They are just doing bad. Hopefully there is still budget for trips cuz I got invited to one!
The Workplace & Job Hunting
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What is everyone’s experience with Strike Action?
My workforce are striking next week and the first week of October due to a pitiful pay rise against soaring inflation and I want to join, but my Union membership is still processing.
The Employment Relations Act (UK) says that non-union members can take part in strike action so long as it is a properly balloted and legal without being dismissed, but I just want to make sure. I’ve never done anything like this before!
My workforce are striking next week and the first week of October due to a pitiful pay rise against soaring inflation and I want to join, but my Union membership is still processing.
The Employment Relations Act (UK) says that non-union members can take part in strike action so long as it is a properly balloted and legal without being dismissed, but I just want to make sure. I’ve never done anything like this before!
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In my thoughts on a 3 hour drive last night I realised I need to start chasing a job/career that I really love. I'm currently a designer with a big food company (for a year covering a maternity) and I've realised I can't continue 'just doing a job' that I have no interest in. I see so many people at work (and at home) who don't necessarily LOVE their jobs but still, enjoy and have an interest in it. I don't even have that.
I'm going to look to do a diploma or short course in Music Business to start somewhere, and it's the clearest and most positive I've felt in a long time..
I'm going to look to do a diploma or short course in Music Business to start somewhere, and it's the clearest and most positive I've felt in a long time..
I was convinced by everybody to 'give it a year' at my job, which just went by last month. I am more able now, but I cannot shake the feeling that I just don't fit in.
As 80% of the staff are US based, and several of the already-tiny European team left this year, a good half of my day is pretty lonely and by the time the US clocks on, there's so much information I've missed out, been excluded from by virtue of the time zone differences, and the personal connections between other colleagues are clearly a lot more developed, and I don't see a way around it.
(It's worth noting I was supposed to have a UK-based manager/mentor who hired me, but then left before I started, they kept saying they'd backfill it but never have and now my manager is in New York and... clearly prefers their local team)
As 80% of the staff are US based, and several of the already-tiny European team left this year, a good half of my day is pretty lonely and by the time the US clocks on, there's so much information I've missed out, been excluded from by virtue of the time zone differences, and the personal connections between other colleagues are clearly a lot more developed, and I don't see a way around it.
(It's worth noting I was supposed to have a UK-based manager/mentor who hired me, but then left before I started, they kept saying they'd backfill it but never have and now my manager is in New York and... clearly prefers their local team)
Has there been any talk of a team offsite, or an office visit (either way)? I report into the U.S. and work from home, but am able to forge connections. An office visit can make a huge difference. An alternative could be to propose altering your hours slightly to fit theirs… that said, it’s always good to have options. DM me if you think it could be helpful.
You could suggest a trip in your upcoming year end conversation with your manager. U.S. organisations are crazy about DEI right now, so employee resource groups could be additional channels to get yourself seen and heard. We have a mentor/buddy system and I am mentor to three juniors (all on remote contracts) who joined the firm during COVID. You could ask to be part of a similar programme if you’re not already in one. All three are well loved members of the global team now. Of course, corporate cultures are different and could change everything.
Can anyone point me in the direction of good resources to find work-from-home positions? I'm wanting to get out of the hospitality field--managing a health and wellness spa is just not for me--but I don't even know where to begin. I have a BA in journalism, but it seems like any positions I'd be taking offer even less than I'm making now. That's just... not feasible.
Any suggestions would be appreciated!
Any suggestions would be appreciated!
A lot of tech stuff is remote now, so maybe client support roles etc?
They're not saying it, but it's becoming clear they're not interested in expanding the European team despite the losses, they only want to recruit for the US now. The attitude I get back is dismissive as if they're doing us a favour by allowing us to work for them so I think I might be done here.
