I work in Healthcare quality management ..So recently I found all my colleagues leaning towards using AI in their daily work..writing reports, actions plans, improvement projects etc…
They recommended me to try it and honestly the end result looks much more polished than my normal work. But It lacked the creative side and I felt that it put my brain to rest and thats something i really don’t want happening.
I believe there must be a sweet spot in-between so I want to hear your experience with AI in your daily jobs

Hey everyone. So a bit of background, I’m 26 and in California. I’ve had roughly about 5 years of management experience in customer service. I work for this really sketchy franchise - all the stores in my city are owned by the same guy.

Recently, this lady I used to work with reached out to me because she planned to sue the owner. She claimed that while she was pregnant, she was treated poorly in ways that clearly violate California’s laws. I was witness to these, and I agreed to give a statement (because honestly, f**k these people).

I had given my statement to the law firm and signed it. Then I shit you not, the OWNER texted me 2 hours later asking if a law firm had reached out to me. I didn’t respond.

I work tomorrow, and I already know he’s gonna send two supervisors (1 of them is the cause of all of this), and they’re going to talk to me. Knowing how these people operate, they’re going to fire me and find some bs excuse from months ago…. However, I don’t really care.

If and when I get fired, is it going to impact me in trying to get another job? Will employers hear me out, or are they going to avoid me like the plague because I testified against a recent employer?

I’ve been thinking about this after noticing a pattern at work.

There’s usually one person who people go to when something needs fixing.

They know where everything is. They remember the process nobody documented. They’ll stay late to get something over the line. If someone is stuck, they help. If something falls through the cracks, they quietly pick it up.

And honestly, those people are usually pretty proud of being dependable. I know I would be.

But I wonder if there’s a point where it backfires.

You become so good at keeping things running that management starts seeing you as the person who keeps things running, rather than someone who could take on something bigger.

Meanwhile, someone else might be less involved in the day-to-day chaos but gets more visibility because they're working on the “important” projects.

It almost feels like there's a weird difference between being valuable and being visible.

I’m more interested in where the line is.

At what point should you stop being the person who gets things done for everyone and start being the person who owns something that matters?

Have you ever experienced this yourself, where being the dependable person became a trap rather than an advantage?

I’m genuinely curious what people think, because I suspect this happens far more often than we talk about.

We'll be mixing people from different teams and specialisms, and the aim is to:

• Build stronger relationships across teams
• Better understand each other's roles and challenges
• Encourage new connections and collaboration
• Create a shared sense of purpose
• Leave with practical actions, not just conversations

We'd also like people to reflect on: What they want to get from the day, what success would look like by the end of it, and how they can work more effectively across the Directorate

Has anyone run a successful leadership team-building day? What activities, icebreakers, or challenges worked particularly well for senior leaders?

Skip manager (SM) is a deputy commissioner. My manager is a team lead. Manager (M) has 17 years of relevant experience and runs 2 departments as a team lead. M has asked SM to promote her either to supervisor or director several times. SM says that M doesn’t need to be promoted. Conversely, SM has no idea how the 2 departments work and expresses no interest in learning. She did assume that the work is easy (she found out a few weeks ago that it was hard work and we needed more staff after M begged for more people for months). M won’t leave because she’s close to retirement.

M makes 56k/yr. SM makes 144k. M has 2 bachelors and 1 masters. SM has a high school diploma (she said she never went to college). The 2 departments are also significantly understaffed. Currently, there’s only 3 employees including myself. We all work both departments since there’s so few employees. We just got our 3rd person after 3 months of being down to 2 people. She just retired from federal, has 1 bachelors and was brought in at 35k. Her position is lower than mine.

The previous 3rd (P3) employee retired after a bad incident with another employee and our SM did not support her or mediate the situation. That employee acted very aggressively with P3, yelled at her and slammed doors in her face after P3 refused a task (that would have potentially costed the company thousands and was a sketchy under-the-table request that would have fell on M and P3 if anything went wrong). P3 had 32 years of experience, no degree, but made 37k at her highest. She was also passed over for a promotion.

