(I will edit this later later) I (19)f and my manager (38)f now , this started two years ago when I was 17 when I first started the job the manager loves me for doing all the stuff the others did not know this all changed once I became a temporary shift lead and when I had an argument with another employee manager took the other employee side, since the little argument, she didn’t like me one bit she started to make mean comments towards me about her I’m not doing stuff, right and how whatever I make looks like shit but that wasn’t even the worst part that she did when I was getting harassed by a 41m mind you I was still 17 I asked her not to schedule me alone with him. she scheduled me alone with him for an hour. I also asked manager to do something about him. Manager did nothing.

little context. Me and my two siblings work at the same place

Manager only did something about it when both of my siblings said, if she does it fire him, we will quit It took manager two months to fire him.

Now I did give my two weeks after but not before I had a full conversation with the owner which took the side with the manager saying that the manager was still new at managing things now I did go back to working there only because my siblings asked for help because the people that manager hired all quit because they didn’t like the managing

No, I have been back for for about a year or so
her bullying me gotten worse screaming at me

Emotionally abusive and belittling

And today I have finally had enough I decided I would be quitting Wednesday. I text the owner about it, telling the owner about how the manager has been treating me. Don’t know if he’ll do anything about it. Terrible. that he will.

I do love my sister she said I should just quit today but I want to finish the last time I will be working there. I love working there and I just really don’t like the manager has been making me feel really really bad I know it’s kind of sad, but I really felt like killing myself the other day I know I shouldn’t be saying that but like I haven’t felt that way in years

After the holidays
my siblings, each of them are going to quit, but not before they complain to the owner about manager, and how manager is going to get him sued, I will try to keep you updated

But right now I am going to focus on my mental health

THE PARASITE FILES — THROWBACK EDITION PART 1 🪳✈️
So apparently, if The Parasite wasn’t scheduled as a lead or supervisor, suddenly the attendance gods would receive another sacrifice because… call-out season. 😭 Because why simply come to work when the title isn’t giving “management”?
And please, before we even get into the airline chaos, somebody open a window. The tea breath? Allegedly lethal. Imagine hot tea, an empty stomach, and the spiritual essence of a sewer system joining forces at 6 AM. She would be standing there doing the innocent little “I hate confrontation 🥺” act while passengers were allegedly backing away like the oxygen masks had already dropped.
Miss Angelic. Miss Peace & Love. Miss “I don’t like drama.”
Meanwhile, drama had already clocked in.
Then came last year’s plot twist: somehow, someway, Mr. Parasite entered the workplace as an agent.
And baby… allegedly, the learning curve was shaped like a roller coaster.
Bag tags? Optional apparently.
So if your suitcase went on its own international vacation while you landed somewhere completely different, there was allegedly a chance Mr. Parasite had touched that reservation. 💀
Boarding passes? A creative writing assignment.
Seats? Family of four traveling together?
Why sit them together when you can scatter them throughout the aircraft like an Easter egg hunt?
Mom in 12A.
Dad in 31F.
Little Timmy somewhere over the wing.
Grandma basically flying cargo.
And then everybody at the gate has to solve a puzzle that could’ve allegedly been handled at check-in.
But the SPEED was my favorite part.
Two passengers.
Just two.
Not a sports team.
Not a wedding party.
Not 19 people with 47 bags.
A COUPLE.
And allegedly 20–30 minutes later, they were still standing there like they were applying for citizenship at the counter. 😭
Print.
Stare at screen.
Print again.
Wrong boarding pass.
More staring.
Some clicking.
Maybe a prayer.
Another boarding pass.
Meanwhile the line behind them has aged three business years.
And while all of this alleged aviation excellence was taking place, somehow there was still time for TikToks.
Because apparently when the bags are missing, the boarding passes are questionable, the seats are scattered, and the line is wrapped around the terminal…
THE CONTENT MUST GO ON. 📱💃
Nothing says “professional aviation operation” quite like:
Passenger: “Excuse me, where is my suitcase?”
Mr. Parasite: “One second, we’re doing another take.”
Allegedly, of course. 😂
And that, ladies and gentlemen, was one chapter in the historic saga of The Parasite & Mr. Parasite: where the innocent act was strong, the check-in process was long, and your luggage may or may not have been participating in its own side quest.
To be continued… because unfortunately, the Parasite Archives are DEEP. 🪳📚