I was working at this restaurant/vinyl bar in Houston and I loved it for awhile. My old co-worker/roommate was the bar manager so when I had left some place that was absolutely terrible, he said they needed someone who could serve and bartend. Flash forward to recently, my friend quit, a lot of the other original staff members quit, so it was me and a bunch of new people. Which is fine. But the main issue is that we do tip pooling so it's all about team work. So many of the people there realized they can basically stand around and do nothing and make money regardless. When it's busy, they'd be moving a little bit, but the few people who were happy to hustle and put in more effort were having to work twice as hard. My most recent paycheck this last week was under $1000 and it's happened way too many times at this place; I make really good money as a server, or I have many times in the past, and it just wasn't happening here. So I have not been in the best of moods there the last few days and last night kind of sealed the deal. The owner was out of town this weekend, meaning we only had one manager and he didn't want to work last night so he went home. He does live very close, within reasonable walking distance, but it got busy suddenly and some things went wrong with a few tables. Everyone kept asking me to help fix the issues, on top having tables to take care of, and I just kind of lost it.
This morning, I show up, thirty minutes early, to start setting up the restaurant. The manager is already there, most of the stuff is already done so I start finishing up little things before we open and he starts berating me, telling me that everyone was saying I couldn't stop talking shit about him when, funnily enough, everyone was talking about him the entire shift. So I told him that the restaurant has started to go downhill since the old manager left, which is true, and that no one that was hired after he left was worth a damn. He left for some reason and I decided I didn't want to deal with that bullshit and clocked out, grabbed my stuff and my vinyls that I had there and went home.
So, now I have to try and find a new job soon but I don't feel stressed about not working right now. I should because money has been tight thanks to be trying to be loyal to that restaurant but I know I'll figure it out, even if I have to sell plasma a few times to make a little extra money.
This morning, I show up, thirty minutes early, to start setting up the restaurant. The manager is already there, most of the stuff is already done so I start finishing up little things before we open and he starts berating me, telling me that everyone was saying I couldn't stop talking shit about him when, funnily enough, everyone was talking about him the entire shift. So I told him that the restaurant has started to go downhill since the old manager left, which is true, and that no one that was hired after he left was worth a damn. He left for some reason and I decided I didn't want to deal with that bullshit and clocked out, grabbed my stuff and my vinyls that I had there and went home.
So, now I have to try and find a new job soon but I don't feel stressed about not working right now. I should because money has been tight thanks to be trying to be loyal to that restaurant but I know I'll figure it out, even if I have to sell plasma a few times to make a little extra money.
ohnostalgia
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I found out yesterday that my old abusive boss was finally fired, complete with a security escort off the premises. I would’ve paid to see that.
Starting a new job on Wednesday. New city, new office, new colleagues, 500 kms from home.
I'm on the edge of an
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Solenciennes
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I'm going to apply for a new job. I got approached about this job in summer by a guy I used to work with but decided to stay loyal to my boss because I like her and she supported me relocating during the pandemic and everything but I really can't stand our new head of department, he manages to be both super vague and a helicopter micro-manager and it turns out the vacancy never got filled and closing date is Sunday. I've got like 80% of the skills required/preferred and it would probably be a slight pay increase... I always get a bit cold feet when it comes to change but I feel like it's probably a good time to go, 3.5 years in this job is a good haul!
Solenciennes
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I applied. Felt good to update my CV on company time and I stalked and have seen that the hiring manager and three of the colleagues are based in the same city as me so there will actually be a purpose to going into the office instead of making random trips in to 'show face' to no one because the company wants you to go in. Feeling good about it!
Solenciennes
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The interview is tomorrow and my friend is going to be on the interview panel, I feel like I've got a very low bar to hobble over and am in a strong position to negotiate either landing this job or staying in my current job with better pay and conditions but, of course, I picked up this horrendous cough/flu thing that isn't Covid that seems to be going about and currently sound like a leathered cigarette pickled in vodka. Super.
2014
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The interview is tomorrow and my friend is going to be on the interview panel, I feel like I've got a very low bar to hobble over and am in a strong position to negotiate either landing this job or staying in my current job with better pay and conditions but, of course, I picked up this horrendous cough/flu thing that isn't Covid that seems to be going about and currently sound like a leathered cigarette pickled in vodka. Super.
Good luck King!!
