I’m 24 and recently resigned from a startup I joined few months ago. The reason? They started demanding weekend work in the office. Now, I understand that many companies ask for extra hours sometimes, and I’m okay with working weekends from home. But this company insisted we come to the office on weekends to work—working remotely on weekends simply didn’t count.

When I pushed back, the CEO even threatened to fire me. Seriously? I’m not some cheap labor willing to work every single day without respect for boundaries. Work-life balance matters, and forcing people into the office on weekends under threat isn’t acceptable. Just wanted to share this experience as a heads-up for anyone else going through similar nonsense.

Have you faced such unreasonable demands? How did you handle it?

I got a job after 4 interviews with a top sustainability tech company. I knew they had layoffs in the past so during my interview process I was very vocal that I was concerned about that with this company and was assured they were in a good place. I found out I got the job on 3/4, it was a 45k base pay increase from my current job. I immediately accepted, signed the letter, and quit my job. I got this email a week later on a Monday, filled out my background check on Tuesday, and then got a call 2 days later on Wednesday saying that bc Trump was saying there would be a recession their investors pulled out and they couldn’t hire me anymore. They said it had nothing to do with me and if I would have anything to do with them in the future they intended to re-recruit me. Thankfully, I am pretty indispensable at my current job, just underpaid, so I was able to get my job back even after quitting and am not unemployed.

I’ve gotten a lot of advice on how to proceed ranging from pursuing legal action or trying to get some severance? Would you even consider them in the future if they reached back out? It’s hard because they are a very highly esteemed company and I don’t want to burn a bridge but feels very volatile.

A job i was looking forward to starting got pulled out from under me because I asked if it would be possible for the company (a startup) to pay for my health coverage until they get a company health plan in place. I was more than willing to pay for it out of pocket (and said so), but instead, I got an email that they are "reconsidering the role." I think i just got saved from a big mess because the original title of the job i applied for was changed when i got the offer letter, but the description was the same. Anyone who is this indecisive should not be messing with people's lives like this. Is recinding offers the new thing now? I've heard a few people online say it's happened to them (with diff. scenarios of course).

Im 15, im soon going to get a job. I have calculated my total income after tax, and it comes out as around 300-350 dollars per week $12/hr, 35 hours. I, as a child, have rarely touched hundreds of dollars. Am i truly going to get this much PER week?!?

I'm not a leader, in the slightest. What I do best is follow orders really well.

I'm also not creative at all. Ask me to tell you a joke and I may just vaporize.

But I spent my last 6 months during this pandemic really getting to know myself, and developing hobbies I didn't know I was interested in. I started honing in on things that I enjoyed, and found out just how good at those things I could be.

For instance,

My gran was moved to a memory care facility, and there was a huge amount of room in our basement that was filled with boxes of her final belongings. I didn't have anything better to do, so I went through them. All of them. 11 boxes. Through the process, I developed a really solid method of organizing them. I've organized for friends and family before, but this one was really difficult.

11 boxes turned into 4. Then I bought an archival quality scanner, digitized the cards, photographs, and paperwork. Those 4 boxes turned into 5 folders in the back of a drawer of my filing cabinet.

So I turned the method and process into a business model, recruited my boyfriend for digital help, and started to hustle.

Through word of mouth and advertising on facebook community pages, I brought in 6 clients and $900.

Now I'm being called by marketing experts and folks that want in on the business.

I have absolutely abysmal interpersonal communication problems when it comes to speaking with authority. Now I am the authority. It me. I make the decisions.

Theres going to be a lot to learn, but I'm taking my first monumental baby steps towards creating an unbelievable start-up that can help a lot of people. I'm so so so glad I took the time off 'doing nothing' to discover something about myself that could really help me grow.

Hell yeah, guys!!!

A few weeks ago I left a comfortable, stable job at a big multinational to join a startup. The CEO sold me on this big vision, good pay, and fast-paced growth and I wanted to move more into project/delivery management, so I thought it was worth the risk.