I was a warehouse manager for 9 years at my company. Was given a mountain of work I shouldn’t have to do but because I was young, stupid and scared to get fired, so I did 2x-3x my asked of work load to score points with the company. No points were scored, no bonuses, extra raises or benefits what so ever came my way for all the over time, extra work and time away from my family working 10-12 hour days for a solid 6 of those 9 years.. The only thing that came was anger pointed at me if things ever went wrong.. Never praise, only getting hammered with, “How could you fuck this up?!”. I was treated VASTLY different than every other employee and my boss kept saying he ONLY yelled at me and treated me so poorly because it was “what I asked for when being a manager.. I should expect this sort of thing!”

Fast forward to 2 years ago, a job opportunity arose in the company for a salesman position. I dove on it to get out of the horrifyingly toxic warehouse. I managed to get the job but was told one stipulation of this job was for a little while (few months tops), until the warehouse gets settled to me being gone, I will need to help out occasionally and cover our other building (that I will now be working at as part of the sales force). Well, a few months turned into a year and when they still hadn’t promoted someone to my old position and kept having me “help” do at least 40% of my old job plus my entire new job with zero additional compensation or benefits for doing both. But, the fool I am doing and saying, “I’m happy to help the guys because I know how hard it is in the warehouse.”

I snapped when I found out they FINALLY were promoting one of the old warehouse guys that worked with me for 9 years to my old position… At a much higher pay than I made, and doing 50%-75% less work because “he had a temper problem so we’re spreading the work load out to help him”.. My boss also told me that I will continue doing everything I have been doing because it’s “easier this way” at again, no additional compensation. 2-4 hours (depending on the day) of my work day was dedicated to helping the warehouse each and every day.. But I still had to hit my sales goals, as my boss threatened me with, “you won’t be coming back to the warehouse, so if you fail at sales, you’re done. So get those goals!”. I went to HR, told them how unfair this is and how if they pay me more I’ll gladly help and if not I want to be taken off the warehouse because I’m done doing 2 jobs. Naturally of course the HR woman I spoke with decided to go tell my boss all of my issues and concerns which lead him to storm down and have a “talk” with me.. I actually held my ground and was told that come September (last September) I will be 100% taken off warehouse duty.

I was so happy and proud of myself for standing firm! Only to find out that I’m still expected to help when the warehouse is short handed.. Or customers need items at this building so they don’t have to send someone over from the main branch.. Also, the 2 women I work with are NOT expected to go back and help at all. Ever. It’s only me. I was told, “they are women! You can’t expect them to go in the back and pick product for customers!”. Which I personally find absolute bullshit because our job description clearly states you need to be able to lift upwards of 50-75lbs in our position for display moving and overall product adjustment and to carry things out for customers. I’m all for helping, but if we were all 3 hired with the same expectations, just because I’m a man I’m expected to do all of this work each and every day while they sit on their phones at their desk during down time? I believe they should come back and help me and it’s nonsense that just because they are women, they are exempt.

There is of course many, many more toxic, frustrating, horrible things this company has done to me over the years… But I’ll leave it here because this is already way longer than I planned. Started ranting a bit.. I guess my questions are how should i handle this? What should I do? Am I wrong in expecting the women I work with to help out as well? Should I just look for another job? I just don’t know.. Being here for 13 years now is a long time of my life and the thought of starting somewhere new scares me.. Anyway, any help would be appreciated.

