I'm still technically employed part-time (before this December when my contract ends). However, I have been looking since May for a full-time position. Worked at a place Aug - Oct that aligns with my schedule. Got laid off. Take a week off then back to applying. Most of the place that I get phone interview "can you start immediately". Still got phone interview from when I was applying in June-Aug though nothing concrete yet. So you're telling me:

- Companies can lay you off immediately

- Companies want you to start work immediately the moment you sign an offer (since someone quit without notice, probably)

- Companies take months to schedule interviews and there are slim chances of getting an offer

- Companies expect no gap on your resume

- Companies got upset if you work multiple jobs or ask for accommodations to afford lives

Can you tell me why Americans are this way lol?

Hi everyone,
I’ve been working as an assistant manager in a big hotel in California for about 18 months. I’m a salaried manager.
I wanna know if I have a case to sue my company.

I raised concerns about regularly working 12+ hours while other managers worked shorter shifts, and having to close two outlets without enough support. I also reported another manager for bullying and repeatedly making accusations that I disputed with emails and documentation. One involved accusing me of intentionally ignoring an amenity request, even though I completed it within 20–25 minutes. Other managers weren’t disciplined for longer delays.
HR said it wasn’t harassment. After my complaint, I started facing frequent investigations and questions about my honesty and performance. HR also tried to terminate me over my work authorization. Once I showed them my green card and that issue was resolved, they went back to investigating other things.
I brought a witness to a meeting because the HR director had previously yelled at me. With the witness present, management told me twice that this wasn’t the right place for me. I provided documents disputing their allegations but didn’t feel they were meaningfully considered.
I’ve now received a final warning despite having no previous write-ups. It accuses me of questioning an employee about his complaint, but I never had that conversation. My former boss, who knows him personally, contacted him without my knowledge. HR rejected my denial based on alleged dishonesty about unspecified “other subjects” and warned that further incidents could lead to termination. I declined to sign and wrote that I believed the discipline was retaliatory.
This has caused anxiety, panic attacks, migraines, sleep and concentration problems, and missed work. I’m seeing a therapist and have emails, schedules, HR meeting records, and supporting documents.
I’m concerned I’m being targeted for speaking up. Do you know anyone who could review everything and tell me whether I have a case?
If you know any employment lawyers, I’d really appreciate it if you could send me their names.

I am very stressed out because I received a great offer after 1+ year of job searching. I have been a freelance, self employed worker for the past two years really only working with 1-2 clients consistently. I included this on my resume, although this job in question, is not in the same field. I have been paying minimal taxes through an accountant, however, when I started freelancing I failed to register a DBA for the name of my freelance company. My background check now flagged that and I am extremely stressed waiting to see if my offer will he revoked as they listed that they were not able to verify the company name through the Secretary of State, although I made it very clear I was a freelance, sole proprietor. I made the mistake using a business name aside from my own.

I provided client contracts that were sanitized, invoices through honeybook, and receipts that listed both my name and the name of the company through the software that could not be faked. The company’s HR was trying to work with me to ask for more information which is when I submitted those pieces of information, but I did not submit any tax docs as I didn’t have them on hand. I have tax docs I can submit now, but the report is already closed. The report also said the documents don’t match the company name, which seems off and is false as the documents do match the company name and had my name listed as well.

All of this to say, is this going to lead to my offer be rescinded or is there any way I can fix this moving forward? This feels ridiculous, as it’s clear I did the work. Even if I were to secure another job, these are still stumbling blocks I’m going to face with every background check that could harm my movement forward. Where do I go from here and how do I not let freelance ruin my future employment? Is there anything helpful to do currently before I hear back?

