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I was on a team of three, contracted on an hourly basis to do live sound work. 120 hours a month split even between us on average. Management felt nervous having no back up contractors inducted who could fill in if needed so one more was added. He only gets hours when everyone is busy. Then we got a new manager. Now there’s two of them supposedly equal in rank and power. She does the rosters and she employed two friends from uni to expand our crew and now they are regular fixtures on the roster. For the month coming I can’t complain, I’ve got my 40 hours. But I can see 20 hours have gone to her friends and I’m finding myself a demoralised that whatever extra hou…

hi this isn’t exactly relationship advice but i don't know where else to post this and don’t know what else to do. so i work at a country club and a few weeks ago a new banquet captain was hired. and over the short amount of time he’s been here he’s put his hands on multiple of the women employees (some underage, including myself). usually he’ll touch or grab our waists or just our backs, he’s put his hands on my face before too. it makes us all feel really uncomfortable and multiple of us have told him to stop before, which he hasn’t. he also calls us all sweetheart, baby, cutie, etc. he’s also straight up told me i was cute before and told me i was being seductive to hi…

I'm 27 years old and a sophomore at my local university. I tried college years ago, had addiction issues and just hated school in general so I dropped out. I re-entered school after having been sober for a couple years and also finding out that due to my father's veteran status in the past, I was qualified for free college and a small amount of money each month (1200 or so) for going to school. Since re-signing up one year ago I've maintained a 4.0 and everyone is proud of me and everything but I can't say I feel like I'm doing what I want to be doing. I started with a digital arts major and it wasn't what I expected so I switched to a film major which I'm also findi…

Hi all, I was in bits yesterday, but decided to seek some advice today as I have a feeling my team lead's manager is out to get me for whatever reason. We were on a team call yesterday and she decided to share the unofficial findings of an internal audit that was conducted on a few projects. Not the final results, the initial findings which internal audit had communicated only to the intended stakeholders involved in these projects. Nevertheless, she went ahead and shared them to the whole team during this call, even to those whose projects were not part of the audit sample. As the sample for the audit was poorly put together, they picked an ongoing project of…

I’ve been thinking about going back to school lately but not sure which direction I want to go. Does anyone here have an online masters degree from either National University or University of Arizona Global Campus? More specifically, MS in Accounting?? How much time a day did you devote to the program? Also in your opinion would these 2 schools be good choices and if you have recommendations on other good online schools? I want to do online because I work full time and have 2 kids so I do not see myself taking in person classes at this time, but if possible i would love to further my career. I think my biggest fear would be to enroll and then regret it because I woul…

I have just completed my Mechanical Engineering degree and have a choice between two classifications now. To either accept a non-accredited degree with a 2:1, or to accept an IET accredited degree with a 2:2. I am unsure which would be more beneficial, as I am unsure whether I want to achieve CEng status in the future. Which would be better in terms of graduate job opportunities?

Recently I acquired a job doing programming at a relatively small shop which has about 8-9 developers. I am employed as a contractor and am currently in a position where the company has trouble finding individuals with my skill set and knowledge of the codebase database. 3 months into the project a recruiter from an old interview who I thought had ghosted me asked me to interview with one of their clients. This is an extremely large company and the pay is 27k more then I am currently making and has a 3-6 month contract to hire period. The current situation is a contract for a year and a half and potential for contract to be extended for an addition year after th…

Hi all, I'm a bit on the fence as to how I should proceed. I found an internal role I'm perfectly qualified for (as in, I tick all the boxes). The role was posted yesterday and I started my application. The policy states you should inform your manager of "your search before you receive a formal an offer". My manager is OOO at the moment, so in any case, I will probably apply before informing them. My worries are: People are leaving the team for internal roles, but they have no problem replacing them. My issue is our local team is small (only 3 of us) and it might be an issue when trying to move (as in, they won't have anyone to cover). If…

