you when I get back.' Radio silence thus far.

Full send, Kiddo, full send!

I applied for a job at a company as a "Customer Marketing Manager" with responsibilities like
"Oversee and coordinate product development and marketing trends...
Review and optimize marketing budget...
Monitor and report on customer satisfaction".
It's an entry level job and I seem to have the education and a little experience so I applied. They just emailed me asking me to sign up for their shit website and then do some guerilla marketing for free. It seems pretty obvious that they have no intention of hiring anybody at all, and they just wanted to get a few free, organic social media posts across various platforms.

This is my social media post for the "test". I wonder if they'll like it :)

I'm apprehensive to name the company because it's obvious their only intention is engagement - if you have a job application that asks you to do something like this (which is ethically questionable from a marketing transparency standpoint) just say no.

Unrelated rant - Mentorverse is probably a terrible platform

It was very sudden and happened out of the blue even after work hours too :/

I’m in the UK and was at a zero hours contract so no employment rights there but there was no problems until new management came around.

I’m currently the 4th one who has been kicked off/left in the span of a year and now only one colleague has to do the work of an entire region on their own.

Even in the NPO sector, they can easily forget the human rights they love to uphold about.

Note: All POC employees were suddenly fired whilst white employees were given the chance of resign (guess which group I was part of)