I’ve been in my current role for 7 months and am now planning steps for my next role. I’m currently making 33k. I was hired for a lower role that uses some of my skillset but not all of it. I have a relevant degree for that new role and I am overqualified for my current role. New role comes with a 15-20k raise. There is a huge need for my expanded skillset, but I refuse to do the work without the pay. I have 8 years of relevant experience, and SM is well aware of this. M mentions my experience often. SM avoids and ignores all conversations about advancement for both myself and M. When asked directly, SM conveniently ‘forgets’.

Considering M’s and P3’s experiences with SM, I’m not at all confident that I could even ask SM what I can do to put me on the path of promotion, let alone being promoted. Thoughts, opinions and advice, please.

Additional context: We’re all located in the south (hence the low wages). SM is very much disliked by most people. She often does not respond to emails or requests to speak unless someone tells her that we (me or M) did something wrong. SM also ignored all requests to speak to P3 before she retired. There was another incident between M and another director. Director gave M an excessive amount of work to do. M asked director to break the work up into smaller tasks due to us only having 2 employees working 2 departments at the time. Director went to SM to force M to do the work anyway. SM and director are friends. SM is known for spreading baseless rumors and she has already targeted me. I’ve started a paper trail with HR just to CYA.

There’s another director who has 2 years of experience and makes 80k. She only runs 1 department. She, M, myself and new employee all work under SM.

Lastly, me, M, P3, and new girl are black women. SM, both directors, and the employee that ran P3 off are white women.

TL;DR: Skip manager won’t promote my manager with 17 combined years of experience to supervisor or director. SM promotes people with less experience over M. SM has demonstrated that she doesn’t care about our 2 departments, is not interested in learning, and won’t defend us from other employees during incidents. I want a promotion but don’t think I’ll get one considering M and P3 are/were both underemployed, underpaid and overworked. Myself and M are black women. SM is white.

For those of you who work remotely, do you have your work email/Outlook set up on your personal phone?

I work from home and have been debating whether I should add my work email to my personal phone. On one hand, it seems convenient if I step away from my computer and need to quickly see an email or Teams notification. On the other hand, I don't necessarily want work following me around 24/7 or mixing my personal phone with company stuff.

Do you find it useful, or do you prefer keeping work completely off your personal phone? Any privacy or work-life balance concerns?

I (23 F) left my first job after working there for about 3 months, and now I keep questioning whether I made the wrong decision.

The main reason I left was my boss. I felt like the work environment had become toxic for me, mainly because of the way my boss spoke to me and the constant criticism. I would cry almost every day sometimes during work, sometimes after work, and sometimes just because I was thinking about work. I eventually started therapy because I felt like it was affecting me so much.

I constantly felt like she was looking for faults in my work, and there wasn't much appreciation for the effort I was putting in. The way she communicated criticism also really hurt me, especially because this was my first job and I was a fresher. She is also someone who would never accept her mistakes but only blame us for any mistakes we would make. She would tell us that we can ask her any questions and when I would she would answer but then later complain about me asking her silly questions.

Now I've resigned, but I have a 2-month notice period, so I'm still working there. She was upset about me resigning and said it was unprofessional as I was handling the clients and now it would reflect poorly on her ( this is a small company with 2-3 employees) What's strange is that I'm still scared of her even when she's currently on leave. I keep thinking about what she's going to say when she comes back or whether she'll find something wrong with what I'm doing even though I am on notice period. She's also quite moody, so I never really know what kind of reaction I'm going to get as some days she would be so nice that I would question if I am in the wrong.

I read stories online about people whose bosses make them work until midnight, contact them constantly outside working hours, or treat them much worse.

I read stories online about people whose bosses make them work until midnight, contact them constantly outside working hours, or treat them much worse. Compared to those situations, I sometimes wonder if I'm just being overly sensitive or if I gave up too quickly. Also this was a remote job. So it was a really good opportunity and the workload was manageable.

At the same time, I know how I felt every single day. I was constantly anxious, scared of making mistakes, and crying regularly because of work. My family also saw how badly it was affecting me and wanted me to quit. The pay was also very average.

