#workplace environment

Off my usual topics, but I need your help!

It’s hard to navigate the workplace and hiring process. Office politics and behind the scenes secrets make it seem like those who get the jobs, promotions and raises know something other hard working professionals don’t. But we can combat these unfair advantages together.

I strive to do just that with “The Employee’s Advocate,” where I’ll collect all the tools and information for a successful #career so everyone has a fair chance.

I can’t do this all on my own though. That’s where you come in. Step one is this anonymous survey about unfair and unequal experiences in the workplace and hiring process. The results will help me gather the preliminary information and determine the next steps.

Getting as many people as possible to participate means a lot to me. We all have valuable information in our experiences. Let’s help each other out. Please take my survey and pass it along to others. Thanks!

https://shrl.ink/6oJR

I’m mad because I’m scheduled for 6:30am tomorrow, when they literally made me fill out a schedule for my hours while they were interviewing me and I picked 10am at the earliest since 1) I’m a night owl and 2) I DON’T WANT TO DEAL WITH THE MONSTROUS TRAFFIC AT 8AM!

Then they had me set those hours up in a fancy scheduling app called Dayforce, and my sister mused that since it only needed two weeks to process my info and I’ve been here for most of a year like they keep telling me, someone has to be overriding my actual schedule.

The last time I said that I don’t want to work those hours a few months back, I got politely rebuked for being finicky. So Mom told me not to talk about it too much, or they might fire me.

So I just reminded myself that THIS IS WHY I ONLY DO WHAT I’M ASKED, AND THIS BUSINESS IS NOT EVEN CLOSE TO A “SMALL” BUSINESS ANYMORE.

Just sharing this because this writer’s style made me laugh. My favorite lines seemed to fit my own self-image like a glove.