https://preview.redd.it/a7y8f8zri1he1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=a1471d934c35bfae7e44fb21b41835f9f3c3ac40

Everything that happened i tried to document as best as i could. Wrote everything down and Reported my supervisor for creating a hostile work environment, for a full year of negative comments about me to his buddy (whos also a supervisor for my husbands area) while we sit at lunch, and on the way out of work. (Ofc only when it's just us alone in the lunch room or hallways) After being followed to the bathroom and peaked on by my team lead for months. i dont expect anything to be done :/ infact i just expect them to retaliate hard, even talking with HR I know I was talking to a sheep in wolfs clothing. my husband was already written up for something that happened last week... Today... the day I went to HR.

I just want to work yo.

So someone I know had worked as manager at McDonald’s for close to ten years. Well recently they were out for Covid. And wanted to use there PTo and she was told that they no longer offer it and the told no body she has asked others if they knew and no one has heard anything.

Also someone recently took a fake $100 and they owners just took $25 out of each mangers pay check without saying anything.

I know there is the sub Legal Advice but they dont really give you a direct answers

I need some serious advice because I feel like I’m losing my mind. My current job is a complete dumpster fire, but I’ve been job hunting for months and keep making it to the final round just to be passed over.

Here’s what I’m dealing with at work:

No HR. Our only HR person quit within my first three months. My boss quit before Christmas and literally told me, “Sorry I left you with a shit show.” The CEO took over my department, and he’s a nightmare. He’s called me incompetent (once even through a ChatGPT prompt he sent me). He smokes his gross tobacco Juul pods in meetings right in front of me. He relies on ChatGPT for literally everything—he can’t function without it. He drags me into three-hour meetings (originally scheduled for one hour) and constantly belittles me. I’m the only person in my department. He has massive goals, expects miracles, and nothing I do is ever good enough. I have mental breakdowns regularly because of the stress and toxic environment. For context, I previously worked in a corporate role for over two years doing the exact same job and did just fine until I was laid off. So it’s not a competence issue—it’s the zero support, insane expectations, and toxicity that are killing me.

The problem is, I have been job hunting, but I keep getting stuck in this frustrating cycle:

I apply and make it through multiple interview rounds. I get to the final round. I get told I was a “strong candidate” but they went with someone else. This has happened multiple times, and I’m starting to feel completely defeated. I know I need to get out of this job, but I’m losing confidence in my ability to actually land a new one.

Has anyone been through something similar? How do I get unstuck from this cycle and actually land a new job? Should I start considering other options? Any advice would be hugely appreciated.

Is this possible?

According to this TikTok (I’m not a lawyer, but this seems promising), every citizen in every state can file on their state attorney general’s whistleblower page about corruption because they hacked your data. It would also probably help if you named each individual (and include Tru mp because he authorized it too): https://www.tiktok.com/@boricua.gringa/video/7467205079066529055?_t=ZT-8tcMy8i9ULe&_r=1 And they say because it's via state law, that the president can't pardon them?

She's doing a fab job of explaining the motives behind Elon's takeover & what exactly are they going to cut spending on, to finance the tax cuts of the billionaires - and the biggest is going to be Medicaid!

Received a request to schedule a phone interview at 11am this morning. Couldn’t respond right away as I had other obligations (kids, prior appts, etc) and figured I would sit down this evening and schedule it. By 7:00 (and the house finally settled down), I jump on Indeed to schedule it, and in invitation has expired. 🙄🤦‍♀️

Is this reasonable? I sent a short message requesting another invite - whether if not I’ll get one - I guess we’ll see. But seriously?? I understand not responding by 5:00 - but I feel like this was a bit bullshit on their end. I fucking hate job searching.

H-1B visa abuse is screwing over American workers, and it’s hitting Black, gay, and trans workers hard. Companies love to preach about “diversity” and “equity,” but the second they can hire a cheaper foreign worker on a visa with no bargaining power, they do it. It’s never about skill shortages, it’s about profits.

Only 8% of STEM jobs are held by Black Americans, and LGBTQ+ workers already deal with discrimination in hiring. But instead of fixing that, companies like Disney and AT&T lay off entire departments and replace them with H-1Bs. Some even force workers to train their own replacements before getting fired. No severance, no second chances—just “We found someone cheaper.”

This ain’t just a tech problem, it’s a worker problem. The more they normalize replacing ppl, the weaker our bargaining power gets. If we actually enforced labor laws, companies wouldn’t be able to pull this stunt. But politicians—on both sides—would rather take corporate money than stand up for workers. Why do they get to sell us out like this??