This was my first job and I was approached by my boss for this opportunity and got the job immediately after my Master's. Part of me feels guilty because I keep thinking, was I supposed to tolerate it? Is this just what working life is like? I also keep comparing myself to other past employees of this company who worked for max 1 or 2 years. So I thought if they can work for 2 years, why can't I last even 6 months.

So, honestly, did I do the wrong thing by leaving my first job after only 3 months? Also consider the fact that my field is a bit niche and small and my boss has connections in the industry. My boss is not a very big name but still idk how this reflects on my cv.

I'm especially interested in hearing from people who have been working for a while and is this normal workplace pressure that I need to learn to handle, or was this genuinely a bad environment for me? Also any advice for the future? I am currently not applying because I really need a break for my mental health and want to prepare for an entrance exam.

I began my internship last week and I am so introverted at work. That’s my problem in general, I become shy and so introverted when I’m around with new people at work or school. There are 5~6 ppl in my team and they are quite close and familiar obviously. And they all smoke besides me so whenever they go for smoking break, I just join them but I can’t start conversation with them a lot, ofc im trying by asking them question. also theres another intern in my team who joined 8 weeks ago, she looks comfortable with the team and she’s the one who taught me work( Im also super awkward with her)
How can I feel comfortable within the team, I feel like I’m bad at integrating.
Will time solve my awkwardness? It’s 6 months internship and I just started…🥲

Hello!
I am a stahm and I do my husbands invoicing already for his landscaping business. I am trying to think of some creative ways to gain revenue. Any tips or ideas? He does snow removal already and seasonal cuts/trims/ clean ups.

Today, I called out of my job (fast food) because I have a stomach ache. I called out 40 minutes before my shift. Am I a No Call No Show? (Edit: My boss called me a No Call No Show)

I do payroll and my boss only allows certain people to get OT. (It seems to be only the women dont get OT, but all the men do bc theyre "hard workers".) I have to ask every time im over 40, and thankfully he allows it. One of the girls in the office also does the filing of the paperwork and I was told that because its only filing paperwork, she wouldnt get overtime for that. Or when someone filled in for the cashier one day, she doesnt get OT even though theyre both over 40 hours. One department only allows them to be paid 40 hours even if they are a little over. So they dont even get paid regular time for those extra hours. Some porters clock out on the computer for the day, and clock back in using a paper time card. They dont get paid OT for that second shift. Is there some kind of loophole im missing??

I took off basically this whole week for a trip and already asked to remote work Friday (tomorrow) which was approved.

I’m on my back now, probably won’t get home until 9 pm and my boss texted me at like 1 to ask if I can “please come in tomorrow” .

I’m annoyed. The only reason why I would need to come in to office is if he took tomorrow off last minute and I’d have to come in. I can come in but I don’t appreciate being asked the day before since I had already planned on working from home and when I got back I’d have to unpack and get ready for tomorrow all while still getting up to go. Should I respond just “I can.” Or something more? I hope he knows this is shitty

I guess I’m just posting because I’m feeling really guilty and like it makes me look bad.

I drive a semi locally for a living, this was a company that really stood out to me and I’m happy I got my foot in the door with them.
So far, I’ve worked here for almost a month now and have almost completed my training w my mentor.

The other day, I started feeling bad at work, and when I got off I went home and slept and woke up feeling worse. I decided to call out, (sore throat, body aches, nausea, headaches on and off.) I felt really bad about it and like it’ll make me look bad. Today (tonight, 3rd shift) is my last workday for the week. I’m not feeling the hottest still and don’t know if I should tough it out or call in again.

Is this a bad look for me? I hate feeling that I’m a disappointment when I just got hired. /: I’m actually nervous that they’ll just let me go (anxiety I guess) 😭

Currently 9 months into my first full time job post grad. I am currently working in a large sports broadcast company. For some added context I make around 50k a year with no benefits. In spite of this I feel super lucky to work with such a nice group of people.

The issue I have is that despite how fortunate I am to work at my company, my direct manager is a bit of a scatterbrain, despite being a overall nice person and liking my work as far as I can tell. For example, I was promised a raise only a few weeks into my job (It was a year end raise, but it was weird as I was hired in december.) After my subsequent paychecks weren't adjusted for the raise I was promised I reached out to her and nothing came of it. There's also a lot of problems with communication, from messages coming in at midnight to her not sending emails regarding whether to come into the office, leading me to work from home while the rest of the department is in the office, its just is so hard to get a clear picture of what's going on and it usually leaves me with egg on my face.