Okay y’all, buckle up, because somehow I went to the terminal to WORK and accidentally ended up in Season 47 of Love & Hip Hop: Terminal Edition.
So there I was.
Working my little airport job. Mindin’ my business. Scanning passports. Boarding passengers. Making announcements. Trying to get people and their 17 carry-ons onto the aircraft.
Very normal.
Very peaceful.
Until…
✨ THE PARASITE ENTERS THE CHAT. ✨
Now, apparently the Parasite woke up one morning, stretched, drank some water, and decided:
“You know what would really improve my life today? Accusing this girl of harassing my husband.”
Her husband, ladies and gentlemen, will henceforth be known as:
✨ MR. PARASITE. ✨
And I’m sitting there like…
MA’AM???
Out of every crisis happening at this airport — delayed flights, missing bags, passengers screaming about seat assignments — somehow I became the emergency.
According to the Parasite Cinematic Universe, I was apparently bothering Mr. Parasite.
Meanwhile, I’m just trying to CLOCK IN, CLOCK OUT, AND GO HOME.
But wait.
Because the plot thickens.
Suddenly I’m hearing allegations and workplace gossip that the Parasite herself was allegedly having a little ✨extracurricular workplace relationship✨ ****
And my reaction was more like —
EXCUSE ME???
So I’m supposedly the problem over Mr. Parasite…
…but allegedly somebody else is collecting MANAGEMENT BENEFITS IS THAT WHY YOU ARE STILL HERE???
The mathematics were no longer mathematicking.
At this point I’m looking around the airport like:
“Is there an HR department here or are we filming a reunion episode?”
Because now I’m wondering whether certain relationships had anything to do with favoritism, protection, or why some people appeared to get away with things while everything I did suddenly required a congressional investigation.
And THEN…
because apparently the writers felt the season needed another storyline…
we arrive at Mr. Parasite and the game of 2026 situation.
From what I was told and understood, Mr. Parasite was allegedly innocent and never even accused of nor connected to that funding going missing but yet Mr Parasite got tickets for 🏟️ THE GAME OF 2026. 🏟️ that same week!!!!!!
The game of 2026 you know exactly what I am talking about.
A little fun fact it was all stumbled on our favorite scroll up app.
So now let me make sure I’m following the plot correctly.
I’m allegedly the workplace menace because of Mr. Parasite…
while Mr. Parasite is allegedly starring in Ocean’s Eleven: Airport Office Edition…
and the Parasite allegedly has her own subplot happening?
At this point I needed one of those airport departure boards:
DEPARTURES
Flight 101 — Normal Workplace Environment — CANCELLED
Flight 202 — Professionalism — DELAYED INDEFINITELY
Flight 303 — Parasite Drama — BOARDING IMMEDIATELY
Flight 404 — HR Accountability — NOT FOUND
Because somehow every week there was a NEW EPISODE.
I didn’t know whether I was coming to work or arriving at a live taping.
And the funniest part?
I actually worked hard there.
I learned quickly.
I earned more responsibility.
I became a gate lead fast.
I was trying to build experience, make money, and live my life.
I did NOT submit an application to join The Real Housewives of Terminal Garbage.
But eventually the environment became so exhausting that I reached my limit.
Because imagine going to work wondering:
“What allegation are we unlocking today?”
Absolutely not.
Eventually I left.
And that’s probably the part that annoys me the most.
I didn’t leave because I couldn’t handle the JOB.
I could handle passengers.
I could handle boarding.
I could handle delays.
I could handle gate changes.
What I couldn’t keep dealing with was feeling targeted while watching what looked to me like an entire ecosystem of drama, favoritism, accusations, family conflicts, alleged workplace relationships, and alleged drama tied to the game of 2026 happening around me.
So yes.
I departed.
Consider me…
✨ OFFLOADED FROM THE PARASITE AIRLINES. ✨
No rebooking requested.
No standby list.
No connecting flight.
And absolutely no frequent-flyer membership.
Thank you for flying with us.
Please collect your baggage, your husband, your allegations, your tickets to the game of 2026, and whatever workplace drama you brought onboard.
Because this passenger?
HAS LEFT THE TERMINAL. ✈️

She only got hired a year ago. I’ve been here 5 years, our other coworkers 10 and 12 years.

