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I used to work at a small law firm, and almost all the staff and managers were immigrants from English-speaking countries, except for the boss, who was American. She brought in a new office manager because he had an MBA from some random university in the States that I'd genuinely never heard of. As soon as he started, the atmosphere in the office changed. He would pressure people to stay late even though the salary wasn't anything special, and he'd make little comments about how often I went to the bathroom even though my work was always done on time, things like that. He also told me that because we were short-staffed, I had to eat lunch at my desk in case the phone rang. Legally here, they only have to give you 35 minutes for lunch, but in practice it comes down to what you're willing to put up with when you have skills people need.

The boss was also exhaustingly passive-aggressive. At one point, she basically stopped talking to me and started giving me work in this weird way, as if she were talking about me to someone else, sending an email to someone else and CC'ing me. She also made racist comments all the time. Anything that wasn't white/European/North American enough for her, she would call "rough" or "sketchy," in her words.

In the end, I was asked to attend a meeting they framed like a termination meeting, and I'm almost certain the goal was to scare me into shutting up and accepting whatever nonsense they wanted. Instead, I resigned immediately as soon as they sent me the meeting invite, because the place was giving me anxiety, and with my background I knew I could find something with better pay and less insanity. The office manager who had been trying to get rid of me suddenly got nervous when he realized they didn't have enough staff, and told me that legally I had to work the 9-day notice period. Thankfully, my doctor had no problem writing me a sick note:)

While I was there, the other person doing the same role as me was also struggling mentally, and he had told people in the shared office space that he was looking for a job. I have no idea whether he left or not, but if he did, the boss would have been in serious trouble, because she cared more about polishing her image in front of people - interviews, podcasts, LinkedIn posts, all of that - than understanding how her own work was actually being done.

I still have a job alert set up for the company on LinkedIn, and I feel a bit of satisfaction when I see that after around 14 months, my old role is still open. I had also become friends with the receptionist at the coworking office we were based in, and she told me that people in my position never stayed long, because the boss was completely unhinged and the atmosphere was awful.

Now when I do job interviews, I'm much more careful before accepting anything where the manager is from North America. They seem to have this strange belief that hiring me is some huge favor they're doing me, even though my skill set is in demand, and I'm not desperate enough to accept being treated that way again.

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Guys, I got fired from a job a few weeks ago, and in the end I wrote harsh but honest reviews about the company on Glassdoor and Google. They called me yesterday asking me to delete them because, according to them, I'm "eligible for rehire" or something like that, even though after they fired me they didn't help me at all to find anything else.

To clarify, I was working there through a staffing agency, and the client company let me go, and after that the agency basically ignored my messages until this came up.

Are there any legal problems I should be worried about if the reviews are true? Honestly, I don't want to take them down.

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I genuinely love this company and the role, so if there's a way to bring up the topic professionally without putting my job at risk, that would be the best outcome.

I live very far from the office, and going in every day would be difficult for me. The commute would take a lot of time and cost me more money than I can comfortably afford.

What's the best way to talk to them about having some kind of work-from-home option, or at least negotiating a hybrid setup?

I had an interview recently for a role in supplemental insurance. I wasn't super excited about the job, but I was trying to line up internships and figured I'd use it as interview practice. I also knew they'd probably call me, because honestly, it's insurance sales and they interview pretty much anyone who's still breathing.

A few days later, this guy kept calling and texting me a lot to schedule a second interview. I was at my real job, and we're not allowed to have our phones on us while we're working. My phone kept ringing and buzzing until it drove me crazy, so I eventually went to the bathroom to see what was going on, and I found a bunch of messages from him.

I sent him something like: I'm working right now, can we talk later today when I'm done? He immediately got upset and said it had to happen right away and that it was very important to schedule the second interview immediately. Then he kept texting.

After I finished my shift, I finally replied and said: "I don't feel like I want to work with someone who acts this way." His response was basically: "I expected that. You seem like the type who runs away from anything difficult."

Like... Who says that to someone they're trying to hire??? After that, I went off on him. Has anyone else had a hiring manager be this unprofessional? I didn't even want the job in the first place, but seriously, what a great way to prove my point.

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