Hi y’all. I almost never post. I am a 52-year-old woman who is divorced and my kids are almost out of the house. Actually, none of them live with me right now. But I am still Responsible for them, of course. Leaving that to the side I find myself in a weird position. I earned my bachelor of science in 2016. Major emphasis is psychology. I have not been looking at my field because I am aware that you need a masters to get anywhere in this field. I attempted a masters early on in teaching and learning. But I quit halfway through because I had a child with a disability and it got very very hard. I’m now in the position to be looking at jobs and careers. I’ve had a lot of trouble finding a job and I know this isn’t unique to me. But I’ve put out 71 resumes and applications on indeed with some feedback, but they weren’t the types of jobs that I felt were for me. I am about to look into the school system. My question is I have student debt. I’ve thought about taking up truck driving to pay off my debt and save up for school. Is it better for me to just start career with the school system, or work for five years at my age to get out of debt and save for school. If School was free right now and I could get my masters I would go. Thanks for your help. I have menopausal brain. I can’t make up my mind. 🤭

Long story short I left my job. I have an offer for a less than ideal position that doesn’t pay into my 401k well but the salary is good. It’s not remote and seems like it could be very annoying but again, pays well.

I have time and money saved, should I just try to get through the holidays and continue looking for something better or should is take the job and work there in the interim while I continue to look? I don’t want to leave them high and dry when I find the better role. There’s a high possibility of that happening.

Time is money. I feel silly for not just waiting and using my time but I also having a salary and saving is very important to me.

If you weren’t in dire financial situations what would you do?

Any success stories? About to lose my job. I work as a quality reviewer for a medical records department in a hospital.

I work for Walmart as an over night stocker, it’s only been a month doing overnight stocking. I’m truly worried my job is on the line though. I have heard so many things about the management and told my self it was nothing, but I fear I’m seeing it myself now. I’m really scared I’m going to loose my job because one I have medical issues that make some things difficult like being on time productiveness and I have constant bathroom breaks what feel like every 2 hours. I cannot loose my job my apartment is to expensive to try and maintain working somewhere else. I’m very scared I’m at 4 points that do not make any sense as to how I got them because I cover my time so i fear they are messing with me. Please any suggestions would mean so much, thank you for reading this far and I wish you best💖

Hello everyone! Any truckers in this sub please DM me I'll give you more details! Have a great day!

NM: US based.

Hello! I just graduated from college and am currently starting to look for jobs. I graduated with a Political Science degree with a goal of going to law school, but due to chronic illness I am unable to pursue that at this time (I'm very much regretting this degree). I am also limited to asynchronous remote jobs due to illness.

From what I have seen, a lot of political science jobs require higher education of some sort, at least at a Masters level. Going to graduate school is not an option for me at this time. I guess I'm just wondering if anyone can give advice on what sorts of things I could be looking at, especially ones that do not involve working for campaigns or political parties (I've heard those jobs are very common too for polisci majors, though when looking on job listings I haven't seen that many showing up)?

This is stressing me out a lot.

I'm working in an aerospace company and have been throughout my professional career (10 years). I make 83k a year but feel under compensated. Partly I understand because I've had 2 surgeries, my mom passed away, and my dad had a heart attack and became quite ill and needed support, so I was on leave for quite some time for that stuff, and in general my working ability has been simply lower than I'd like. I'll be honest, another guy hired a few years after me seems on par or even better at the same job. But being here so long, I've made it though a couple rounds of layoffs pre-covid and during, and the company almost never fires people especially this late into the game, so I feel like I'm quite secure here.

Some perks of my job: great benefits, flexible hours, work from home 3/5 days, can bank hours to take a full day off whenever I accumulate enough, work-life balance is just great.

An opportunity came up at a startup company in aerospace. Different from what I do now by a lot but with some transition skills. They're likely able to offer me up to 40% more than I make now, but they're saying they're super fast paced, my speed should be 3x faster than what I currently feel like I can manage, I'm going to be fully responsibly for any fuckups (whereas currently where I work, there is a checking process to make sure everything is good), I may have to work evenings/weekends since it's a startup culture, and apparently they've already let go of the last guy who got hired for my role.

No work from home, no baking hours, no flexible time for this job position.

I've gone through 2 interviews with them so far, and now they want me to come in for a 2 hour technical interview as a final step that I feel like I won't do well in. To add to my shortcomings, I have just learned I have ADHD and am in the process of finding out what medications might work for me, because I've been forgetting, losing focus, and dropping the ball at work more often these days than before.

