I had an emergency surgery in early March and then that operation ended going a little sideways once they removed the drainage tube from my body and I went septic. I even waited for the weekend to go to the ER for the emergency surgery and when I felt bad when I was getting septic.

I was fired on Friday for missing too much work related to the procedure and then being septic.

My boss never asked how they could help me come back to work or anything else. Didn’t ask if they could help with making my work remote or reduced schedule. Then they just fired me after treating me with a very cold shoulder for the two weeks I was back.

Now I’m in more medical debt than my salary was, no health insurance or income.

These employers really expect you to just die for them. Literally.

My question now is, what do I say when asked my reason for leaving in interviews now? Do I tell the truth?

Impressed by market capitalizations and billion-dollar figures, some observers are amazed by the US’s economic power. They forget that these valuations stem from the monopoly dominance of a few major groups, and, more broadly, that the astronomical dollar amounts reflect the very high prices imposed on American consumers. It’s akin to analyzing wage trends without taking inflation into account. When measured in terms of purchasing power parity, the reality is very different: the productivity gap with Europe disappears entirely.

Using this measurement, China’s GDP surpassed that of the US in 2016. It is currently more than 30% higher and will reach double the US GDP by 2035. This has very real consequences in terms of its capacity to influence and finance investment in the Global South, especially if the US locks itself into its arrogant, neo-colonial posture. The reality is that the US is on the verge of losing control of the world, and Trump’s rhetoric won’t change that.

I think it's important to understand that, during Biden's Presidency, there was all that talk about how America's economy was doing great, yet by any other measure, was it?

You could say trillions of dollars was lost, or you could understand it as market correction. Is the money gone? Was that money ever there?

It was 10 o'clock at night, and due to a failure on the company’s part, there were no delivery drivers available to make a last minute delivery. I, a server and cashier, was then told to deliver the food order alone. When I expressed my extreme discomfort and concern for my personal safety—being a young female out alone in the dark and engaging with strangers—I was accused of insubordination and threatened with a write-up and possibly termination. It wasn't until I asked if they would be okay with their 20-something daughter being out alone in the dark that they begrudgingly agreed and had one of our male staff make the delivery—you know…what they should’ve done in the first place.

Is it surprising? No. Is it still pathetic, exploitative and evil that’d they’d be willing risk their employees safety for like $50 bucks? Absolutely.

What disgusting injustice did an employer try to subject you or someone you know to?

EDIT: People brought up a really valid point—that regardless of gender, no one should have to be sent out in the dark alone with strangers. That’s absolutely 100% correct, and I realize I didn’t clarify that my male coworker had expressed he was completely comfortable and up for the task. Why they asked me instead is a mystery, but I suspect it’s because they don’t like me and didn’t care what happened to me anyway—but that’s neither here nor there.

Recently interviewed for a new position. There were few red flags during my interview but one that I have to share. You could tell this manager has recently been burned by an employee with his tone during the entire interview. He was really driving home the importance of attendance and punctuality (these are more than reasonable asks). This is where he lost me. This man looked me in the face with all seriousness and said “I need you to understand that Monday through Friday, 8-5, I own you”. I checked out immediately.

Do employers not recognize they should want to sell the job to interviewees? I can see why this position has been open for a couple of months.

If the Supreme Court sides with the Catholic charity on this and religious exemptions are drastically expanded, it could mean that all religious-sponsored healthcare employers would have precedent to cease paying into unemployment, which would be an unmitigated disaster.

This will be important to watch because it could potentially affect hundreds of thousands of hospital employees across the country, myself included.

The company I worked for wrote me up and gave me a wage reduction because I was out sick and couldn’t provide a doctors notice (I’m not going to the doctor every time I get sick.) so I walked out on the spot and got this email the next day. I’m in Georgia if that matters

I work in fast food. How common is it to see a trainee quit, stop showing up, walk out during the rush?

