After 395 days of job hunting, I have finally secured a job! It’s within my area of expertise, pays well, and is at the level I was looking for. I’m extremely excited, but let’s talk about what it took to get to this moment. Because I love data, and quickly realized this job market was … Read more
for context: i work at a small sushi restaurant. we have two ways to give tips, one being on the receipts and one tip jar on our sushi bar (which you’d think would be for the sushi chefs). BTW all of our kitchen/ sushi workers are immigrants. typically we give all the tips from the … Read more
I was hired into a job back in March. Let me provide some context as to why I need to quit with no notice. My mental health is severely suffering. For one, I am a 26 year old woman working in an office with only men who are over 50. When I was hired, it … Read more
Edit; thank you all for the suggestions, comments, advice, and solidarity. I cant reply to every comment but i wanted to clarify some things. Im not a baby breeding machine. We did NOT have our kids when we knew we were struggling, and PLANNED to have kids while we are dirt poor, “oh we’re so … Read more
Sorry for the long post: I’ve been a part-time medical interpreter at a prestigious hospital for almost a year. My qualifications: * BA in Translation and Interpreting, MA in Spanish * 10+ years teaching languages in higher ed. institutions in Europe, Canada and the USA * 1 year medical translation experience in a hospital in … Read more
I’ve been with my company which has multiple locations in my region for over four years. And I was asked to help out at another store a few weeks ago. And management at that location loved me so much they offered me a promotion. Originally it started out as a joke but I later found … Read more
I have been unemployed for over a yearish and I am still very picky for my job search, but should I change preference or even switch to a new field? In the first few months, I have done countless interviews and a few assignments just to get rejected after reaching to the final stage, so … Read more
Today a scammer tried to bait me with a job offer. We had been exchanging emails for a week, and at first I was happy that I had an offer. Then I remembered that I had never had a phone or video interview with them, and there were a lot of weird things in the … Read more
So recently at my job there was a blow up between myself and a coworker I’ve had previous issues with before….on tuesday last week she was an “acting manager”( temporary, for only 4 hours) And wouldn’t allow me to turn in my doctors note, would allow me to explain what it was for and wouldn’t … Read more
Bit of back story: when I got hired 5.5 years ago, there was another entry-level open position that my company never filled, and I absorbed some of those responsibilities when I joined because my skillset aligned with that role in addition to the one I got hired for. I have since been promoted twice and … Read more