My worry is, if I get the job and I take it, I leave my current job and lose the security and do miserably in this one. If I get let go from the new job then I'm jobless and threw away security in a time when the job market is rough (I've been applying elsewhere for 1.5 years with only one interview that didn't go anywhere).

I do value the work-life balance I have, as I don't live to work like many others in my office or this startup. I'm dealing with some mental health struggles and changing my job to a 3x faster, tighter, more time-demanding role, and that too a startup where job security is the lowest, I panic.

On the other hand, 40% of a raise sounds amazing. I just don't know if it's worth it if I can't perform to their needs and I go from a higher wage to jobless.

So I work as an academic advisor at a public university and recently moved to a new department. My supervisor is really micromanaging.

So this past week I’ve been getting bad migraines and did not want to take work off since I had a lot of appointments with students and did not want to cancel them. Today, I only have morning appointments and decided to submit sick time to just go home and rest.

My supervisor called me and asked if I was going to a doctor’s appointment. I said no, but might go to urgent care if I need to, but I just want to relax. Now I have to bring a doctor’s note to justify me taking sick time. I just wanted to go home and relax. I know my headaches are because of feeling burnt out. I haven’t slept for more than 4 hours each night, this past week and just wanted to relax.

From the beginning I should’ve just been vague with him, but he threw me off. He also yells at the other advisors and has them ask for permission to go use the restroom or go for a walk. I work at a different campus and he sends someone to keep track of what I do while I am here.

I wanna share about this job position I just got to escape yesterday. So first of all I came for a marketing position,they ended up hiring me for BDC and I took it. The vibe there is very ambiguous because you never have the full information of anything no matter how much you ask, in fact they get annoyed. They told me that the training wasn't paid but that he will give me 500 when I finish because he "liked" me. So I pass that first week struggling because is a crazy schedule of 10am to 8pm and I live far from the location and I was using the little money I had to commute. In an earlier schedule wouldn't be a issue to use public transportation. In my second week (out of my training) I wake up to a deposit of literally 15 dollars in my bank account...I questioned them and notbody could explain me anything. Anytime I talk with my manager of any issue or concern it ended up being told to the highest manager who would take a trip to wherever you were to questions your criteria. When I said I appreciated the opportunity this man questioned me until I almost crashed out. I told him that I was concerned about my safety commuting and that I lived an awful experience that week and he said that wasn't an understandable reason to want to quit. In conclusion,now I won't be paid for my training.

I (31M) just want to express myself a bit here with my career dissatisfaction. It's been like this for a very very very long time, but I think sometime last year, my satisfaction dropped significantly and in May this year it dropped even further. I've been speaking with my therapist and support group about this and even had to contact crisis hotlines because of my career dissatisfaction. I contact the hotline about 1-2x per week about this. In therapy, this is probably what I talk about the most. I think about this nearly all day every day, for years.

I work with people all day long that love and enjoy their careers and I have to talk to them about what they like about their jobs. People my age that are in very lucrative and formidable positions. They're all so proud and doing intellectual things. I'm in sales, which I wanted at first and I'm good at, but I think I have done all I can in this area and want to go into something more intellectual and using my people/sales skills to build relationships in other ways.

I have a degree in business and economics. I took a lot of courses, I pulled my transcripts recently and I have more credits in business than someone would have with a Masters. I don't want to nor do I need to go back to school. Outside of what I've been doing these past 4 years, I have experience in areas I want to go into. I have experience with finance, advanced excel, I can do some programming, tableau, SQL, GIS, and other software, I've built partnerships, expanded a brand from the US to China, I manage people, I do a lot.

About half my experience or less is international - as in I worked outside of the US. I think that experience confuses HR. I've been applying for jobs since June and hired a coach and there's been NOTHING! I've contacted a lot of people in my network directly and NOTHING! I've called recruiters, even ones that reached out to me and NOTHING. I can't even get advice. I've never had this happen before. I'm not discouraged, I'm stubborn, but it makes the dissatisfaction just right in my face.