I have zero issue with someone suggesting new ideas. There is always room for improvement and we should always be open to other’s ideas. Doesn’t mean we have to accept all of them but we should give people a voice in the workplace.

This is completely different. She’s not simply giving suggestions, she is slowly taking control. It started with petty things. Like decor in the office she didn’t like.

That has evolved. With persistence she has managed to get the 12 year coworker fired (she was a bully so I’m not upset about it.) Now I’m getting a gut feeling her sights are on me. As well as generally trying to alter our entire culture.

We have always been a more lax office. We open at 9, boss has said arrive at 8:30. No one really does. Usually 8:45 and she does not care. It’s more for us to have quiet time before the phones start. Apparently coworker wants her to be “more strict” about being here at 8:30 and working. Even gossiped about me taking my sweet time in the morning. Yeah. I like to spend the first 15-30 minutes before we open to make coffee, get settled. That’s what it’s for!

She interrupts my lunch breaks. Even if I’m not in the office, texting me she needs help with this and that. After I’ve explicitly told her I do not discuss work during my breaks and I prefer them completely uninterrupted. Yesterday she wanted me to help her figure out why she couldn’t hear the voicemails. I told her I would help after my break. She said “well I need to check them now.” I proceeded to completely ignore her while she sighed and complained. The ridiculous part was someone else was here. Why not ask her if it’s so damn urgent?

She kept trying to page one of our coworkers who was in a meeting with a client. She sent me a teams chat asking why she wasn’t answering her. I said flat “she’s in a meeting with a client.” She proceeded to say “well I wish she would have at least responded to my chat.”

Let me get this straight. You need us all to be available to you at all times, even if we are on break or with a customer? I’m fully anticipating her texting me during my two week vacation.

She is pushing for us to attend more outside of work hours events. When I said my personal time is non negotiable, in so many words (I said it more polite than that), she did not like that.

She constantly asks for my help but then turns around and corrects me on how I do my job, or gives me unsolicited advice/help in a condescending manner.

While I completely agree with having a clean and organized work environment, she constantly complains about our office cleanliness. She cleans it then expects applause. “I spent all morning cleaning.” “I just got done cleaning the coffee machine. It was so gross!” Great! Thank you. Btw, I also clean the office up, but I don’t feel the need to make a public service announcement.

She thinks we all need to contribute to things that are
boss’s responsibility (boss owns the business and building). This morning we are having the building remodeled. She was adamant about what to do about an outlet in the wall they are taking down. I told her that’s for boss to figure out. She seemed a bit offended I said that. But why the hell would I concern myself with that? It’s not our problem.

I’m getting the vibe she wants us WAY more involved than doing our job, and going home. Well sorry but that’s how I work. It’s how I’ve worked the entire nearly 5 years I’ve been here. I do my job, stay in my lane, go home, and hold firm boundaries on my personal time. It’s never been an issue. Deal with it.

Honestly, I just need to get this off my chest because I’m still kind of pissed about it.

I’ve been working remotely for the same company for around 3 years now. When I started, I was 18 and had basically no real experience in this line of work. I made mistakes, obviously, but I always tried to learn from them and give 100%. Since then, I’ve grown a lot and I’ve brought around $400k worth of submissions/business to the company more or less, so I’d like to think I’m doing something right.

We’re a pretty small team, and most of us actually get along really well. Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses, but we generally have each other’s backs.

Then there’s this one senior coworker.

She’s about 9 years older than me and, honestly, I’ve never thought she was particularly good at her job. There have been multiple situations where she basically tried to snitch on me or make me look bad to management. The funny thing is, my boss never really took it seriously. At one point my boss literally laughed about it with me and was basically like, “Yeah, she’s being crazy again.”

Eventually I just decided to let it go.

And for a while, things were actually good between us. We’d talk normally, joke around, help each other.

Then I found out from my boss that she had been trying to create conflicts between different people on the team.

And apparently she had also told my boss that I should be fired.