Basically my boss told my other supervisor to tell the team we have to come in on a Sunday for two hours. Am I unreasonable in saying I will not be working that day? I already had plans for that weekend planned when I found out we were surprisingly being asked to work Sunday. I have worked there 2 and a half years, M-F only. I will not work that day. Is that unreasonable though? My boss was rude to me when I told him I couldn't come in

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-treasury-chief-takes-over-consumer-watchdog-freezes-all-activity-2025-02-03/

For context : I worked at a medical start up and actually enjoyed it mostly. However, management got really hostile and were super quick to turn on everyone and anyone that got out of line. I must have with trying to schedule meetings despite that being part of my job description, because when I came back from vacation, I was without warning or adequate cause reappointed to the second location where I was not given proper breaks, compensation, or really allowed to do my job as written. When I tried to ask about it, I was pressed super hard to conform or leave. I have my two weeks and they declined so I was out of a job day of.

Now about a month later, I still get Google alerts when someone is logging into my old work account that I had to two step authenticate. They must still be using my work email as the front desk, and someone at midnight from the office chance my to-that-work specific LinkedIn, changing my picture and login. I got a message just today that it's been messaging people, so I can draw no conclusion other than the two managing partners are using it.

Is this identity theft?

I’m a floral designer and working for a large retail flower company. Crazy hours for Valentine’s Day. I won’t have a single day off until Feb 18th, with Valentine’s Day being a 14 hour shift. The owner of our company is a millionaire and local socialite. There’s no one above him. He’s a dick. Today he was giving me endless lists of tasks to do. If I stopped to tie my shoe or put on lotion, I get barked at to go back to work and “stop standing around doing nothing.”

Towards the end of the day he tells me to do something else, and I ask him if I could fill up my water bottle real quick before doing so. He went apeshit. He raised his voice at me, in front of everyone at the office “that’s a really fucking stupid question. Are you dumb? Why ask me that?”

I was shocked for a few seconds then replied “I’m asking if I can fill my water bottle because I don’t want to walk away and have you think I’m abandoning my work station” which he absolutely would have thought, and I’d have gotten yelled at.

He walked away and grumbled calling me a smart ass. I’m looking for a new job desperately. If I didn’t have a child, I’d have quit right then and there. Only skills I have are waiting tables and floral design, but I’m trying my best even with the limited time I have to job hunt.

There’s no one I can report him too as he’s the top dog. He KNOWS people, he has lawyer friends, he’s friends with the police force, there’s even rumors he’s paid off the city to keep quiet about our mold issue.

Getting a new job fast is easier said than done. I’m sick of this shit and my hands are tied until I can leave, god knows when that will be.

STORY TIME EDIT: so in 2021 before I started working there, Texas had a statewide snow storm. We got feet of snow. Everywhere shut down, EXCEPT our flower shop. He kept it open and made people drive to work, Texans who cannot drive in that kind of weather. A few people got into accidents on the way there. He made our delivery drivers deliver in this weather. They had no electricity or running water for days, no toilets no port o potties. They worked in candle light, I’ve worked a few shifts in the dark too with no power. Our boss promoted our snack baskets on social media and we were basically DoorDash for people when shit was closed, and when they made vases they used BOTTLED WATER. Our boss is a sick man.

Are they going to let me go? I worked for Home Depot in 2014 in a different state that l am now. Last month I applied for a job and I was hire without an interview. In my job application I only posted my recently jobs. In 2014 I left because the hours weren't great. I was just a no show. I started today. At the orientation by the end of the day, I could not file my tax paper, it was red and the lady asked if had worked at hd before. I said yes. I was already there all day watching videos and doing computer stuffs I did not tried to hide, I taught it was clear for them and that it would show in their system. The lady only told me, " I hope it is fixed by tomorrow" what does that mean? Are they going to let me go ?

So, a month ago, I get called in for a verbal about my attendance, which admittedly is ass. Not gonna lie. I have chronic migraines I can't get treatment for because my shit pay means I can't afford the meds I need to take to keep them at bay, which means migraines that make working impossible.

Anyway, during this verbal, he tells me oh so kindly, "if I were any less nice of a person, I'd have fired you 3 months in. Definitely after 6 months."

I graciously did not remind him of the fact that he arrives after I do everyday and leaves before I do 4 out of 5 of them. Or that there are only the two of us working here because he hasn't hired another person.

Anyway, so needless to say I've been looking for work elsewhere.