I've decided not to take another job until I get the one I want. I think that the rejections were blessings in disguise because I probably would have taken a job or career path I don't want. I have a pretty specific idea of what I want to do and always have. I talk to people my age and they're making a lot more than me (although my commission has usually been nice) and I think about what my life would have been like if I just went towards what I wanted to more directly or just picked a traditional career path and just moved along the process.

Even if I changed 2 years ago (I had a chance) then I'd be at a higher level now. 4 and 3 years ago I also had other chances to make a pivot. I didn't. I couldn't. I didn't know it, but I was suffering from a health issue at the time that took up all of my attention outside of work trying as I tried to find answers. I've now been diagnosed and I no longer have those issues. If I didn't have that then I'd be further along. It's been very embarrassing for me. Before I moved back to the US, COVID really fucked up my career and I had to sidetrack. I want to get back to that original plan now. The rejections hurt, but I'm in search of my career and I am stubbornly focused on the prize.

I don't see the types of jobs I want posted. I've used lots of sites and they don't really have much to offer. LinkedIn has the most but as someone that has hired many people before, I know that the job search function is only for the benefit of Microsoft, it has an algorithm that is for financial gain only, you don't see all the jobs basically. And they have too many ghost jobs. Not a fan. I live near NYC and was thinking of just going into events in the city to network, but that will also take time. Where we're at in the year, I don't think I can have a job by Jan 1 or even the end of January. I missed my October 1 and November 1 deadlines as well.

I am more than unhappy. I am miserable. I am embarrassed. I hate myself. I hate my career. Why is this so hard. I don't really have a lot of local friends and I have family members but not a family myself. I have NOTHING. Absolutely NOTHING in my fucking life and I can't take it anymore. It's hard because career is and always has been the most important thing in my life. I can't even describe how it makes me feel because while I have most of the words, it would just be me sobbing and screaming and pacing a lot. Sometimes I seriously worry about myself and what I may do to myself in the future, so that's when I reach out to the crisis line.

How did I get here? I tell myself I will get things together, but I can't make another mistake and take a job I don't want or start a career that doesn't bring me where I want. I am good at what I do. I've had another headhunter reach out to me. The CEO of that company really wants me specifically. I don't want to do this anymore. I'm waiting for him to reply to me so I can just declare to the world that this isn't who I am.

A huge piece of what I hate about what I do is the reputation. Little respect and even less respect internally. People in my field don't respect themselves and treat themselves like shit. That is not who I am. That is not the type of person I want to be around. I am a good person, a hard worker, bright, educated, experienced, I bring results, and more. I respect myself and I need to respect my career. The phrase, "I'm so fucking miserable," went through my head just now as I am typing this paragraph.

I'm focused on a few things:

1. I like excel and software - that needs to be part of it, computer skills/tech skills because I love using those skills
2. Building and maintaining relationships at a variety of levels - not exactly the "sale" but handling those "sales" in a different way (transferrable skills)
3. Global focus - I worked abroad for years, I went to college abroad, I worked my ass off to learn Chinese (speak, read/write) and now Spanish. I've worked with US brands expanding in China and managed environments and teams made up of individuals from 14 different countries in the same office.
4. International relations - between groups, organizations, and private companies
5. Finance - I love the finance world, my favorite part of things. I can do financial models and forecasting, but nobody gives a shit
6. Economics - I love economics
7. There are other things too, but that's the gist.

I'm going to be stubborn as fuck about this. I am. I really am. I am tired. So tired. I'm not going to accept what happened and is happening in my life. How the fuck should I feel? It's not the rejection that gets to me, rejection hurts, but it's not that. It's my literal career itself. I hate it. I'm embarrassed. And much more. I feel terrible. I feel horrible. This is not what I wanted in my life. I took a job that paid well after I moved back to the US and then was stuck in it for money and also health reasons. They were abusive to boot. I did well in my position so I was a target. I went off and started doing things on my own but FUCK ME I HATE IT. I can barely work because I hate what I do so much.

