Yeah that was it! I ended up having a conversation with the employee as my boss insisted on giving him a written warning despite my advice to just go a letter of concern and make it an informal warning. I was just honest with him about the whole situation and he's contacted fair work . I have a feeling when my boss returns from leave in a few days, she going to be pissed at me and from what I've been told from other staff who have been at this business a while, she can be very vindictive when she feels crossed by people. I'm too old to put up with that shit so I'm probably going to give notice this week or next.
Outlier1031
joined 2 years ago
So I've been talking a lot about my recent bouts with anxiety which stem from an issue occurring at work. No one probably remembers me posting about this but my boss wanted me to fire someone without following correct fair work process and while i managed to put that fire out other stuff has eventuated because of it which has been cause for my anxiety.
Anyway this morning I woke up to a life preserver from the universe in the form of a hefty tax return that is enough for me to live off for a couple of months if i decide to quit my current role. I've already started applying for jobs and my plan would be to give 2 weeks notice which will give a nice boost to my savings. So I think I'm going to go ahead and quit. Hopefully I will have something lined up in the couple of weeks but if not i'll at least have some savings to dip into.
Yeah I am pretty over retail, It's not a stable industry and my current employer and previous one has toxic people at the top. I'm also not interested in moving up the retail ranks to be an area manager or national or anything like that so there's not much more room for me to grow. The only answer is to move into the larger customer service industry where the majority of skills i have learned are transferrable and see what happens. I agree with you about multiple rounds of interviews. Such a complete waste of everyones time. I also find them to be a bit of a dick move on the part of the employer. It's like they know how inconvenient it will be for you to take more time off. But if you really want the job you will jump through the hoop, then most of the time you don't get it anyway.
Me: minding my own business
My brain: blows and pops bubblegum 'Hey'
Me: 'What'
My brain: 'So like why haven't we got that job we applied for an hour ago?'
me: sighs
I'm looking for office based customer service roles as I'm trying to get out of retail and store management. Addressing selection criteria is the blurst I can even imagine how annoying it would for academic jobs. It also doesn't help that employers seem want you to provide a really detailed responses with as little words as possible. Like sure let me just truncate 20 years of experience into two paragraphs.
As someone who was friends with her, Erin Patterson is not some dumb country, working class, bumpkin. She is incredibly intelligent and last time I spoke to her she was studying veterinary science and could calculate PI to a ridiculous number of places in her head. Both of her parents were academics and she came from money. She could be really manipulative and could hold a grudge, but when I knew her there was no way she would ever intentionally harm someone like she is being accused of doing.
Ahhh that sucks. The process is completely cooked. Bring on universal basic income I say. But I hope you find something soon. What type of jobs are you applying for?
Haha thank you. I should put on my resume 'my aussie zone friends think i'm cool' milhouse voice
Man, I hate the anxiety that comes with applying for jobs. Just give me the job now please me good worker much experienced.
Feeling better today anxiety wise. A couple of jobs popped up on seek that sound pretty chill so I applied for both and now about to put some nuggets in the oven for lunchie munchies. Also having a laugh at the expense of the greek family next door renovating the rental that they own. They are having the most mundane, polite conversations but speaking to each other in a tone so aggressive that they sound like they're all about to have a punch on.
Man I love the pizzas that baker delight. Just had a meat lovers and a mediterranean and i am not complaining
Yeah my sinuses are feeling like poo today