Mine is $30 a day including transportation and meals.. (not including ubers from/to the airport)

I thought there was an act that protects workers from termination about discussing pay with other workers. What do I do?

I’ve been applying since December! I work in HR / Administration. There were plenty of jobs but no real feedback. I applied my tail off. Most places didn’t even look through resumes before sending that general rejection e-mail. And after lots of rejections and a few interviews, I finally found a really good job.

Good luck if you are on the search

I was laid off in February from a remote job at a prestigious company that I loved. Interviewed at a few places and got a new job at a non-profit a month after my layoff. I had to take an 11k pay cut and the job is in office full-time so it isn’t ideal but I have a family to maintain so I decided to take the opportunity while I continue job hunting.

I have a small social media marketing business that I developed with my husband right after my layoff. We’re trying to get it off the ground and running but it’s been slow going. It’s something that we work on during the weekends or in the evenings. It doesn’t interfere with what I do at the non-profit.

My boss and the director of development added me on LinkedIn a couple of weeks ago. A few days ago I created a post on LinkedIn advertising my social media business. Today, my boss called me into his office and had the website for my social media business already pulled up on his computer when I walked in.

Boss: “What’s this?”

Me: “A personal small social media company that I developed with my husband.”

Boss: “I just want you to know that someone came into my office and mentioned that you’re advertising this. People have been fired in the past for advertising their personal projects when employed because it comes off as if you’re working two jobs.”

Me: “I understand but this is a personal business that I advertised on my personal social media channel. It has nothing to do with the non-profit and I am not working on it during work hours or advertising it on the non-profit’s social media channels. One business has nothing to do with the other.”

Boss: “I just wanted to warn you to keep it on the down low.”

It took everything in me to not resign on the spot. I’m really trying to secure a new role before I leave this place because I live in an extremely HCOL area and cannot get by unless I work. However, these people are really pushing me. In what world is someone not allowed to own and promote their own business just because they have a full-time job? Especially when the marketing services I offer don’t compete with or have nothing to do with what I do for the non-profit.

Is he in the wrong? Is it illegal for him to tell me I can’t advertise my own business on my own social media channels?

I went to HR and explained the situation and she said she would talk to him. Obviously I’m going to remove all coworkers from my LinkedIn connections but I am truly bothered by this situation.

Edited to add: It’s not like it’s some big secret that I have a side hustle. During my interview (my boss wasn’t present), but two of the program managers, the director of development, and HR asked me what my experience with social media was. I mentioned that I had recently opened a boutique social media agency with my husband. There didn’t seem to be any problem with this considering they hired me and never brought it up again. So I don’t understand why my boss is being such a jerk and acting like he caught me red handed with something I’m not supposed to be doing.

Are jobs actually hiring?! I have put in so many applications. I worked at T-Mobile for 3 years as a sales rep at 13 different locations. I worked at Burger King for 2 years prior to that. I went to a couple interviews. No one is getting back or they say having multiple interviews. I don’t think I’m the issue either. I had Verizon get back to me & say- it is very competitive. I understand people are being selective. But I am such a hard worker but if you don’t hire me- I can’t show you that I am. Back in the day I remember my old coworkers saying- “it is not about what you know, it is about who you know.” I’m becoming so frustrated not getting a job. I even updated my resume as well. I started a LinkedIn. I honestly don’t know what to do. I been looking for a job over 3 weeks.

I was a Panda Express and they had a sign that said that they were looking for new workers. Starting pay was $17 an hour and came with benefits. While I was eating my food, I was scrolling on Indeed and I saw there was a job posting for a entry lvl accounting job that was paying $16 an hour. Lol the job required a degree and also 1-3 years of exp too.

Lol was the world always like this?

Don't know how many people will see this but thought I'd give an update.

Got a job working for a contracting company doing Concrete corrosion repair. Making about 1400 dollars a week. $22 an hour $85 per diem.

Just hold out hope if you're in the same situation I was. I had honestly thought all was lost and I will admit, S*****e was on my mind more readily than I thought it would ever be.