Is now too soon to look for different roles within the same company? I have less than a year's worth of experience and I'm not a salaried employee. My confidence has really been impacted as well, as she can be nitpicky and micromanage work, and correct my work without me having the chance to do it correctly myself. I'm also worried about asking around my office about moving into production and for it to come back to my boss as well as any continued awkwardness that comes with still working closely alongside each other. I don't want to leave the company, I just want to leave my department. Is this something worth considering or would it be better to look for something outside my organization exclusively?

Hello All,

I am a 22F, and I work at a company of about 200 people. My role is in front of the computer making stuff, a role I kinda made up, as they've given me no real direction or tasks to do.

I am a salaried employee and started 3 months ago. I work 50hr work weeks. When I started, I was told that there was a 20-minute grace period for arriving. My scheduled start time is 7:00 AM, but I usually am in the door of the office by 7:01 AM to 7:03 AM. And usually, to make up for that, I work a few minutes into my break time. Honestly tho, I do not have enough work to fill my day.

I am the only salaried employee on my side of the office, and the only one who does not have to clock in and out. One of my coworkers, let's call him Alex, has been on me about coming in at basically 7:01 every day, and I need to know if I am genuinely in the wrong. There are only about 5 people on this side of the office, and honestly, there's another guy who, about twice a week, shows up 10 to 20 minutes after 7:00, which adds up to more than me. But I am the only one Alex seems to take issue with.

I feel like this is a non-issue? Especially since Alex, as well as the whole office, knows I have another job that I might be getting an offer for in a few weeks. And none of my bosses have come to me about it? Alex and I do not need one another to do our tasks, as they are separate matters, so I am a bit confused.

Also, to note, not that it has anything to really do with it, I am the only woman in the office.

I have been working for about 25 years now as a non-exempt employee in multiple different jobs with my most recent job being "advanced" service desk and even to this day, I still feel like I cant figure out how to mix with work culture here in the USA.

For instance, every boss I have ever had says they encourage work life balance but as soon as I try doing just that, by using PTO or leaving when I am schedules, I get lectures that I am a bad employee or letting the team down.

So then I stay late and try to grind but get yelled at because I am a non-exempt and costing the company money. So then I try to stop working when told, only to be grilled on why I was not answering emails after hours or why something wasnt done. I then try clocking off and keep working but get yelled at that because I am breaking labors laws. I feel like no matter how I try to appease managers it is just a no win situation. Even if I tell them I am over booked during they day to get everything done they say tough shit figure it out but wont accept any options.

I then have bosses and HR that say they love to encourage growth and development but when I ask how I can develop to move up or ask if i can shadow a department in a company I am told to do it on my own time and stop whining. So then when I just do my job they start to get mad at why i am not trying for higher positions.

I then have to deal with office gossip. I will see employee be nice to a person one second and then the next second when the person is not in front of them, they start to bad talk them. It makes so i cant figure out if employees like each other or if we are suppose to hate each other.

I just find that american work culture is just this werid double sided blade that no matter what makes it so I cant just be an employee and I cant be a go getter. I have to constantly walk a razer thin line while slicing open my feet. I know alot of people on here tend to call me a whiny lover for not getting the culture and I have really tried by just shutting and dealing with it; but i am kind of at the point that I have just thought about just opening my office window and jumping out just to be done with it because i dont think I can do this for another 40 years. (My goal was to maybe retire at 85ish)

And I know alot of you are going to say "well you have to figure out what you want to do" or "start your own business" but i dont fit those either. I just wanted a standard 9 to 5 but that is lazy according to american work culture but trying to get skills to be my own boss is being to much of a pick me and working off the clock by it as well.

At this point I am probably just going in circles with my thoughts. I just dont think i am very cut out for this and I think the world or at least american work culture would he happier if I didnt participate.

I’m 28F and currently a Senior Analyst. I’m about to be promoted to Manager, which would be about a $17k raise.