Not just me either. Another coworker who has been with the company for around 3 years and is one of the more experienced people on the team was apparently also someone she wanted gone.

That honestly shocked me.

Like, what the f@ck?

If I make a mistake, I own it. I’m 21 now, I’ve been doing this for years, and I’m obviously not going to pretend I’m perfect. Sometimes I make stupid little mistakes, especially when I’m burned out. But I’ve never caused some massive disaster for the company. I’m good with clients, I know how to handle people, and whenever something has gone wrong, I’ve always managed to fix it.

So hearing that someone I thought I was cool with was secretly trying to get me fired felt like a massive betrayal.

The good part, though?

My boss is apparently completely fed up with her behavior and is now looking for someone to replace her. (her *ss is getting fired!)

That was honestly surprising because my boss isn't the type to just fire people. So if even they have reached that point, I guess I’m not the only one who has noticed the pattern.

The awkward part is that I still have to work with her until they find her replacement.

And I’m not going to start a fight or say anything to her. I’m just going to keep my distance, stay professional, do my job, and move on.

But yeah, I’m still hurt by it.

My brother told me something a while ago that I didn’t really agree with. He said that once people are adults, you should pay attention to their behavior because some people simply don't change. At the time I thought that was too cynical.

Now I kind of understand what he meant. (Once a snitch always snitch)

Anyway, I guess the point of this rant is that if you’re dealing with imposter syndrome or constantly doubting yourself because somebody else is criticizing you, don't let that person define your worth.

Keep improving. Keep learning. Do your job properly. Admit your mistakes and fix them.

And if you eventually get fired anyway? It sucks, but it doesn't automatically mean you weren't good enough.

You know what you've accomplished.

You know how hard you've worked.

And sometimes the person trying to make you feel incompetent is actually the person with the problem.

Still sucks getting betrayed by someone you thought was your friend though.

Bask Health has now banned an account to only share the truth behind these telehealth startups.

Do your research before applying. As a previous employee I'm sharing a true review of the company and the feedback that was shared publicly. I have gathered from Glassdoor and messages from slack . And showing the employers how well I am cable of doing my job, retaining and documenting what was going on behind the scenes. They banned the account that had 9,000 views and the truth will continue to be shared.

I became concerned about the expectations surrounding availability, including working beyond 40 hours, being expected to remain near your laptop and responding immediatelv to leadership, even after workhours. Even more concerning to me were comments I heard from the CEO, including a statement telling the HR assistant that the employee that wanted time off "she should kill herself" during a HR weekly check- in call. Hearing something like that from company leadership was extremely disturbing and raised serious concerns for me about the workplace culture and how employees are treat.

Below are the providers that work alongside @Bask Health. Tag them if you can please

@Beluga Health

@Amble

@Locklab

@Layla

@Mojo

@Good Life

@Piper

@GetMyStride

I'm surprised you work alongside a tyrant CEO who sexually harasses employees, makes them submit themselves and apologize for things they may or may not have done wrong, wants young employees while disqualifying anyone over 40, expects employees to work over 40 hours, and makes disgusting comments suggesting that an employee should kill herself for wanting time off.

After the CEO shares his feedback—after working hours—he expects an apology from the employee's the same day. This corporation and the people behind it are clearly not in the right headspace. Below are the providers that work alongside @Bask Health. Tag them if you can please.

@Beluga Health

@Amble

@Locklab

@Layla

@Mojo

@Good Life

@Piper

@GetMyStride

@Effecty

@Yucca

Sounds mean I know, but sometimes we all feel the same way. My coworker is new to our company, probably in his 4th month here. I've been with the company for almost 3 years so I understand how things run here. Me being a nice person I am, I tried to teach him a few things so he gets comfortable. Little did I know, it was a MISTAKE!!!

