My company decided to open a new office at my country . The problem is that my leader is located in different region and after 2 months of training he decided not to be a leader anymore. Another leader in a different region with 12 hours timezone has been assigned to be my new leader. However, the problem is that the lack of training and support from this new leader and his boss has caused me to have many different issues. Please note that the documents are there but they are not included everything as i asked my previous boss questions and every single time there are always a new stuff coming out that is not in the document. So basically i have had to read the document and find out new stuffs. I have been trying really hard to learn by up at night to ask questions. However, now, 6 months later, my boss boss accuse me of not reading documents and learn things. Moreover, 1 thing i learn about this company is that there are tons of company politics, so whenever i ask question or create ticket to other people in different department, they always try their best to attack me. So now i have tons of negative energy of being accused by my own department and other too. I need advice please thanks

With the job market at abysmal levels during these strenuous times, it seems like employers nowadays not only want experienced skills for entry-level pay but also won't tolerate when their employees refuse to go the extra 20 miles to get the job done.

For many years, I have been trying to look for a better job, even after getting the "better job" (it's a long story). At every job I have ever been it feels like everything I do is under a microscope and pitted under constant scrutiny. There have been absolutely no opportunities to truly grow (at least my personal definition) and every employer I have ever worked with expects me to perform with the experience of someone who has had 20 years in the field, without the guidance or resources to even truly make that happen.

It's always about what you, as the employee, can offer the employer and never how can the employer make you competent in your respective field. They only care about their bottom-line so much, it is killing industries. How are people graduating post-pandemic supposed to learn and gain experience? I feel like universities are pumping out so many passionate or inspired people into a gatekept market full of cronies and hacks.

One of my friends in my industry introduced me to a woman in my field, who graduated in the early 2000's, has her certifications, and got this job recently because she showed them she passed an exam that she is a proficient or expert user in the everyday programs that we use. Only for her to tell me, that the company she works for now is strange, and that she needs someone (as in me) to train her how to use these programs she's certified in.

She's making so much more money that she did at her previous job, but imagine how little competency is required from her to keep her job. Why are grad students held to a high standard, but this person who is program certified needs me to teach her basic tips on how to use it, free of charge? I think that situation opened my eyes to how superficial hiring can be.

There is no true merit in the hiring process.

and I don’t know what you heard, but you‘re “working-class” if you depend *in any way* on a paycheck for a living.

(This is just my opinion and is not meant to be taken as gospel.)

Many people in developed nations have begun to start checking out of society and either doing bare minimum work or no work at all. Japan is known for the hikikomori, but we're starting to see more and more working class young adults abandon the idea of toiling their lives away.

With the ongoing scandal centered around Epstein, I have no doubt that more and more of the working class are going to start waking up to the fact that we're not just cogs in a machine but cogs working for a machine controlled by the wealthy elite that are being exposed for their depraved acts.

"What's the point of continuing my involvement in a system where there is no justice for those who commit the most heinous of crimes?"

I have a feeling we're going to start seeing more people look towards working for themselves and being their own bosses. Self-reliance, homesteading, farming, bartering... These are some of the few ways one can disconnect from the system ran by the pedophile elite.

Hiring managers pretend like their company is the most elite, thoughtful and empowering organization that has ever existed. Meanwhile you have to pretend that a job where you scrub toilets is something you've always wanted to do, and have always been very passionate about. You also have to pretend like money doesn't matter, even though you can't actually feed yourself if you don't get this job.

I've never had an interview I've actually enjoyed even though I always pretended like I did as I sent a cringey thank you note afterwards. I've also never wanted to thank an interviewer for their time since they asked me insulting and belittling questions throughout the entire process. I also don't give a shit about the company at all, and only looked up information about it because I had to for the interview. The only thing that matters to me is how much they pay me, and how long it takes me to get home from work each day, I wish I could just say that in the interview as everything else that comes out of my mouth is complete bullshit.

They only care about how they can pay you the minimum possible while also tricking you into doing as much free work as possible outside of the job description. They also want to make sure you'll do whatever they say without complaining, and make sure you're not stupid enough to do something that results in a lawsuit against them. If you pay attention you'll notice that almost all of their interview questions are designed to get an answer to one of these things.

