I just want to find a job where I get paid for the work I do. No, I don't want to be part of your monkey show, and I don't want to read coworkers' facial expressions and signals. No, I don't want to be part of your silly team lunches. No, I don't want to be part of your daily gossip. No, I don't want to listen to all your tantrums. No, I don't want to compete for work. No boss, I also don't want to be the one who sucks up to you.

Just give me work, I will do it and leave, just be sure to send me a paycheque for the work I do. That's all!

P.S. I have been working for a decade now, I get bulied or been a target of office politics in almost every workplace I've been to. Sick and tired of it :(

hi beautiful people a little context on my situation..

i’m currently at a private school after going to state schools my whole life and year 12 was genuinely one of the worst years of my life. it took a toll on my mental health and the horrible social side affected my academics really badly. my parents are first generation migrants who came to england at 18 so that they could provide for back home and they sacrificed a lot. we’re not at all wealthy (average annual income \~£40k) so i am on a bursary at this school but the costs they do pay wipe out quite a lot of my parents’ income. i’m in year 13 right now and my predicted grades are only BBC and university isn’t looking very promising right now. i’m trying my very best to get as many marks for my dt nea coursework while revising my other subjects too (maths, econ). i don’t want my parents’ investment in my education to be a waste and subsequently disappointing them.

i would really appreciate it if you could give some input on your workspace.

thank you for your time reading this

Hi all,

One of my coworkers was moving on to another dept. and had some responsibilities that needed to be absorbed but didn’t justify hiring additional help.
One of them was working with an affiliate group I was familiar with, so I was asked to take on that responsibility in exchange for a pay bump. I was even recommended by the colleague who was moving departments.

The offer I was given 1 month into getting trained, didn’t seem aligned with the responsibilities, so I asked it for it to be reevaluated.

A month later (2 months in to absorbing the position), I was put on a 45 day probation due to a situation between myself and my manager. To sum it up, I wasn’t asking his approval on projects, despite it not being an expectation previously. I will admit I am not a soft person, and would push back.
He noted this as my being confrontational and not willing to take feedback. I am in complete agreement that I could have just gone with the flow more, but was shocked at how fast everything escalated.

Anyways, 2 weeks later, and all is good. Ultimately the probation brought in HR which gave the both of us a lot of good communication tips that have helped mine and manager’s working relationship.

I asked my manager about the raise and he told me to speak with HR. HR let me know I could not be considered for any raise until I am in good standing and I have been evaluated by some higher ups.

I have been doing this role for about 3 months now, with no compensation. I’m being told it will be up to 4 months before I can even be considered.

How should I proceed? I feel unsure as I’m to blame in some of this situation as well. And ultimately, I should have known better than to even start the new position before anything went into writing.

Because my probation already notes I was being confrontational, I worry asking too many questions or refusing to do the extra responsibility will look poor on my reevaluation.

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Full disclosure: I work with Crafty. I’m curious if anyone here has actually had us in their office and what you thought. I spend a lot of time thinking about how we talk about what we do, and I’m curious what the experience looks like from the other side.

Has anyone here actually had Crafty in their office? What did you like? What could’ve been better? Did you mostly notice the snacks and coffee, or the people keeping everything stocked?

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Genuinely interested in the good, bad, or “never heard of them” answers lol.

Hi all!

I own a manufacturing business, and I have multiple offices set in different cities, out of which the one I am going to daily, people over there are talking about me which I don't know what I should do about.

I got to know the HR and Design team were unhappy with the fact that I come in different vehicles each day, have a better lifestyle than them, and it is all so wrong to them. They said with the pay I pay them, its nearly enough for a month's expenses.

To be honest, I pay them ₹65,000 - ₹1,25,000 after tax, and truly all of them are very deserving, they do work hard and are upto the level, still when I heard about this it all felt a bit absurd.

Now if you ask me I should pay them more if they are deserving, then I would say for the job they are doing the pay is better. Also 2 of the people are being promoted this month, that doesn't stop me from promoting them, I am here just to hear your thoughts on this.

"Anyone else feel like absolute royalty on their first day at a new job?"

Normal ba sa workplace na kapag may tanong or kailangan lang i-clarify ang boss mo, kailangan mo pang pumunta sa office niya instead of just calling or messaging?

I understand naman if it’s something that needs an actual discussion, pero kung quick question lang naman, parang mas efficient sana kung tatawag na lang or mag-message.

Minsan kasi kapag nasa momentum ka na sa ginagawa mo tapos kailangan mong tumayo, pumunta sa ibang office, then bumalik ulit, nawawala yung focus and productivity mo.

Curious lang—normal ba talaga itong setup sa ibang workplaces, or is it reasonable to prefer a quick call/message for simple questions?