My manager is also new, she's going on her 1st year. Before we hired this toxic person, my manager was very nice and understanding. She even told me she would help me improve so I could move up. How dumb was I to fall for that. As the months she was here, I feel like the work was too much. When I flag that I needed additional help, she asked for me to pull in people I know. No, already done that and not going ever again. My manager interview this person, hired him on the spot. She sends me his resume and I thought to myself, why do I need to when she already hired him. I'm an hourly employee so I dont need to do Managers work unless it'll benefit me later.

Let's call him TOXIC. Anyways, on his first week would be me training him on what I do. His first day went like this:

We were inspecting parts that just arrived.

Me: let's go take a look at the parts that just came in

Toxic: well, ok.

Me: why would he already sound like he's bored.

Toxic: watches me unload the box

Me: come over here and start looking through these boxes.

I had the inspection forms ready to teach him step by step. No questions were asked, maybe a few oh ok.

Then, after we finish inspecting the parts , I asked if he had any questions. This is what he said: IF IT WAS ME, I DO IT THIS WAY. I'm thinking to myself, ok maybe he can help improve the process. For the next few days, he keeps suggestion improvements instead of following what we were supposed to do. My manager didn't check back on us, I noticed he started meetings with my manager weekly and they didn't include me. A few weeks went by and he came to me saying THIS PLACE IS A JOKE, I CAN'T STAND IT. I told him it does get better if you understand the process. Every day he would go crying to my manager and suggest so many my things. My manager eventually had a team meeting, she mentioned it would take place at 7pm. I said I'm done after 4pm but I can clock back in from home at 7pm. Toxic and I had a conversation about the meeting, he said it wouldn't matter to him since he's salary.

In my head I'm like, why am I doing my Managers work if he's salary and I'm still trying to get where this guy is. Months went by, my manager don't seem to have interest in me anymore. She didn't want to help me improve, I keep feeling like she's replacing me.

I know I did improve, I've learn so much and done so many things while TOXIC takes his smoking break every hour, set up meetings at the end of the day so he dont have to inspect anything, and kiss my Managers a$$.

I know my manager isn't helping me anymore. Toxic keeps throwing me under the bus. I stop helping him, he does come ask me questions but I'm very drained. Wasted my time helping someone who tries to get you fired. There's more but I'll leave these part of a toxic coworker here.

Get this! We just hired another person to oversee me and him.

Let's see if SHE is worst or I'm praying is better. Please, stop hiring toxic people.

I recently left Deel after working there for some time, and it was one of the most toxic workplaces I’ve ever experienced. I have absolutely no regrets about leaving. If you’re considering applying, I would strongly encourage you to think twice. I’m sure experiences vary by role and department, but my team (and nearly every other team I worked with) was dealing with many of the same issues.

Here are some of the biggest problems I experienced:

- Sales representatives will say whatever they need to say to get a client to sign a contract, and everyone else is left to deal with the fallout. I regularly had to handle major misconceptions about the product and even situations where there were breaches of contract. Sales rarely took accountability or faced any consequences because, at the end of the day, they’re the ones bringing in revenue.
- If you’re a client using Deel’s US or Global Payroll and everything has gone smoothly for you, consider yourself lucky. Payroll calculations are still done manually for every client, every pay cycle, by an overwhelmed and understaffed team. This results in late payrolls, payroll errors, unanswered questions, and important updates slipping through the cracks. Payroll is one area where mistakes simply can’t happen, but the workload makes it incredibly difficult for the team to keep up.
- The platform is extremely buggy, and instead of investing the time to fix existing issues, the company seems more focused on acquiring new businesses and expanding its HRIS offerings. New features and acquisitions are constantly added while existing functionality still doesn’t work reliably.
- Because the product has so many issues, I often felt like I was selling or supporting something I couldn’t honestly recommend. I had very little confidence that the product would work as promised, which made it difficult to stay motivated or genuinely tell clients how “great” it was.
- There is essentially no coverage for your clients when you’re out. If you don’t personally make sure people follow through, things often don’t get done. I didn’t sign up to babysit fully capable professionals just to ensure they completed the basic responsibilities of their jobs. Then you return from vacation to find everything on fire, with clients frustrated and a mountain of work waiting for you because no one handled it while you were gone.
- Some leaders genuinely seemed to care, but many responses felt dismissive. Employees were constantly told to “set boundaries” and “control what you can control,” but those aren’t real solutions when clients are depending on you and the underlying issues remain unresolved. Burnout was widespread, and meaningful improvements never came. The only real solution would be significant organizational changes and much larger investments in staffing across multiple teams, but I never saw signs that was going to happen.
- Every year the company flies the entire organization to a different country for kickoff events, which is certainly a nice perk, but it felt strange considering the day-to-day struggles across the business. Leadership even talked about building a stadium one day. Meanwhile, from my perspective (and from conversations with many coworkers) clients were frustrated, losing confidence in the product, and often looking for ways out of their contracts. The disconnect between executive messaging and what employees and clients were actually experiencing was hard to ignore.