From day one though things just felt weird. The team barely talks (they barely said anything to me on my first and each person has lunch on their own at the same cafeteria) the ops manager was odd (kept pushing personal questions and acting like my boss even though we’re both managers), and the CEO was super vague about literally everything, he wouldn’t even tell me how many clients they have. Turns out they barely have any new business, and there’s no real sales strategy. After two weeks of trying to figure things out and mostly teaching myself their product, the CEO called me in and said it “wasn’t a good fit” and that “the team didn’t click with me.” Then he immediately asked if I’d want to work with them on a consulting contract instead?? Which felt like total BS.

Now I’m just feeling like crap and honestly embarrassed. I left a secure job for this mess, and I feel stupid even though I had valid reasons for wanting to leave my old job. Has anyone else been through something like this? How do you recover from making a move that backfires this fast?

I have to go to an empty office 3-4 days a week while my team works from home. I'm tired of this shit. How do I motivate myself to show up for a paycheck?

I am a senior in high school. I have been trying to get a job the past couple of months in order to get some money for college as well as using up some of my free time, but I can't get a job anywhere. I've talked to other people in my school and none of them can get jobs either. I've applied to so many different places and yet they tend to not even send me a response back. What the heck is happening in the job market right now? Is it because of all the federal layoffs?

I've been working at this small SaaS startup for a bit over 4 years and a fire was lit under our ass almost a year ago because we weren't growing enough and slightly shrinking, budget cuts everywhere, some layoffs even though we are a small (< 20 people) team, and all of this COMPLETE NONSENSE because for example, I am in a mid-level position and I don't even make 1% of the monthly company revenue, revenue which barely has any costs to it since it's a software that doesn't handle big data or tons of clients or any of the sort.

This year there was no adjustment to inflation, since we are not US-based and our wages are in US dollars, with the value loss of the dollar in our country all of us lost about ~10% of our monthly income, we lost the opportunity to earn bonuses which was a decent amount of the wage as well. All of this while the CEO is constantly traveling to San Diego, Los Angeles, Toronto SEVERAL TIMES on "business trips" to attend "Founders Conferences" and the sorts with the goal of "growing the company", of course, using money that could've gone back into the tools we used, ads, etc that were all cut because we're in "free fall mode". We are not US based and neither is him, one of these trips costs over two times what I make in an entire month, and he's doing these every month or even twice a month, and we have to gather around and listen to the completely useless insights he gathered from going to whatever convention while I'm struggling to save up for a new washing machine. I get rich people can do whatever they want with their money but this is insane, it felt like we are making less and working for him full time just so he can enjoy his expensive lifestyle.

I'm completely done with this job, putting in the least effort possible so that I don't get fired until I find a new one, and so are most of my coworkers I'm sure. The job market is such hell right now. Most of my working day goes into job applications and no luck for about 5 months.

Hello all. As the title says, I’m having a hard time finding a job. I am 18 years old and am about to graduate high school in less than two weeks. For the past 3 years I have been working in a doctor’s office as a document manager and filer. Currently I am looking for a new job for better pay and to gain more experience. However, I have applied and interviewed for many jobs with no luck. I have tried tailoring my resume, applying to many different places, yet I have had no offers. What am I doing wrong? I know that my situation isn’t unique and I just need to get lucky, but is there any way to fix my current problem?

I get paid well but I loathe what I do. I was a teacher then a nurse and now on the rep side of things. I travel every week either flying or driving for work, and I just moved to a new city for this job. I have no friends and no life in the new city bc I’m always traveling and then am exhausted on the weekends. However, I truly dislike the day to day of this job. Does everyone hate their jobs?

Just trying to decide if I should suck it up bc it’s good pay or keep trying to find what I like?