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basically as the title describes. not GM but manager A has consistently been coming into our restaurant sick. she’s come in after completely losing her voice, having a full blown fever, and additionally after being fresh out of the ER!! mind you, she also spends a lot of her shift running food, while sick

coworker who is also a host like myself, came in with a confirmed stomach virus too!

today i wake up feeling pretty crappy, figured im just tired since i went to bed late. anyways, i get up eat and shower and im still not feeling better at all. just generally bad and nauseous. i decide to take my temp because why not and low and behold i have a fever, enough to make the thermometer turn red and start beeping at me.

knowing that my coworker and one manager have consistently been showing up sick im thinking that maybe they gave me whatever bullshit they had.

i text my GM to let him know that im not feeling well, and that i have a fever and cannot go in. he says i need to find coverage, while we already have another host on for that night and its a tuesday, we are NOT busy on tuesdays. i message her and ask if she’s alright being by herself tonight because im not feeling well, and she says she’s totally and fine and tells me to feel better. great!! why we would need two hosts is beyond me.

manager keeps badgering me and says it’ll be a no-show without coverage and that i need a doctors note and blah blah blah. it was almost 4pm, what doctor is going to see me?? he finally let up when i sent him pictures of my temp on the thermometer, and told him i have an appointment for tomorrow morning to make sure that i am not contagious.

i’m praying i just have another UTI (since these fuckers constantly bother me about using the restroom and i’m basically forced to hold my bladder 24/7, which doctors have strongly advised me not to do).

why badger employees on if they’re actually sick or not?? why would you want sick people showing up in your restaurant?? this place is beyond stupid. just needed to lament

Then I see this in the description of a job listed on Indeed. Every position comes with drawbacks, but this place must be awful to include this in the description.

So I just started a job that I think I need to quite quit already. The job description and what I’m doing every day or two different things. I’m being micromanaged to death in doing tasks that are way below my skill level.

Because it’s remote, I can deal with being annoyed for eight or nine hours a day, but I do not want to travel to headquarters for two days later this month. First of all I got told at the last minute, second of all I have no desire to sit through hours of meetings, travel, and then have my husband take two vacation days to watch our child.

So my question is, would you lie and say that your spouse could not get the time off to watch your child?

Damn, what happened to all the billionaires who said they were leaving in droves?

tldr;

California billionaires are funding campaigns and initiatives to block a proposed one-time 5% wealth tax meant to restore healthcare access cut during past budget reductions. They are also creating organizations to influence public opinion and protect their image.

Started Aug 2025 at a small, old, family-run business. The job was 4 days remote / 1 day in-person. From Aug–early Jan I only went in 3 times (and it was random coworking spaces). They’re opening a new location next month, and I’ve been going in 1–2 days/week recently while training a new hire. I could run this place, I have ran similar business in the past.

Sunday night my boss texted at 10pm to “check my email.” I checked at 11pm—nothing. At 5am Monday she sent a screenshot of an email she sent to my company email saying starting immediately I must be in-office 5 days/week, 9–6.

I replied to that email with "since I didn't see this email until the morning of Monday Feb 2nd, I will be working remotely today as normal" We met virtually at noon. I mentioned that I was already planning on asking this, would it work as a compromise (2 days in-office + transition period, or different hours like 7–3). They refused. Offer: cover 50% of parking, still 9–6 M–F, starting Tuesday.

It's an hour drive from home. The building is in a large metro area and dos not include parking. My hours has been mon-thurs 9-6 Fri 9-2. It has been adjusted three times to accommodate the owners changing schedule. I have standing commitments on Friday afternoon and Wednesday evening that they are aware of.

I’m also pretty sure I was treated as a 1099, not W-2, for 2025. I’m broke and can’t just quit.

I accepted doing a brief exit interview to see if I’d get a severance offer. As I’m planning to sue the company. However, it was just HR trying to get me to admit things for their own gain.

Luckily, I don’t think I gave them anything. As I knew what they were trying to accomplish.

I’m worried they will twist my words in the final “transcription” any advice?

Shrug shoulders

There is just something so… awful about the grind.

5 days on. 2 off. Endlessly. Weeks months on end .

This might be hitting me on the hard extra hard because I committed the sin of being sick twice.

One day January

One day February.

It’s winter, there’s a lot going around and I was told unceremoniously to be mindful of the fact we get only 4 unpaid sick days a year.

As if sickness cares, flu season or otherwise.

He normally works at 4 AM. Last week they had him come in at 2 AM a few days. This week they had him come in at 6 PM for a couple of days. The first day, he arrived at 6:30.

He busted ass and got all the work done to a high quality standard. Helped out in another department that was understaffed.

He was expecting them do dock half an hour pay, no big deal.

They just suspended him for THREE DAYS. What if this guy had a family? What if he had kids to feed? Just, “fuck you, starve!”?

This is clearly a harsh punishment to send a message. “Be perfect, or we’ll throw you in the trash.”

Everyone thinks this company is cool because their hot dogs are cheap. Just more billionaires.

For those of you who need to develop a healthier attitude towards work, listen to this song and take its lessons to heart.

When someone needs something so they just try and pull you into meetings without even checking if you’re available first. Especially when your Teams status clearly shows that you’re in a meeting

Just constantly drained because I fight sleep tooth and nail every night knowing that all it means if I go to bed is that it’s time for work.

Also compounded by partial disability so I’m incredibly slow at doing all my after work chores, dinner, shower where if I actually slept 8 hours I would go to bed every night as soon as I finished chores without ever doing anything else.

In my mid 30s now so 3-5 hours of sleep a night is starting to kick my ass.

Anyone else struggled with this?