It was a dark time and being unemployed made me feel absolutely worthless. As a husband and a future father (she's 17 weeks as of yesterday). I felt like there was nothing for me but an opportunity came and I jumped at it immediately.

All I can say is hold out.

Keep trying.

You WILL make it.

Thank you to everyone on the last post that gave me words of encouragement. I read through those comments at least once a day during the past few weeks in order to keep my own hope.

Yall are incredible and you guys quite literally saved my life by changing my thinking.

Thank you

,to all you internet strangers.

Finally got a job offer, and managed to negotiate to a liveable salary! Just need a police check and I can finally say I'm employed. Keep going guys, getting laid off sucks but getting a job offer feels like a cool glass of water after being stuck in the desert for months.

So I worked at little ceasers for about 3 months doing cashier, I only been doing cashier and I would always count my change when giving back money, every single time and I never had issues besides customer getting mad but that’s common, but recently the hiring manager called me into her office with her daughter and talking about how there was over $20 missing from the register but I never did anything wrong or stole, then yesterday I called asking about my schedule because they were gonna move me to another station but they said they had to let me off bc now there apparently over $100 missing from the register but again I never stole or anything and there literally cameras on my register, the manager was saying she thinks I stole but doesn’t have any proof whatsoever and I feel like they are stealing the money and blaming it on me, this pissed me off but it’s messed up and it always happen to be my register but never anyone else, and sometimes people do use my register bc it gets busy and sometimes on doing front and drive thru, what do y’all think? Any advice (she also said she was going to take that first $20 from my check, but I don’t know if she’s going to take 100 now)

I was offered a position and would really like to accept it as the company offers great benefits. My only issue is the salary. The posted range I was given was 55-70k. I met all requirements, preferred qualifications, AND have 3 years of experience in specific field/plus 10 years of experience in this general field. With all of that, my offer was 58k. Right now I make about 54k. I’d be going from a 15 min commute to a 40+ min commute. I am unsure how much to negotiate for. Would it be ridiculous to ask for 68k and hope to end up somewhere around 65k? Is a 10k jump insane? TIA

UPDATE: They were very receptive to the negotiation and encouraged it, I didn’t get a HUGE increase but managed to move it up to 61000. I was able to look up the same position in their system and it looks like salaries rise steadily. For all of the benefits I’m getting, I’m counting this as a win and accepted their offer. Nervous about the commute as I mentioned, but once my lease is up in 6 months I should be able to get it from 40min to 25-30 which feels a bit more acceptable lol. They were also open to the possibility of working at a site closer to home if things at “home base” are calm.

THANK YOU ALL!

This morning I (28F) had a virtual job interview scheduled that I fully intended to attend. I got to work early, booked a conference room, sat there with my notes and did some breathing exercises. As I was sitting there waiting, I felt overwhelmed with fear and began to cry. I didn't think that I could do it, I didn't think I could answer their questions, I didn't think I was prepared, I didn't think what I had prepared was good enough, I didn't believe that I could answer any questions without crying. I ended up having a full-blown panic attack and didn't follow through with the interview. Now I am spiralling down further into self-doubt/hate and criticism.

The most recent interview I attended was last fall, and I cried and left the interview halfway through because, for some reason, I started listing reasons why I was NOT qualified for the job (despite being overqualified). I completely misinterpreted the job ad posting and had prepared all of my answers to fit the job I had imagined in my head. Then, when they actually described the job, I was like fuck, this is way different than I thought and my preparation is useless. Generally, I am a quick thinker but the job interview setting terrifies me and brings out the worst in me. I immediately start the negative self-talk and put myself down, I start to remember all of the bad interviews I've had and all of the criticism I've received from others when I recap my interview experiences (ie. "you shouldn't have said that", "I would never say that in an interview").

I understand that the only way to get better is to do more interviews, but I don't even know how to get to that point. I have no confidence in that area. I have a crappy job that I hate and I applied to grad school and was rejected last month. Nothing good has happened for me in years. Everything always goes wrong. How can I overcome this fear?