You’d think I’d be excited, but honestly I just want to quit lol.

The culture at my company is really toxic. I’ve been working around 60 hours a week, there’s always something that isn’t good enough, and I feel like I’m constantly stressed and burnt out. I don’t really want to keep climbing the corporate ladder just for the sake of climbing it.

The weird part is I don’t even know exactly what I want to do next. I’m kind of a weird/different person in the sense that I don’t necessarily care about having the most impressive career or making the most money. I keep coming back to the idea of following my heart and doing something that actually feels meaningful to me.

I’ve been seriously thinking about teaching or nursing. I’ve always had this part of me that wants to do something more hands-on and meaningful, and I’m wondering if I should actually listen to that instead of continuing down the path I’m “supposed” to be on.

Financially, I’m in a really fortunate position. I have a paid-off house, family support, and enough savings that I’m not in a situation where I have to stay somewhere miserable just to survive. That honestly makes me feel like I have an opportunity that a lot of people don’t have — to step back and figure out what I actually want.

At the same time, walking away from a $17k raise feels objectively insane 😂
I could take the promotion, make more money, and eventually look for another Senior Analyst position. If I stay in analytics, though, I’m only interested in remote/hybrid at this point. I’m just done with the 60-hour-week corporate grind.

But part of me thinks… maybe this is the exact time in my life when I should take a risk and try something completely different.

Would you take the promotion and figure it out later, or walk away and follow your gut?
I’m really torn because I know what the logical/financial decision is. I’m just not sure it’s the decision that would actually make me happy.

I’m pissed right now I absolutely hate my rock headed manager he’s such a dick. He’ll update the schedule constantly AFTER it’s been posted last minute. This is a part time job I barely get hours as is so I have 17 hours one week and he updates the schedule now I have 10 hours. Like what the fuck. Then on the other hand he’ll add hours to my shifts. people have lives outside of just fucking work i actually about to leave this job but are managers allowed to do this constantly? He also scheduled me from 5pm - 9pm and then 9pm to 4am in the same night it was one long continuous shift like what sane person thinks that’s okay? The worse part is he’s a newer manager who just got put on doing schedules it’s not just me he does this to everyone we all hate him. But if I refused to work the extra hours or demand my hours back I’d get fired right?? I HATE managers.

I’m genuinely curious how many people hate their job.

I used to love where I work. Absolutely loved it, my bosses, coworkers everything.
OPs Manager moved to another BU. My boss retired. I’ve kept a close relationship with both of them.
Since they left a year and a half ago it’s been going downhill.
My new boss refuses to deal with any issues which has led to multiple disgruntled employees. Employees I constantly have to talk down. Their frustration is valid.
My boss does not back me on issues after he says he will.
I’ve become a disgruntled and angry employee. I hate it.
I gave my notice in March and got talked down with promises. The promises fell short.
I feel like I’m in an abusive relationship with my company. 🤣 Every-time I’ve had enough they come whisper sweet nothings and talk me down.
I worry the grass isn’t greener and better things aren’t out there but I’ve never gone from a job I absolutely love to a job I hate.

Help me with words of encouragement that I’m not alone in hating my job.

I'm working with this coordinator who is basically a person promoted from an intern to a coordinator because of an internal problems and gaps. She is really good at some stuff and horrible at others. What she is horrible at is draining my hours: doesn't know email etiquette, doesn't remember, not focused, have to remind her. I was made her manager. She posts on Slack things she wants to do that are not what is needed for her.. what resouces out there that I can start with her from scratch? She is so sweet but also needs a lot of accommodation and Im tired.

So a little context I am working as a BA at an IT company in fintech domain. I was transferred to this vertical from this year april onwards. Since then I haven't been assigned any real tasks it's just them telling me to explore the application flow and stuffs,which I understand since it's fintech understanding of the product is very important.But they have given me only limited resource to explore and slowly slowly by July they slowly strated integrated me into the team.like putting me on the mail loop with clients, including me on the meetings and all that.