The trainee was begging the manager for his lunch break, he was supposed to be back 30 min ago. I don’t think he’s coming back. Haha

As per the title, anyone been given the heads up that their job might be on the line with these tarrifs? And what's the vibe like on the ground floor of the USA? I'm picking up that it's seriously dystopic.

I just want to vent. I started my current job in August 2024 and so far, I love it. I was in sales before and I hated it because people hated being called out of the blue. I finally got a job as a translator, one of my top career goals, and I've been so happy.

On Thursday we got a department wide email that we wouldn't be allowed to use headphones or listen to music in the office anymore. Nobody ever listens to music out loud and in our jobs, we don't communicate with customers or even stakeholders verbally, everything is done via Teams or email. We have the odd meeting (like once every 3-5 weeks maybe), but since they're usually in smaller teams of about 4 people or 1-on-1, I doubt anyone was using headphones during meetings.

It killed something inside me. I had to be in the office 5 days a week during my o boarding and for a bit after that and I had a good time. Even up until now, I enjoyed my 2 office days a week. Now I just want to be working from home all week cause I don't see the point (not an option without getting HR and whatnot involved and I never really wanted to do that).

We have quite a bit of down time as well, but they can't reduce the teams cause every couple of weeks, we suddenly get bombarded with tasks that would be too much to handle if the teams were smaller. Now on the days where it's quiet, I'm just gonna have to scroll through Wikipedia or whatnot. Youtube and all social media are blocked from our company anyway. No more upbeat music to keep me energised, no more interesting podcasts to make quiet hours tick by. No more soundtracks or classical music to support me through the tougher tasks. It's just so stupid.

Our C-Suite Leadership recently placed all of IT under the Chief Infrastructure Officer (CIO) of Facilities. As a result, our interim Chief Information Officer (also CIO) now reports directly to this individual, effectively creating a situation where a CIO reports to another CIO. To make matters more concerning, neither of them has any background in IT. They’re planning to hire a permanent CIO for IT later this year, but who would seriously consider applying for this role that reports into Facilities and not the C-Suite? It just doesn’t make sense.

Edit: For context, this is a University in the United States.

The billionaires backing him at inauguration haven't even batted an eye

This was a few years ago at least, but still pisses me off to this day. Was in a toxic workplace and was applying for other jobs to get out. I got a call from a company, but they didn’t say “hey this is x from y company calling to discuss your application”. They said “this is x calling to discuss your job application”. So as anyone who has applied for more than one job at a time could tell you, I had no fucking clue what company I was on the phone to.

She proceeds to ask me if she could ask me a few questions. I am in the middle of a busy street, walking to my car with an armful of grocery bags with the winter winds blowing in my face. But whatever, I say “Sure! im just walking to my car now after grocery shopping, and the wind is a bit loud. Could I call you back in a few moments?” And this absolute knob head has the audacity to say “That doesn’t really show much preparedness, but okay” I almost don’t call back just because of that. But I was desperate.

So I get to the car, call back and we have a rather bland conversation. I can tell she’s in a shite mood and I’m not necessarily putting my best self forward. At the end of a 20 minute conversation she says “well… you’re not exactly what we are looking for and you have no experience in this type of role (it was a sales job and I was working in a sales role like???), but we are willing to give it a go”. I think she expected me to jump for joy.

I said “Right yeah, sorry your name was Jane? Well Jane, I have no interest in this role anymore and it is specifically because of the way you have conducted this interview. In the 20 minutes we have been on the phone you have been rude, insulted me and my professionalism and clearly not listened to a word I’ve said as I’ve worked in sales for three years. I wouldn’t call that having “no experience” and hung up the phone.

I then left a review on the company page (after finally working out who it was that called me and verifying that Jane indeed worked for the company). I forget what the term for people insulting others and expecting them to fawn over them (specifically in dating culture, men are subtly mean to women and then the women supposedly are all over them) but it felt like a weird version of that

It’s like I don’t even exist on this company. I work in construction development for a general contractor In management.

I decided not to come for two weeks and nobody even noticed or called me until day 15. When my project manager called me I lied and said I had something going on and then took another week off. 21 days in total.