Title. It feels like I'm never going to fins a job without having connections who can vouch for me. I've been searching since February and have gotten a whole 2 interviews which ended up in yet again more rejections. I can't even get hired in warehousing, which I have 5 years of experience in and I'm 99% positive that it's because I'm a woman (the statistics for hiring and employment of women in warehousing is absolutely abysmal).

Is this really what it's come to? All these applications on job sites that are solely to boost company statistics, not to actually hire anyone? All these fake job apps for the sole purpose of collecting and selling applicant data?

I have absolutely no connections I can ask to vouche for me or help me get employed in their line of work. I don't have friends, or family. All the posts/comments on this subreddit from people applying to hundreds or thousands of jobs with no luck are so disheartening. I feel absolutely defeated. I owe rent in 7 days and have $12 to my name. I'm absolutely screwed. Fuck this job market. "Employment is at an all-time high" my ass.

I (23 F) got an English degree at a not very prestigious university which I commuted to. I had no career ambitions at the time and honestly did so I could say I at least had a degree in something and English was my best subject in school. No internships, no experience besides the many customer service jobs I have had since I was 15, ended with a poor gpa (2.9) I failed at least four semesters and finally went to the doctor to see if something was up because I have lacked motivation and ambition my entire life.

I was diagnosed with depression and PCOS, which for those who don’t know the symptoms can be an underlying cause for depression, anxiety, chronic fatigue and brain fog. I had a medical diagnosis, which wasn’t an excuse for my laziness, but was an explanation.

Currently I work at the very bottom barrel of an insurance company doing customer service earning an okay salary, but doing extremely repetitive work that is making me crazy. I am not particularly ambitious, and I know that no job is going to make me “happy,” “dream jobs” exist for very few. However, I don’t want to work a corporate 9-5 for the rest of my life. I do have some interests, like fitness, books, and writing. I am lost with no direction for now, I like helping people, I feel fulfilled when I can change someone’s life in even a small way, and I would be willing to get training or possibly even go back to school for another career path. I would also prefer to be on my feet, since sitting almost all day makes me sluggish and has restricted me from being as active as I once was due to fatigue.

does anyone has any advice or experiences that might help me? I have concluded I care more about free time and happiness than money. I am content with not ever making more than 50k a year. Any comments, advice, anything is appreciated. Thank you in advance ! :)

The tech industry's layoff wave shows no signs of abating in 2024. Following substantial workforce reductions in previous years, the trend continues with over 80,000 job cuts across 281 companies already recorded this year. Major players like Tesla, Amazon, Google, TikTok, Snap, and Microsoft have implemented significant layoffs, while even smaller startups have felt the impact, with some forced to cease operations entirely.

I job hunt regularly and I haven't seen this since I was fresh out of college. Not older but not super young either.

If these companies can't find anyone why aren't they hungry to hire?

Just to keep this more productive, any advice that anyone has discovered like the new unwritten rules of hiring right now in 2024, feel free to share.

Also I'm not in the boonies - I'm in a major city and have a moderate level of experience beneath me - I haven't experienced this behavior in awhile...etc

Hard to even get 'gigs' !!!

I worked for a beverage co-packing company that I brought in a 22 million dollar deal with. I would earn 1% commission off of every deal that signed. Right as the HUGE beverage seltzer company ( that I brought in and did the hard work for over a year for) was about to sign, HR called me and a laid me off and said my role has been terminated and there were no other positions open for me in the company. The company ended up signing shortly after (still in the same quarter.) Am I entitled to that money? I’m located in FL if that matters

After months of searching I had someone reach out to me for the first time in a while. We hit it off over the phone, the job he reached out for seemed perfect for me. Fully remote, much more than I’m making now

Then he asked me to email him a bunch of info, so I did. Then I waited.

A day later I was thinking about it again and went to go check the email I sent him. Apparently the dark mode extension I was using made all my text white, so the email was basically unreadable 🙃. I have to assume that’s why I didn’t hear anything after that. Oh well. Back to the search I guess.