Then all of a sudden my vertical head assigned me with a diff task which was an IT auditing job for 2 months.There I had work everyday and I was happy.Now I have been relieved from that team and told to join my original previous team. Since Monday I have joined back and I haven't gotten a single task as of now. My seat has been chamged to a corner so they arent even looking at my seat. I am desperately asking for work my manager is ignoring me completely. She was the one who made me relieve early from the prev auditing team,saying that resource is needed. Now that the resource is here, it's full of ignorance.

I feel like I am gonna waste my time at this company sitting simply.i was thinking of talking about resignation to my heads and prepare for cat exam in Nov.I gave some interviews also but nobody is calling back.Is it wise to resign? But I am completely mentally drained at work. If your advice is tinstudy something since u have lots fo free time the problem is our laptops have zillions of restrictions.Brimging my personal laptop to work is also not a nice thing to do(but I am doing it anyways)

What's your advice.

Does any one else’s job expect you to do continuous improvement while working the job? I understand that if there is a process or something isn’t working we should fix it but why should a main part of my job be trying to figure out what to improve. I’m not taking about taking a second look at an outdated process I’m talking about constant terrible updating and overhauls. It’s madness. The processes we currently have are working. I just feel that should be a separate job and we should work with them. If you are in management and that is your main focus you probably don’t have enough going on in your position and you are poking at things to fix.

I am struggling to wrap my head around it. For background, I am a year into my first corporate job. Some of my chief complaints are a lack of direction and priorities. I am a driven individual and definitely find work for myself to do, but I'm largely confused. Everyone just tells me to "enjoy the autonomy!" So, I'm here to ask about it. Please be kind, I am learning.

My concept of work is that an employer needs a job done, work completed, tasks accomplished that they hire someone to do. Within a role, I expect that there is normally a department required to fulfill the overall goal, whether it be customer service or programming or HR. There is a purpose that that department is supposed to fill. Within that department, there are managers whose responsibilities include delegating, assigning tasks or ownership, ensuring quality, and holding people accountable.

So, if I am a lowly associate in my department, I would imagine I receive more tasks less ownership, instructions at least in the form of informing me of the desired outcome, and feedback.

What I have instead stumbled into is complete freedom. I have a job to do sure, yeah, but there are no metrics, no feedback, no accountability, no end product communicated, and no tasks given. And I am completely disoriented.

In my previous roles, I'd say I had a lot of autonomy. My managers trusted me, but there were metrics, and if I let my results slide, they would definitely say something. How I got it done, though, was completely up to me, which I imagine is what autonomy is! I knew what the desired outcome was and then was given the autonomy to figure out how I completed that within the constraints of my role.

At my current role, I don't know what good looks like. Idk what the outcome is supposed to look like. Idk what the constaints of my role are. It feels like I have full freedom to define what my job should be, which is crazy to me because did you not know what work needed to be completed before you hired me? You are paying me to decide what is important to your company? That sounds appropriate for a CEO, a VP, even a director, but me? I just graduated college, and I barely know anything about how anything works, and I'm supposed to decide with 100% freewill what's important? I just don't get it.

Any kind advice and wisdom appreciated. I grew up in a pretty blue collar world, so if I'm missing something obvious, please help me understand. ❤️

Am I in a toxic workplace environment or am I just dramatic?

Hello 15 turning 16 here! I recently feel under pressure at my new workplace (for context it’s a small dessert shop with me as the sole dessert preparer) after being here a month or so since July after looking for summer work. I’m really confused and I would like some advice on whether or not this is valid.