Hi everyone, I'm having some hard time at work. I've joined this company remotely 4+ months ago, and my work has been great. About a month ago, they decided to give me higher responsibilities in my post and field, and it's about recruitment. I work in HR, so I've done recruitment for 5+ years. Let me tell you, I've never been this stressed in my life. I'm recruiting for a tech team and on top of the tech team is a CTO. This CTO, just looking at him in my recent meetings, makes me want to cry my eyes out. He's so stiff, always finds a way to comment on my work.. in meetings AND in public channels on Slack, and so does his tech team! I'm new to the role …

I’m feeling so down and like a failure. I guess I just wanted someone to tell me it’s gonna be ok. For the nursing test you get unlimited tried to pass so I can retake it in 45 days. I’m just sad because I didn’t think I’d fail. I seriously feel like a dummy and the biggest failure ever. There’s so many other things in my life that I haven’t succeeded at and I just feel like there’s something wrong with me.

Hi all, (This thread one pertains to a different person in my team, not the person I mentioned in another thread last year. That one is gone) I started this job a year and a couple of months ago. Up to June, nothing special to say about this individual. I haven't had a whole lot of dealings with them aside from assisting them with a few projects and they gave me good feedback every single time I requested some. I've always been very polite with them (always greeting them when I Skyped or emailed them). I often asked "Hi (name), how are you", but most times I never got a response to the "how are you" and either got a dry "Hi" or not greeting at all. We don't int…

Hello I know It's been a long time until I have locked in, it's been two years. I really try to fight my own battles & I never stopped growing ever since those two years. As a matter of fact, I haven't stopped my personal growth ever since 2015 where I started my Bachelors in Sports Science. I never took a single break ever since 2016 up until now 2021. I have finished my Bachelors in the exact time, only for coronavirus to cancel all my plans ( I know I'm not alone on this one). But I was working multiple angles at the same time when I was in university. Doing martial arts & also doing my sports science degree, only to find out that I wouldn't land a de…

At my job, there is a(now former) friend that works there. She moved up the ranks rather quickly to team lead. There are 3 of them, and she’s not often a lead. Shortly after I started, she made a completely inappropriate comment. We have a relaxed dress code at work, but short shorts are on the no no list. No one has ever worn anything inappropriate since I’ve been there, but she took it upon herself to attempt to police it. One day, someone came in with shorts. They were a tad short but not a big deal. I am outside in the parking lot and I happened to glance at my colleague with the shorts. Former friend looks in the direction I am and states they are t…

As most of you know, I'm autistic. I don't understand social cues. Recently I stumbled upon an old college paper I wrote. An incident happened in that class that I don't understand: The professor handed back to everyone grade report sheets. One student crumbled it up, tossing it in the air. The professor asked him, "Was that your grade report sheet?" He responded, "Yes." The professor then asked, "Why don't you go?" He said ok, and got up and left. Why did she ask him to leave? Because he showed disrespect by crumbling up his worksheet so publicly? Thanks. :)

Hello, so as my team leader is away on vacation the mean vicious coworker is going through ALL my work as we speak and trying to find the littlest thing wrong. we just learned some new topics last week so as it is still new for us this is the perfect opportunity for her to try and bully and attack ... again she already started again today but I know from experience her mood swings will rage again this week and I know once I’m at the office tomorrow she will try and call me names again in front me people or make me look stupid if I made some trivial error learning a brand new task my question is - how should I respond when she starts yelling tomorrow ev…

Today we got our RHU offer and I got everything I wanted . 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and central air and a recent renovation ( 2017). Only $100 more a month than we pay here. We move first week of September. Sad I closed my daycare early but it will give me a summer off.