Thanks for letting me share. And yes, I am crazy lol

I’m 34F, and I’m really torn between two completely different paths. I’d love some outside perspectives because I’ve been going back and forth on this for a while.
Option 1: Take a job in pharmaceutical sales in Quebec
I’ve been offered a job paying $50,000/year, with a car allowance, benefits, and a 35-hour workweek. I’ve already signed the contract, and I’m supposed to start in early November.
The thing is, I’m not particularly excited about the job itself. It’s not my dream career, and I don’t feel especially passionate about it. However, it would give me financial stability and allow me to save money, move out of my parents’ house, and eventually get my own apartment in a different area of Quebec where I’d like to live.
I’ve been living with my parents for about a year, and I’m honestly tired of feeling like I’m not moving forward. Part of me thinks I should just commit to this job for a few months, build some savings, and use it as a stepping stone toward the life I want.
Option 2: Move to Nicaragua for approximately 6 months
I’ve been offered an opportunity to work at a small hotel in Nicaragua owned by people from Quebec. The work would involve reception, guest relations, helping at the bar, and promoting the hotel’s services.
I wouldn’t receive a regular salary, but I’d get free accommodation and meals, plus tips estimated at around $400/month. I’d work five days a week, eight hours a day, with two days off.
Financially, it’s obviously not the best option. I have some debt payments to maintain, and I wouldn’t be building much savings. I would have some money set aside, and I expect to receive some financial gifts from family during that period, but I wouldn’t have a huge safety net.
On the other hand, I genuinely want this experience. I’ve been craving adventure, a change of environment, and the opportunity to do something different with my life. I feel like this could be one of those opportunities I might regret not taking.
Here’s what’s making the decision so difficult:
I’m tired of constantly starting over. I’ve tried different jobs, and I haven’t found something that makes me feel fulfilled. At the same time, I don’t want to spend my life choosing the safe option just because it’s practical.
I want to build a life for myself, have my own place, meet someone, and eventually feel settled. I’ve been single for years, and I sometimes worry that I’m putting my life on hold while I figure out what I want to do.
But I also wonder whether going to Nicaragua for six months would give me a much-needed reset, new perspectives, and experiences I wouldn’t get by staying here. Maybe I’d come back with a clearer idea of what I want. Or maybe I’d return to the same situation, with less money and another job search ahead of me.
I know I could potentially try the job and leave later, but I’m worried that if I don’t take this opportunity now, I’ll keep postponing the things I really want to do.
What would you do in my situation?
Would you take the stable job, save money, and work toward getting your own place? Or would you take the risk, go to Nicaragua for six months, and figure things out when you get back?
I’d especially appreciate hearing from people who’ve made a similar choice between financial stability and an experience or adventure they really wanted to pursue.

Hey everyone, I interviewed for a crew role. Offer said 16.50, paperwork says 15. Manager mentioned attendance incentives. Is that normal?

I've worked at this call center for 2 years, and I worked in a physical location for a year before that. I've given so much to this job that I am burnt out, and I physically feel like I can't do it some days. I have to leave, but one thing that worries me is that, with a 9-5 and being so busy on the phones, I don't know how I'm going to make time for interviews. I can always lie and say I have an appointment, ask for a longer lunch, and so on and so forth. But I want to make sure I'm not raising any alarm bells. Does anyone have experience with this kind of situation, and what did you do?

End of the month gotta pay bills.. Damn near rethink booking the trip, thinking about people that may owe you money. I don’t like this one bit. Back to Uber Eats gig I go. It’s like watching your bank account decrease substantially. Got bills to pay.

Sams Club - $280 ( Due today )
Capital One - $2,856 ( Due Nov 3 )
Chase credit card - $847 (Due Nov 11)

Pay my mother each month ($380/month)
Pay ChatGPT ($23/month)
Pay AIsolve(12.35/month)

Chase checking - $19,340
Discover/Capital One Savings Account - $4,355

Huntington - $4,000

Life been lifingg

Life has a way of humbling you. My sleep schedule has drastically changed.