Yesterday, I went in to file my taxes. My husband and I file jointly and we were hoping for 3-4k return, like our 5.5k return last year. We were going to use 2.5 of it to buy a car we'd been anticipating for 2 years now. It's our only chance to get the car.

Only to find out that my boss's payroll company fucked us over. See, unlike last year, we're in a new tax bracket. And that tax bracket has this weird 29k cutoff. Which means, the payroll company waited until I was at 29k earned income, before it started pulling the money I asked to be pulled every check. Meaning instead of a healthy return, like I expected, we get a whopping 44 dollars.

And I'm not speculating here. The tax lady told us that was what was happening.

Today, I had an interview and I got offered a position. I'm taking it, but I asked them to let me give 2 weeks notice. Because I need to work the next two weeks or I can't pay rent.

So I've decided that for the next two weeks, I'm silent quitting. I'm doing the bare goddamn minimum. I am not going above and beyond the way I was before. And I am absolutely gonna see how much I can push. Then, on Friday of the week after next, because I'll be the closer, im gonna leave the key on the counter and lock the door behind myself and start my new job that next Monday.

Petty? Yes.

You may still be able to find the information available from www.worker.gov on the Internet Archive but the website currently shows as "under maintenance".

Without knowledge, and especially enforcement mechanisms, labor violations will proliferate exponentially under trump. The billionaire oligarchy is against labor, which includes any effort to know your rights so you can enforce them.

You may still be able to find some information from the agency websites (www.nlrb.gov, www.eeoc.gov, www.dol.gov, www.dol.gov/whd, www.osha.gov) but it wouldn't surprise me if those were scrubbed too. Again, check out the Internet Archive or another site dedicated to preserving knowledge and information.

State agency websites (as opposed to federal) may still have information as well, especially if you're in a blue state. Another potential source would be the sites for employment law firms that represent plaintiffs (i.e. the employees). (Example: www.employmentlawiowa.com)

Now is the time to preserve information and share it!

I just want to make sure the area is fascist-free by fighting against this kind of ignorance as there are numerous supporters of Trump on news videos documenting his actions, and it's making the site far more fascist than it was before. What do you guys think?

I just got a fucking job after a year of searching. I'd been underemployed and working sad jobs that don't reward me. This job market is soooo fucking awful but I had to accept this job. I had no choice.

This is the lowest paying job I've ever had, I made better money when I was fresh out of college at 22. Somehow now, I'm earning less. I'm mad because this job is in the office 5 days a week. For a job that very clearly can be done remotely.

I find new business for the company. I make calls and send emails. They've already told me how to access the CRM and databases at home for when I'll need to bring work home. So, if the job can be done remotely, why is it not remote? I need to understand why.

I don't work at a call center. I'm not waiting for phone calls to come in. I make the phone calls. Again it can literally just as easy be done at home. But I have to come into the office. I need a return to office warrior to debate me and help me understand why this is the reality I'm living in.

I go into the office, they have fist pumping club music playing throughout the speakers all day every day. They have a million tv's displaying sports center the entire day. The coffee is fucking disgusting and tastes like cigarette ash. Don't even get me started on the fucking bathrooms. They look and smell like a nuclear explosion. I step into the office and it is the first thing I can smell. I don't even know how because the office is so fucking big. apparently I have amazing smell.

my point is, that return to office warriors like to say shit like "well, there are fewer distractions at work!" really? the stinky bathroom, loud club music, sports on the tv all day, listening in on everyones phone calls, smelling reheated salmon and garlic in the microwave, how is any of that not a distraction? better yet, how am I less distracted here than I am at home? At home, I have complete solitude and quiet. I don't have to wait until a certain hour to eat food. I can nourish myself whenever I please. I can take care of personal shit, I can make personal calls, I can call chase bank about that matter. I can't do that at the office.

"Oh but you need to be in the office so that we can all collaborate and work as a team!" The only means of communication we use is teams. If you can teams me at work you can teams me at home and we'll communicate the exact same. Any meeting is done at teams. I don't go to a conference room. I sit at my cubicle and join the call. I-? Ok now it is getting confusing.

It feels like people want to micromanage me. They want to peer down my neck as I work all day.