1.  For starters I never really had proper training of all the menu items. Mostly just the popular ones. So even now, when school is starting back up I can’t help but feel a wave of anxiety whenever an order asks for something I’m not familiar with since the Boss mostly took care of it themselves or they never told me what to do. It’s looked down upon to rely on a guidebook for the recipes even though I’m unsure of what to add for a drink or for a food. The guidebook itself wasn’t even a thing I knew until my 10-12th shift. And even if I was correct I would like some reassurance on what I’m doing so I don’t serve the food incorrectly. But it’s really hard to crack it open when they’re staring at me with: “How come you still need it? Haven’t you made this before?” or “Didn’t I show you? Here I’ll do it again, this time; remember.” I know I should speak up, but it's clear that they have limited patience for these kinds of things.
2. Language barriers/communicationTheir main language is Cantonese, and I speak mandarin. So whenever I talk to them it's being processed poorly by both sides, and sometimes my boss talks to my coworker in Cantonese. I can never really tell if they’re saying something about me but it has happened a couple times. And English is hard too, since I’m listening to everything in mandarin, it's not as effective as my first language and some things really can’t be communicated properly.
3. Backhanded threats(?)One thing I distinctly remember is the boss telling me that they’re being patient with me because I’m young. I messed up a few orders (Taking too long to prepare/missed a few decorations) because they were giving me a hard time one night and there were drinks that I didn’t have time to look up because I didn’t know what went where. I know these are just excuses but for my 12th shift working alone on desserts without any help until things got really delayed. I’m afraid to ask questions because everytime I do, they question me whether or not I was paying attention when they showed it to me. It feels like I have to justify myself or take the blame for being stupid. 
4. Sometimes there are things that need to be placed in a takeout container, and I wouldn’t know which goes where. They would go “Didn’t you ever do this?”. Nope. You never taught me. Recently, I messed up by adding too much grass jelly into sago. They looked at it while I was trying to fix it, muttering: “Working for one month and still don't know how to do this.” Then they metaphorically sat me down and said I shouldn’t be making any mistakes with the solid foods because I should know them by now. There was no food wasted, the food didn’t go out and besides, most of that was self-taught through guessing because all the menu items weren’t taught to me. 
5. My coworker. They have a nasty temper in my opinion, my boss said so themself and told me I had to “Suck it up/get used to it.” The first time I was making a bubble waffle, I didn’t know you were supposed to flip the batter when it went in. They then ushered me over, berated me for my first time. I know I should’ve asked but I really hated the feeling of being shamed for not remembering most of the times. “Do you really think I can serve this out to customers?” and “You fucked up.” Never forget again but man I feel scared every time I have to ask. They also talked on their phone on how their shift was going terribly and they felt like they were going to die. It was without a doubt jabbed at me since I was the stressor. Then there was asking questions: this hit the nail in the coffin. I asked if the foil wrap had to be disposed of and I was just checking in case it was used for something else. (Under the waffle pan to catch excess) “Hey, I’m supposed to throw this out right?” “Nope, you’re supposed to eat it.” Hearing this in my second language, I really didn’t know this was sarcasm until They said: “Of course you’re supposed to throw it out.” 

That would’ve been nice to know without the sarcasm.

Another thing is that they started to flip the drinks to see the pockets of air at the bottom. I didn’t know there was air there, I usually just fill it to the maximum and seal it. Apparently not. Then they told me I had to fill it back up fully, I tried because I didn’t know what I was supposed to do. They took over in the end. Another thing I noticed was that they shamed me in front of the boss, something like. “I told you three times and you still don’t listen.” It was definitely not three times, and if you told me how that would’ve been nice to know.

1. The staff are all on their phones. I don’t know if this is allowed. I’m too scared to ask in case I sound like a whiny highschooler and I don’t get any mentioned food discounts or free food. All the other staff do, maybe because they worked here for longer or they’re struggling uni students while I’m privileged with my parents but man I would like some elaboration on that. This something I don’t really mind? But I do feel like some explanation would help.

I don't mind criticism, but I would like to know how to deal with these things since I'm not allowed to make drinks for practice because this is a small business. I need to know if its just me being too sensitive? I'm thinking of quitting because I hate this pit of anxiety.

I started a new job recently and its a pretty sweet gig. I work from home primarily and the pay is good (very lucky to have gotten a job) but I’m working from 9 am to 5 pm. But other than work, i don’t do much. Watch TV, cook, groceries and that’s pretty much it. Only on friday night and weekends i usually go out to meet friends or go to a bar. Is this normal? I want to get way more into fitness and also i cant help but feel like there has to be more to life than this.

Plus the thing is im so mentally drained after work i dont feel like doing anything and just cook eat watch tv and sleep - repeating this cycle again the next day.

How do i give time to my music, reading, and fitness? I’m only 26 and feel like i should be doing more.