Recently started a new career in Jan and absolutely love the job and the experience (minus working with a mean “Karen”) is great. Anyways, there is the potential the company may lose its license to operate in EU due to Brexit and lost maybe 40% in volume over the last few weeks - but they plan to get back once a license is approved...if it gets approved. Within the last few months several heads of risk, finance, HR manager and last week the CEO resigned. I have a feeling they may know something they are not sharing. Other than that, the job is great. If you were in my position would start sending resumes and leave? I love how I can work from home and …

I made a previous post about my fiancé, and how I was looking for a job, hashing out responsibilities for my son, etc. I did take a job a couple months ago. It’s part time, i work weekends and 2 weekdays. My mom and my fiancé watch my son on the weekends, I am able to take him with me on the weekdays as we have free on site care for employees’ children(I work at a museum). I know exactly who watches him as employees rotate operating it. Pros to my current job: it’s fun!!! Obviously, the daycare, and the fact that I can check on him at any time(special needs) and I know precisely who he interacts with. My boss is incredibly flexible and easy going. It’s …

I am not even sure where to start. I grew up in a family that didn't have a lot of money. We had what we needed but there was not a lot for extras. I was raised to work hard and live within my means. I have done that. I am in my late 40's and I have a decent job, no debt and about $800k in retirement savings and $400k in non retirement savings and I have equity in my house. I remarried last year and my new husband is fairly well off. We are talking about retiring in the next 10 years after the kids are out of college and living a simple life somewhere near the ocean. We have the financial means to do so, I think. But the thought of not getting a salary and spendin…

I am so unhappy and depressed because - The work that I do is not motivating and I feel like I am just in it for the money . I am making money with the worry that I won't have enough to support me or me&partner in the future. I am not fully enjoying the benefits of the money. I am using it only to pay the household bills . I personally have no ambition to get anywhere in life except for live it everyday as basic as possible. I don't have any big dreams of achieving anything. What I have now is enough however there is always a fear that what if I don't have anything tomorrow ... As a result of this, I feel unhappy in my relationship where my partner is trying to…

When do you feel its time to give up and retreat as a leader. I'm looking for relatable thoughts. Hopefully from experience. I work with technology in a senior leadership role. I have a handful of great concerns. All of them have me frustrated enough to impact my sleep and normal life. I feel powerless to change any of them and I'm at the end of my rope. They are based around my boss who is a micromanager, shows favoritism towards one of my peers, discrimination, doesn't care about employee burnout by praising those who work lots of overtime, inexperienced, and unreasonable to adjust and change. My primary concern is my people. Morale means more to me t…

Does anyone have any advice for not getting accepted into the university I wanted to go to? I planned on going there for so long and to be rejected just really stings. I have another option but I didn't like it as much as where I wanted to go. I am worried I won't succeed in an environment that I felt was not for me. It is also pretty far from home which makes me nervous.

Really need some advise here. Since January I started a new career (which I love) and have been working with a very toxic, aggressive coworker. She always gossips and instead of working on a team, she treats us as competitors and has absolutely no empathy, a really vicious person. Even during our onboarding, she would try and make the group report to her and she's not our boss. If we showed up at 9:00 am instead of 8:30 am she would want to know about it. If you asked a question several times she would get angry and call you names in front of others. I always tried to be polite, calm and friendly with others. Did my work which was audited and the director e…

I’m feeling pretty low lately, I’ve worked a retail job for the past 10 years. Although it pays pretty decent for what it is , I’m completely depressed working there. I’m on disability currently cause I injured my back there, I’m getting better but I’m dreading going back. I wish I could just quit but I obviously still need some income coming in. I haven’t ever finished college . Is it even possible to find something else in a different field?

Hey y'all! Just for those that don't know me yet, I'm a 36-year-old woman and I live in a big city in Australia. When I was 13 years old, I was bullied at school and I started speaking to my high school counsellor. I thought she was really nice and helpful and I decided that when I "grow up", I wanted to have her job. In the last two years of high school I decided to study psychology, which I really enjoyed. I actually had a two hour long assessment once in my late 20's with a psychiatrist specialising in ADHD. I'd shown some milder symptoms of ADHD and my other psychiatrist suggested I do the assessment. It came out of the assessment that I probably do have it. But…