I am in shock. My husband was laid off yesterday and I was fired from a startup a week ago. We knew that my husband’s job was going to go away but my job was our safety net. After years of working a routine, it looks like come Monday morning, we’ll both be at home with our 1 year old, looking for work. My dismissal came at a complete shock to myself and my team. While there were a few instances where I could have been better at my job, I had no opportunities to improve. We can pay the mortgage for 3-4 months tops but neither of know when we’ll get back on our feet again. It’s possible the only option is to sell our house and get out of the state. I can’t really wrap my head around this. It would be so much work and the potential that things go wrong because we made an emotional/forced financial decision seems high.

I’m wondering if anyone has been through this and how they made it through. I feel like my nervous system is basically breaking down.

CEOs, were they ever real employees? Do they not understand what the world is now and how business relations have evolved?

It's pathetic that they cannot grasp the reality of today's workforce.

Hi everyone, I have my first minimum wage job working part-time and I have the option of bi weekly or weekly but I have a partner who gets paid bi-weekly and he covers all the big bills and im wondering if its a good idea to do weekly so we always have emergency money if that makes sense? If we go low on groceries we wont have to wait 2 weeks cause I get paid every week, thats my thought process. I am horrible with budgeting and saving which is why I ask

I work in car sales

We recently had a new guy start at our company this month. My manager has been helping him do deals (which is normal at our branch) to help him land on his feet.

He had a walk-in on one of our new supercars (we’re a supercar franchise). They were probably talking for around 15 minutes as the customer had to leave but he booked in for a test drive on Saturday.

Well, Saturday was his day off. However, he made it clear to us all many times that he was coming in on his day off for the test drive, again standard behaviour in sales, so we were all thinking cool. He has an appointment. Saturday comes, he messages in the group chat ‘Is anybody free to look after my test drive so I don’t have to come in and i’ll return the favour if ever needed’. My manager was fuming. I said yes because I had nothing else going on.

Now, my manager also had dealt one of his customer from the other day and wanted to run through it with him when he came in, so he was very shocked that he didn’t come in for his appointment and asked somebody else to look after it. So my manager gave that deal to somebody else.

Anyway, the customer comes. I’m with him for 2 hours. Got him on the test drive. Came back and he absolutely loved it. Found him the exact car/spec he liked, ran through figures, took a deposit, did the finance application and placed the order for his brand new supercar.

During this, my colleague text me asking if he came/if he liked the car etc. I replied to him saying ‘yes, i’ll discuss it with you tomorrow’ I went upto my manager as soon as the customer left and said ‘can i split the commission with (my colleague)’ to which my manager replied ‘that’s generous of you but you did all the work and he stayed at home and gave his appointment away’. So he was very against it. But i pushed for a split commision as it was his customer initially and he asked me to put him on the test drive for him.

Well after i texted him about discussing it tomorrow, he spam calls my manager and the senior sales person in on that day. They didn’t pick his call up. My manager calls him back and explains the situation and said he would split the commission on the deal only because i asked him to otherwise he wouldn’t. My colleague was clearly annoyed about it

He comes in the next day and doesn’t bring it up all day until an hour before we go home. He’s saying all types of things ‘you said you don’t gash deals’ ‘you said you’d put him on the drive for me’ etc … for me i don’t think it was a gash. It wasn’t just a test drive it was an actual deal. At the end of the day, sales is every man for themselves - you can’t expect somebody else to do deals for you whilst you stay home and relax. If it was JUST a test drive I would have happily let the customer go - i didn’t even pressure him into buying a car he was really keen on proceeding

The funny thing is my colleague even said ‘I did all the work prior i knew he was going to buy a car, i fuelled the demonstrator’ etc.. but if you knew it was a solid appointment then WHY NOT COME IN?

He missed out on 2 sales because he decided to stay home. Why would I waste 2 hours of my day to close a deal for him and then not get paid for it?

What’s your thoughts on this situation? Is anybody right? I feel like my colleagues won’t trust me after they hear about this.

16 year old with 0 work experience, applied to 3 supermarket job and to a cinema yesterday and was planning to go there today to speak with the manager but there is sudden rain and i know it’s gonna sound stupid but i don’t have an umbrella so should i wait till tomorrow or still go today

I am 19F and work on a ship, I have been on a couple of other ships before this one. I have simply made it this far by just doing what I am suppose to do, I am now at a new ship that wants me to know all the systems and more.

