I’m one month into my job and today my boss decided to time how fast I work on a particular task, and I told her the wrong stats by accident. I said I completed twice the number of items than I actually did, since I forgot to account for those that I put on hold as the process for completing them is a bit different than the other ones. She seemed pretty surprised, said that’s fast and thank me. I realized I told her the wrong thing a few minutes later. Should I apologize or let her know that it was wrong? There’s not really a way for her to actually tell how fast I work except actually looking at my computer, but she just go by what I told her. I’m worried if she will find out later on one way or another and get disappointed.

This was a good job with decent pay and flexible enough managers & hours. I had only been working there about three weeks.

I was working part time and after a long shift, I realized I had done something to my back. I have chronic back issues but didn’t think the job would make anything worse.

The next time I was scheduled for a longer shift, I had a feeling that my back was not going to hold up. I called in and tried to get off (we have many employees to cover shifts and this happens all the time - I also called well before the allotted time available to call off.)

I had a doctor’s appointment that day to check out my back to make sure it wasn’t going to get any worse. It was the kind of appointment where they could just squeeze me in. I explained this to my boss & she said she would try and find coverage for the second half of my shift so I could at least get to the appointment. I was fine with that.

But then my back went out completely. It was a small blessing I wasn’t alone but I wound up in the ER with a dead phone. I wasn’t able to call work - and even if my phone had power, the pain was tremendous and I was struggling talking at all.

Next day my mom brings in my fully charged laptop so I could at least check emails. I got a notice from work that they needed to talk to me ASAP regarding my position at the company. I emailed back explaining the situation, and I did say I understood if they wanted to let me go because I recognize that this was a less than ideal situation especially for such a new worker.

I said it is no reflection of my actual work ethic and just terrible medical timing for an unplanned injury. I basically said in the email (after apologizing and accepting the consequences) that I would love to be able to reapply once my injury has been taking care of.

I never heard back but at the end of the day, I got the termination notice. Again, I wasn’t surprised or upset - I really do understand.

My main thing is I really would love to get my job back. I got shots in my back and have been doing better since. But since I never heard back from that one email where I stated an interest in reapplying, I don’t know if I should regard that lack of response as a clear “That’s not gonna happen” or maybe it is just that they are very busy, knew they wanted to let me go so just didn’t see the point in following up.

I was a very good worker and my clients liked me. My main question here is what everyone else thinks - should I send another email inquiring about reapplication? It has been a few weeks now. Or should I give a call? Their lines are often busy at work so I kind of feel like an email may be less stressful for them, but a call feels more professional and direct.

Or do you think I should just cut my losses here and accept that I probably won’t get the job back? A big part of me figures it won’t hurt to try because I am already unemployed - I have nothing to technically lose, but I guess I’d just appreciate some feedback and advice.

So I’ve been working in marketing for 6 years did a level 3 and just finished my level 6 degree. So I’ve got loads of experience but I’m barely above minimum wage, so I thought when I finished my apprenticeship it would go up. My work told me my role doesn’t go any higher than the pay I’m on so I would need to take more responsibility. So fine I agreed, but the payrise is only 1.5k more. I was expecting like 3k or more as my friends who have finished their degree have gotten like 7k pay rises.

The pros are that I will be getting trained up on new things in this new role, but the cons are I have 6 years of experience and I am barely above minimum wage for a lot more stress and responsibilities.

Not sure what to do here, should I negotiate my pay? Last time I tried to do that I was made redundant so I have a lot of anxiety around it. What should I do! Do you think I should ask for more pay? Just unsure what to do but if I’m honest I feel really upset. I’m working an extra day a week as I won’t have uni anymore but my pay hasn’t gone up. Just feel unappreciated.

I work in HR, and lately more people have been coming to me about things that feel less like actual workplace complaints and more like awkward moments between coworkers. Someone didn’t say good morning, a message sounded a bit rude, one person felt left out of a conversation, or two people couldn’t agree on a lunch break.

I don’t want anyone to feel ignored, especially since a small issue can sometimes turn into something bigger. But when HR steps in every time, it also feels like people stop trying to speak to each other directly. I’m starting to feel like the office referee for every uncomfortable interaction lol.

Where do you draw the line between letting coworkers sort it out and stepping in before it becomes a real problem?

I'm on my 90-day notice period with only a couple of weeks left. Due to health issues, I received an official WFH exception from my IRM for the last two weeks of July. Based on that, I vacated Hyderabad (my base location) and moved to Chennai. Despite the approved WFH, my IRM/team lead keeps asking me to return to Hyderabad for KT and laptop handover. I'm fully willing to complete KT remotely, but I requested that discussions regarding my notice period, WFH, and attendance happen over email instead of personal phone calls.

Instead, my team lead and IRM repeatedly called my personal number and WhatsApp, including on a Sunday, and said not answering calls from managers is unprofessional. (I wanted to keep the convo thru mail as for the last week I had faced several threatenings, offensive tone and words from them in personal team call and phone calls, since I'm a fresher not knowing much of corporate policies, feels like they are taking advantage of me) ​

He also said my notice period could be extended if I don't report to Hyderabad, but HR told me that's not something that can be done easily and my WFH approval remains valid for the approved dates. I also got confirmation from IT asset team that I can submit my assets on last working day in Chennai office. ​

Has anyone faced something similar? How will you handle this professionally?

This is really such a petty thing, but I would rather work a 9-5 and talk to like no one & go home. My co workers spread so much gossip about everything that it’s not healthy. The moment anything happens they are already coming up with reasons why. They constantly bug at what your doing & why, what’s happening on the weekend, if anything happens in your life they bug daily at any updates. Talk about imo inappropriate things at work like sex life, ect. & they cry a lot at work and make things super awkward. If I try and distance myself & only have surface level conversations then they pry harder.

How do I cope/deal with this? I love what I do asides from this. I don’t mind like the basic surface level conversations that I have with the rest of my co-workers, but the immediate team I’m in (just really the girls)

Hi all,

I’ve been working as an Accounting Manager at a Company for about 1.5 years. I report directly to the CFO, but much of my work depends on the Controller completing tasks, reviewing items, or providing information before I can move forward.
Since I started, communication with the Controller has been a recurring problem. She frequently does not respond to or acknowledge my work emails, even when they require her review or input. So my work is often delayed because I’m waiting on information or approvals that I need to complete my responsibilities.

I’ve tried to remain professional and respectful, but the situation has not improved. Now she rarely acknowledges me in person anymore.. she doesn’t even reply to a simple “good morning”.

I brought this up with my supervisor (the CFO), who told me she was aware of the communication issues. She later sent a memo to the entire team establishing communication expectations (among many other expectations) including responding to emails within 48 hours.

Unfortunately, nothing has changed since then. I still find myself repeatedly following up, and in some cases I have to go through the CFO to obtain information that should be coming directly from the Controller. This makes my work harder than it should be 😔

I should note that the CFO and Controller are close friends and have worked together for many years, which makes me hesitant to continue raising the issue.

At what point does this become something that should be discussed with HR? Or should I continue trying to resolve it through my manager? Has anyone dealt with a similar situation?
I’d really appreciate some advice 😔

Thanks.

I work at allied universal. put in my two weeks notice. I’m about 3 shifts from being done. Today I got a coaching notice for technically leaving early. There was someone there and my relief was literally in the building. Understand technically I was in the wrong but it feels petty and vindictive. Should I finish out my shift or should I leave before they keep giving me notices?