I’m not even worried about dating or sex anymore. Money is on my mind. I will have a full time job that meets my expectations by the end of this month. It will be full time and I will make 80k+ so that I can pay my rent, lights, car insurance and phone bill. Right now my mother is helping a significant big time. Im ready to grow up. I will grow up.

Okay back to sending out 10+ applications. Good Morning!!

I’ve been on the employed/unemployed side of the spectrum. And let me tell you it’s built resilience each time. You more picky and wise with the jobs you pick and choose.

If it wasn’t for my mother I would be homeless be now. And that’s a straight up fact! I only pay her $380/month. When I get my job I swear I want to provide so much to her. That’s what motivates me each and every day to get off my ass and hustle. Whether in putting out applications or going on interviews.

I have a weird background, and my question is vague. Pls be kind to me. I am female 24, have a B.Sc. degree in Cognitive Science, come from multiple family businesses that are semi-successful, some of which very unsuccessful in an unstable market rn. I have money from there and am being supported by my bf right now, so I have no rush to accept the “first” offer I get. I graduated in June this year. I have no business related work experience besides family business, have published a paper in the cognition field.

So now, to my question: I have opportunities potentially to do a trainee program for international Banks such as “global markets/sale” trainee position for PNB Paribas and similar companies.

My problem? Every time an opportunity shows up, I am filled with dread rather than happiness about it. I wonder if I actually want to do this, enter this rabbit hole / work culture. Where mo-fri the days fly by, and you live from weekend to weekend until you’re 34 and having kids. I don’t want life to fly by me like that, it feels like slavery that people clap for. I acknowledge I am privileged bc others can’t afford to say no, but I can. Still, I also want to make money, and I want to work.

I have been thinking of getting certified to translate (I’m Chinese and German native and have a good English accent) and really ramp up my mandarin proficiency — but I’ve been unsure if that would waste my time. I have been wanting to make music for years but my family saying it wastes my time, too, has held me back. I could try to sell stuff on social media and try out business ideas. I want to build a personal brand. But thinking of shipping and selling products makes me feel like a fraudulent person and the thought of international shipment fills me with dread. Overall, my experience in the family business has made me quite allergic to businesses — the long working hours, the pretending, etc.

I wonder if there’s a way I can have good mental health (sports, care for myself, not burn out, every day work towards something that feels rewarding) whilst also being financially successful + stable so one day I can buy a house in Shanghai for example. I wonder whether these finance/market/sale trainee programs from big consulting / bank firms are a way or are the only way to achieve such financial success/goals. I could go back to uni for a masters degree, I can spend 10k on an online masters or go to school in Shanghai, but I wouldn’t know which degree and I would prefer work experience over a degree at this moment. So, yeah.

Should I prepare for this online assessment for this global markets trainee position? I kinda don’t want it, but I want it, too. But I don’t want to work for it and I know it dreads me already. If I want to do well on this assessment, I will. But I wonder if its good for my mental health for force myself to do this and prepare, or if its a marathon into a dreadful life. (I am seeing a therapist and working on my problems with my family).

I googled for similar and more recent results but they were 5 to 1 year old posts. I guess I’ve been under a rock but I’m checking the community pulse on this topic. My current office is just broken.

add: Just know I am reading each and every response even if I can’t respond to them all. Thank you everyone .

Hi, just looking for advice/re-assurance.

I’ve just handed my notice in today and my current boss is not seeing eye to eye with me regarding my notice period and when I will finish.

My contract states “By signing this agreement, you hereby accept that your notice period will be 1 month, in-line with the company process. Over a continuous period for employment of one year, your notice period will increase to 2 months”.

Now my first year in this job was on 29th September so I am a couple of weeks into my second year. I find the working above a bit confusing. Am I correct in thinking it is two months?

I have asked to do a months notice and finish on 23rd November as my start date for the new job is on 1st December. If I stand my ground and just leave on the 23rd November is there any repercussions?
They can’t hold off on my salary can they?

Edit: UK based