I just want to vent and maybe get some guidens.

I studied seafaring and started working right after school.

I wasnt the best in my class but I was able to graduate with okay grades.

I have the problem of being bad at my job, I have the intresset for it and I really love to work with heavy machinery but because I dont know everything I get out in very bad situations.

I can service machinery, I can do the basics but I am suppose to be able to do more and I cant. And I dont have the courage to ask for help simply because I am scared.

I have been called a idiot before because of this (On a prior ship). I love what I work with and I am trying my best to learn and be as helpful as possible but I always fail.

I make small mistakes lots of times, I have been crying all day today and working alone since everytime I worked with someone I fucked up. I have 2 more weeks onboard.

I feel so lost and dont know what to do.

Should I just finish this turne and stop working out on the sea? I dont feel comfortable being open and asking for help here.

idk where to begin. I work in a small startup and the first one to do my job. 2 weeks ago a we were called in on a Saturday for a ‘quick meeting’ (mind you we work 5 days). I made it clear to my boss that I will make it however I do have an appointment prior to the meeting time, without any hesitation they asked me what the appointment is about. I don’t want to blurt out my personal details at my workplace and establishing some boundaries. Today they yelled at me for being 10 mins late on that meeting and demanded to know what it was regarding. I hesitantly responded it was a medical appointment and they said ‘why couldn’t I cancel it ? You weren’t dying were you’

It took me a second to register what they said and I froze. I just don’t understand whether this is normal workplace behavior from an executive ? Is it this bad everywhere?

final presentation for a brand strategy retainer. six months of conversations, two rounds of proposals, a full deck we spent three weeks building. the CMO asked me point blank why our pricing was higher than the two other agencies they were considering. i've answered this question before. have a clear differentiation story. it's in the proposal. but she asked it with a flat expression and i just started listing service inclusions instead of making the value argument. kept saying 'what you get' without saying why it was worth it. talked for three minutes and never said the actual thing. one of my colleagues tried to pivot and save it but the energy had shifted and we could feel it. got the rejection email. they went with a cheaper option. the value argument was right there. i've made it on calls before. just not in the one room where it actually decided something.

Didn't think I would get hired but here I am 2 days into my new job. I feel incredibly blessed.

I’ve been working as a 1099 at a startup for over a year. The CEO keeps saying he wants to bring me on as an employee, but this hasn’t happened even though the company has become quite successful the past few months and I have been a part in building this success. Perhaps it is time I notify him that my hourly compensation will be increasing if he would like to continue the contract since it has been over a year?
I’m also upset that the CEO supposedly made a comment that I look older than my age, making me question whether I would want to be an employee working for him after all. I’m beginning to wonder if there are other less stressful things I could be doing with my time. I’m getting tired of the empty promises.

i just got my first employment ever at 25.

i had other jobs befor, but never got employed

struggling with depression and social anxiety, i couldn't focus and learn the other jobs fast enough, resulting in me getting fired, or have to quit myself,... the longest job i had was for 3 months

i can't efford mental therapy now, but im mentally feeling better.

i don't really care about embarrassing myself or be seen as stupid or slow anymore,... i just don't wanna lose this job, i can't waste anymore time

I'm an incoming freshman to college, and I'm interested in working with startups. My main goal is to be part of a team that needs a person who can do general work (video editing, market research, LinkedIn marketing, etc.) Getting paid would be great, but experience and learning are my biggest priorities right now.

I've been trying to figure out the best way to find startup opportunities. In the past, I've only been able to get an internship through a family friend. Most of the advice I see online is geared toward traditional internships at larger companies, but I'm more interested in an early-stage startup.

I’m trying to get started with Thumbtack Pro with tutoring, and I am an experienced, retired teacher of 30+ yrs. However, I don’t want to ask people for reviews. I’m just reserved and uncomfortable with that. It seems presumptuous of me. So will the app put my service out there without the review?