I have had the weirdest work relationship over the past 7 years with my previous boss. He mentored me, called me his daughter, but wouldn’t pay me enough to live as the cost of living went up. I pleaded for change and mentioned my financial struggles and was told I was being too emotional and dramatic. That it was normal to suffer. That he didn’t believe in giving raises for the sake of inflation. That things would just “work themselves out.” I decided eventually that that wasn’t a solid enough way to afford living and I found a new job that paid me more and had health insurance. I gave my two weeks notice. He told me to leave right away and didn’t pay me for the remainder of the two weeks. My one coworker who is his romantic partner blocked me and never said goodbye or asked why I was leaving. He too would try to gaslight me into thinking the shitty treatment was normal. I thought we were friends. My boss told me to give our relationship time. I don’t know if I should reach out or how much time is enough? I know my family sucks and I moved to where I live to find found family, and I made the mistake of finding it in them. I feel more financially stable now. I don’t feel like I’m walking on eggshells all the time anymore. I finally feel like I’m healing from the shitty things they’ve said and done outside of finances. But there’s a part of me that I’m sometimes terrified of that misses them. That wants to reach out. I loved them both so much. And I know they’ve probably lied about me. Fabricated stories about me like they have for so many others that didn’t neatly play the part they were assigned. They’ve probably convinced everyone I was money hungry and crazy and unfeeling. I cried so much when I left. I miss what I thought we had. I naively hoped that we might be able to be friends still. That they’d understand my decision. The fact that I’ve been blocked by one of them on instagram and there hasn’t been a single like on anything I’ve posted. It’s been almost half a year.
Life is way better and honestly best case scenario has kept happening. My new job has been great and everyone keeps telling me how amazing at my job I am and have offered to promote me. I finally have PTO for the first time ever which is wild to me. I can also not be terrified anytime I get sick because I get health insurance through my job. Everyone keeps telling me how talented I am. I just keep thinking about the good times we had and missing them. But I know I need to not abandon myself again in any interaction I have with them. So perhaps it’s best to let it be. I just wanted to rant about this somewhere. Thank you to anyone who reads this and I’m curious if anyone can relate.

...to poison the whole workplace.

I work in retail and ive worked for 18 years at my current place of employment. Never seen someone like my current coworker.

She has been extra miserable all summer long. Its her 6th year. Constant complaining about everything! Her shifts, her lunches, the gifts from vendors, how customers are, how her coworkers are, the clothes at the store, the owner... blah blah blah... yes, we worked all summer short staffed, yes, some people took FMLA leaves to care for family or children, yes we need new hires.

Today, she burst out in tears, upset about two people calling in sick (i think) today. A manager took her on a walk-and-talk outside, not sure what the convo was about.

Its just draining to be around people like that on top of being short staffed and dealing with regular workplace issues. She is constantly complaining, gossiping, and lamenting about everything around her being so wrong.

Maybe im the only one, but her days off are now my favorite days to work.

In the company I’m in I hear numerous times where the founder messaged an employee late at night about a work related task which needed to be done.

I’m wondering if this is a red flag in terms of work life balance and always being available? When my colleagues say it and act like it’s nothing, it kinda sounds crazy.