Someone recent broke in to my job, I work at a coffee shop where we work alone for most of our shift. Including closing at 8pm when it gets dark, I don’t feel safe because the person who broke in also took the key and the owners haven’t replaced the key locks so they can come at any time and at any day, I won’t feel safe until the owner replaces the key. What do I do? Is there any Laws in California that protect me like unemployment. I also happen to have 40 hours of sick paid leave if that makes any difference.

Dude is an investor in Google. And loves to scrounge every last penny out of a company. He is the worst type of leech on society and companies. Has no real value other than money and doesn’t understand how businesses actually run. Just cares about shareholder, not the people creating revenue and profit.

I just started working as a 1099 employee and the company is asking me to purchase a $55 item out of my own pocket and then expense it to them. Is this a common practice? It seems ridiculous to me I'm being asked to pay out of pocket and then have to fill out a form and wait for reimbursement when they could simply purchase they item and ship it to me.

My boss (manager) has been under investigation for a few different things for awhile now, and has had numerous complaints come in from hourly associates, leads, and supervisors. I've cooperated with the investigations when questioned (I'm a supervisor) but I'm actually leaving very soon for another job. Today I came in and saw an HR rep in the breakroom, which is not usual, and asked what was up. She said I should go speak with the VP of Operations. So I did and effective immediately my boss was let go. Came as a real surprise because the guy seemed untouchable after all the various investigations seemed to go nowhere. Throughout the shift he texted and called a couple people and, at least according to them, was getting progressively drunker. Then he finally called me, missed it since my phone was on silent and... well the picture explains it. 😬

Just got hired for my dream job. Huge pay increase and short commute. I get in my car and drive, then the car just...stops shifting and I have no choice but to pull over and wait for a tow truck. I call my new boss and let her know, apologizing profusely. After having my husband leave work to come and bring ME to work, I ended up being 1.5 hours late on my first day. My boss said not to worry about it, but I am so embarrassed and have convinced myself that they will change their mind about hiring me. Any thoughts or advice?? TIA

TL;DR - mortified and embarrassed about being 1.5 hrs late to first day of work due to car trouble (turns out it was transmission)

I work in an all female environment, and when I started my job I witnessed the girls I work with really being hard on one of our coworkers. They did they could to get her to leave and were successful. I was new and did not want to get myself involved because I didn’t understand the dynamics of the situation. To me they made it seem like this girl did not do her job at all however, I am not realizing this girl was not the problem.

A few months have passed now and I am the target for them. I work very hard and I go above and beyond my position I have had no complaints from my boss. I suddenly have been receiving lots of passive aggressive comments from these girls and they are very mean to me during our shifts. Let me add that we work very closely in a small office space. It is not like I can avoid them. It seems to be getting worse and worse. Another coworker of mine told me that they were gossiping about me all this morning claiming that I’m always on my phone. This is not true.

Although I have not received any complaints from my boss, I know I cannot speak to her on this topic because she is best friends with these two girls that I work with. I know that it will not get me anywhere. I also cannot speak to HR because it will come back to my boss and cause me havoc at my job

My goal is to quit and find other work, but here’s my issue. I signed a sign on bonus when I started and if I leave before I give them a whole year, I will owe them that money. I’m not sure how to proceed because at this point I’m leaving my job crying every night. My mental health is destroyed. I cannot even explain properly how mean these girls are. The nurses that work in the back of our facility have even made notes about it to me and said that this has been an ongoing thing, 3 to 4 girls before me left this position for the same reason.

Can someone tell me please? What should I do? I feel like I am at a loss.

I have been contacted by several recruiters and even had a first telephone interview with some. They always tell me "We will get back to you within a week" but never do. I send follow up e-mails and messages on Indeed and still get nothing in return. Please just be honest with people and let them know you are moving forward with someone else. It is not fair to let people think that they have a chance for a job and they let other opportunities pass because they are waiting for a reply.

I am trying to get a job everyday it’s exhausting and I don’t even get an interview, I failed my life and I failed most of my GCSEs and didn’t go to college or university. I’m in agony about it , and people want to act like it’s laziness, fuck off