Either that, or a bad real estate investment was made and I have to be punished for that. I think that years ago, whoever leased this building leased it for X amount of years, and if they were to let people wfh then that would be a waste of investment and money. Which I find unfortunate for whoever would waste X amount of dollars on that. But then....we have to be punished? I have to be trapped here for 40 hours a week because of real estate? It's either real estate, or you are obsessed with power and control and micro managing. And the idea of turning your employees loose to work at home sends you into a tizzy because you wouldn't be able to watch them all day. It's one of these two. and I would respect any CEO that said "I'm not letting you wfh because I made a bad real estate investment." or said "I'm not letting you wfh because I have a serious trust issue and need to watch all of you guys work otherwise I'll freak out". I could respect that. I do not respect the reuse of "people work more efficiently in the office".

I'm soooooo incredibly mad that I have to stare at a screen for 40 hours a week. I'm sentenced to screen staring for 40 hours a week. My eyes hurt by the end of the day, my head feels liquified, I can't think, I have no energy, I can't do anything for myself after work. I'm mad that after 100 years of technological advancements, email, internet, phones, texting, zoom, teams, I'm so mad that throughout all of that, the work week hasn't even been slightly adjusted.

I like cannot fathom, I refuse to accept, I cannot understand how as humans we are just...supposed to stare at screens for 40 hours for the rest of our lives. If someone told me this 10 years ago, I would have been able to pick a career that wouldn't involve screen staring. I like sales because I like going out and making deals happen. Outside sales. but because of how shitty the job market is, I had to accept this shitty role in office finding new business via phone calls. my dad told me he would go crazy doing this job. umm I didn't pick it?! I would much rather be doing outside sales and setting appointments and visiting customers. but I have to take what the world gives me and that's this. I am literally out of choices and money I cannot afford to be choosy anymore. It's so fucking stupid. The way old people talk about jobs, they just do not fucking get it. They do not live in the same world that I do.

I just fucking started and I'm already mad and shitty and I just. I could move on and find another job. If I'm lucky. but it's just another sentence of screen staring for 40 hours a week.

I know there are people who micromanage on teams like crazy. That they check if you're not active. Blah blah. I need CEO's to just fully admit that they enjoy making us miserable. I feel like they want us to be as miserable as possible. It feels like I'm at the other end of someone's deep rooted psychological issues wherein they need to wield power.

This is obviously a rant. but I'm just so sick of the job market. I'm mad that it forced me into taking this shitty position just so I could progress my career, have insurance, have a continuous paycheck. I'm mad that a 40 hour work week even exists still. If I had a high power job working for the government or health field or a firefighter I might feel differently. But I do not feel essential to the world while making phone calls and staring at s screen all week. someone make it make sense.

I feel a little silly asking this, but I really would like advice.

Earlier this year, I was fired unexpectedly and never found out why. It was a really hurtful experience because my manager was toxic, and her boss has no spine. I felt like I did good work, but apparently they didn’t think so. I was unemployed for five months and it did a number on my mental health.

Since that time, I have gotten a new job that is better. I’m really grateful.

Yet, this prior job termination, the betrayal, the surprise tactics,… It still follows me around. I keep telling myself that I’m in a better place now, but I can’t help but have a target on my back. I kick myself a lot for some small mistakes that I made, and I also pick on myself for things that other people probably don’t notice. Sometimes I say something to my manager, and I automatically think that she must think I’m stupid or that if it’ll go in my record for another job termination.

So my question is – how do you emotionally get past a bad prior job termination? I thought that getting a new job would help me recover from that prior experience, but it hasn’t fully fixed it.

Thanks for your advice

Why the fuck is everything so competitive??

I was a cashier at a job I hated and got bullied at for $16 an hour.

I thought, hmm. I’m unskilled, so I’ll go to a technical school. I get my medical assistant certification.

Hardly any jobs in my area and they all want fucking experience already.

I’m so tired of this shit world. I’m about to go off grid with my husband and child.

And yes, I’m salty as fuck. But if you have a job making >100k a year you got fucking lucky. Know why? Because there are 100 other people who worked just as hard as you and they still didn’t get your job.

I’m curious if this is allowed or not. My fiancé has two jobs, the new job he just got involves driving and he gets paid for mileage. The new job was aware of his first job and he was hired as part-time. So sometimes he leaves his first job to go do work for second job, or goes back to first job after new job is done.

He told me his team lead told him he can’t put the address of his first job as a start or end point for his mileage log and it always needs to be our home address. I feel like this is incorrect and they’re trying to short change him mileage wise, what should he do about this?

Thank you!

The idea is basically "ChatGPT for what the WH/Gov is doing", and tools to auto-contact the appropriate government authorities/watch-dogs and automate FOIA requests. What would you like to see in an app like this? Also--please pre-register here if you want to see this built!!: https://civicspend.org/