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I think I'm going to be fired. I found a job listing for my position. I'm the only full timer and the position was for full time. And they just hired a part-timer. The only other possibility would be transferring me to another position, but it's kind of company policy for the person to officially accept the other position before they post the job listing.

I'm having so many mixed feelings. I hate my job and the company I work for, but it's still a job. And I've already been fired before and this will just make me feel even more of a failure.

Start saving money.

This is good advice.

boo :( is your workplace downsizing?

Most people are fired at least once. I've been technically fired twice (though the second time was a very close call between them firing me first and me quitting, I was going to call them later that same day and quit; it was NOT a good workplace). The first time I was really upset though. :/ Please don't feel like a failure. Being fired is extremely normal.

It doesn't hurt to look as much as you can into other opportunities and fill out applications. If you think you're going to be fired, get something else lined up as soon as possible, if you can, and then get out - it'll be smoother for you, if nothing else!

My boss lets us listen to music and such on our phones at work (so we don't go insane). One of my co-workers (TC) has been using headphones with a mic to make phone calls while on the job (a big no no). She has been doing this for months. This has been mentioned to our boss several times but he always says he can't do anything unless he catches her.

Our boss's wife (who helps out at work) mentioned that she had noticed TC acting slower and such while "singing to herself". Another co-worker told her what was up and how she has mentioned it to boss before. And that no one else has tried because they don't want EVERYONE to lose their music privileges because of this asshole.

Boss's Wife was all, "Yeah, that is what would end up happening."

So NOW I am worried we will all lose phone privileges because of this bitch who can't follow rules. And if announces that we can't use phones without saying WHY, I have no problem calling her out in front of everyone. I'm not her friend, I am just a friendly co-worker.

I would call her out too, even if it's not the most professional option. That shit makes me so mad.

Any way you could go up to boss ahead of time and say "look. can you please do something about this? being able to listen to music is really important to me to be able to concentrate and keep up good morale; I don't want to lose that privilege because others are abusing it."

(that said, I absolutely hate it when people make a policy of punishing the group for the actions of one or a few. "we're taking away your privilege because one person abused them" is such bullshit and really unfair...)

I can try again. I will literally buy a cheap phone with no SIM card rather than give up listening to music.

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diet_poison - 2016-12-14 02:05 (UTC) - Expand

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(Anonymous) - 2016-12-14 02:51 (UTC) - Expand

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diet_poison - 2016-12-14 03:09 (UTC) - Expand

have you mentioned anything to her about it?

Last week <3 Almoooost doooone.

YES! We did it!

Two more doctor's appointment though, this week. And a writing assignment. And Star Wars. Busy week.

Did you get another job??

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kallanda_lee - 2016-12-14 05:03 (UTC) - Expand

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kallanda_lee - 2016-12-17 00:37 (UTC) - Expand

My contract at my current gig is going to expire in a couple months, and even though I have time to spare and some good money saved and am sending job applications out, I'm still in a pit of anxiety that no one will ever hire me for a job again

I'm a seamstress, so work at home, set my own hours and jobs. I just stopped one day about 8 months ago. My depression was getting worse and I couldn't even get out of bed most days. I took on a new job last weekend and then another on Monday. It feels good to work again so I put out the word in our local Facebook group that I'm back in business and have got theee bespoke orders for Christmas. I feel like I'm coming back to life and I love it. Christmas has been bad the last years but this year I'm not dreading it, mainly because I'm too busy.

This is great <3

Oh this is so awesome ♥ you go, anon!

*continous screaming*

Me top, god...

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(Anonymous) - 2016-12-14 04:48 (UTC) - Expand

I need to leave my job desperately as it has gotten awful. I have one job lined up, but it won't pay me enough, so I need a part time job to go with it. But no one will hire me for a part time job. I might be too old? Too educated? I have no idea. But it sucks. I swear I'm a good worker, retail jobs. Just hire me! I am now worried that I'll be forced to stay in this job because I can't get anything lined up and that might kill me. (Probably (?) not literally.)

I like my job. It is a good job. I feel like I should be thinking of moving onward and upward instead of just staying here, but that might be mostly because that's what other people expect? idk? I'll get bored of it eventually, but that hasn't happened yet, because my work is useful and important and I'm learning a lot. It hasn't stagnated for me nearly as fast as my previous positions.

I'd love to make more money eventually, especially when I'm ready to start thinking about a family or my own home, but I guess I'm not that motivated to job hunt just for money reasons. I pay the bills and have enough leftover to save, give charitably, and have some to spend on myself. (of course this is also because my rent is really low right now and that situation will change in a few months...)

Only thing I really hate is spending four out of five days in a small room without very many other people. :/ that can get boring and depressing if work is slow. I love Mondays (lol, so ironic) because I work in a faster-paced area with other people always around.

My store, which I'll call Comfort Shoes, is in the same mall as Athletic Shoes and Stylish Shoes. All three of us sell the Incredibly Ugly brand, and all three of us used to obey Incredibly Ugly's rule that you can't discount their shoes below the minimum price they set.

Athletic Shoes claimed they'd made a deal with Incredibly Ugly that allowed them to sell shoes for 20% off. This drained a lot of foot traffic, since we couldn't match the price. So my boss's boss bought some shoes at Athletic Shoes and emailed the receipt to Incredibly Ugly. It turned out that Incredibly Ugly had never heard of any such deal, and they just blacklisted Athletic Shoes.

Our assistant manager tried to secret-shop Stylish Shoes to see what price they were selling at. Two hours later, they tried to secret-shop us. I guess competition keeps you honest.

lmao

Haha, great writeup. Throw a romance or two in and you'll have a wildly entertaining drama story right there. Make a fanfic or an original and sell the movie rights!

I feel like I'm too old to start something new and it's stressing me out all to fuck.

Like I trapped myself in a shitty job because I was too much of a cowardly shit to stand up for myself against the people pressuring me into it, and now that I know better, I'll be fucked if I dare step out of this field or so much as look at anything else.

I wish I knew which people to talk to, and could connect with people who could help me. But I also have a hard time trusting people because of past shitty treatment... fml, I wish I knew the answer and had the balls to go with it.

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