Workplace dump thread, anyone? Come dump.

[treedimensional]

Sometimes I hate my job and I feel like an actress for smiling or being cheerful.
There's only 15 people in my bldg and since late January, 10 have tested positive or been quarantined. 
My employer-mandated test required me to leave work immediately for testing and caused me to miss an appt with an orthopedist I'd been waiting almost 2 months for. I rescheduled but they can't see me 'til the end of April, and I'm in agony.
I'm tired of being mansplained in my area of expertise.
Dump over. Thanks.

[simpsongal]

I could write a book. When I was promoted a few years ago my boss's boss asked at the end of the interview if I was done having children. Then my immediate boss left and I was told I was expected to take the managing job w/no pay increase. I cleaned up a mess in that department, and the same guy overrode my deputy hiring decision. The guy he hired is so so, milks overtime and doesn't have the trust or respect of the team. He also displaced a woman in line for that promotion and she's perennially ticked off now.

There's so much more but I'm just over a lot of it.

[mrspez07]

Yesterday especially sucked.
Our company is like 12 people. My boss calls on video chat to tell
me that old non-company alliances have surfaced on a job I’ve been working on and they are hiring someone else to do my part of it, but still keeping our engineer. The client called the engineer who then called our boss who then called me. The engineer, who I work with a lot, didn’t tell me himself, nor the client/architect. So disappointing.

On another project, a subcontractor to the architect tells me he can’t get his sheets for submittal to me by the 18th, which has been a deadline since 1/22...because the architect didn’t kick him off until the 10th and he needed 7-10 business days. Architect still doesn’t have his stuff done either. I told him he needs to contact our client (he’s contracted with directly) and tell him why we’re not meeting the deadline. Our stuff is ready to go.

I think about doing something different with my life regularly.

[treedimensional]

Every time I've left a position, I have been replaced by a man. At 2 of those jobs, I was replaced by TWO men, after they refused me a modest raise. So I know I'm worth at least two men, but they aren't willing to pay me even a fraction of what they gladly pay two men.
And people who say Mexicans are coming to take our jobs... the biggest threat to my job has been here all along.

[aprilsails]

Ouch treedimensional. Sexism in the construction and related industries is terrible. I’m a consulting engineer in building construction services who has been doing this for 14 years and I am going to have to go to war for the raise that I need this month (annual review). The company just chose me as the face of their International Women’s Day campaign so I am hoping I have some serious sway right now. I also just obtained two massive new certifications so I hope that helps too.

[mrsukyankee]

Not even close to the complaints that you have above (sounds like y'all are dealing with lots of assholes). I'm just burnt out. I have four more weeks until the term is over and I honestly can't wait. I love what I do (counselling university students and giving presentations to them about mental health) so it's just tough to feel tired all the time. My boss would love to help us but they are also constantly asking us to do more and more as the university is asking for more and more, which we all understand as this year has been tough for the students (completely online for most). I usually work 3/4 time in the summer with graduate students and this year I'm cutting back my hours. I know they won't be happy about it but I need to take care of myself.

[purplepenguin7]

Mar 6, 2021 8:47:49 GMT -5 treedimensional said:

Every time I've left a position, I have been replaced by a man. At 2 of those jobs, I was replaced by TWO men, after they refused me a modest raise. So I know I'm worth at least two men, but they aren't willing to pay me even a fraction of what they gladly pay two men.
And people who say Mexicans are coming to take our jobs... the biggest threat to my job has been here all along.

I’m sorry, this sucks a lot. At my current job, a friend of mine who was upper management, eventually left the company after a constant battle for more of a budget, an actual team, more support, etc. After she left, she was replaced by two people (one man, one woman, but still). I still feel angry for her. I can imagine how she feels.

[treedimensional]

Mar 7, 2021 10:05:01 GMT -5 mrsukyankee said:

Not even close to the complaints that you have above (sounds like y'all are dealing with lots of assholes). I'm just burnt out. I have four more weeks until the term is over and I honestly can't wait. I love what I do (counselling university students and giving presentations to them about mental health) so it's just tough to feel tired all the time. My boss would love to help us but they are also constantly asking us to do more and more as the university is asking for more and more, which we all understand as this year has been tough for the students (completely online for most). I usually work 3/4 time in the summer with graduate students and this year I'm cutting back my hours. I know they won't be happy about it but I need to take care of myself.

This too. Constant pressure to do more and more and more (with less and less and less). Sorry for your burnout.

As I have advanced in my career, I've been given responsibilities that take me further from the career path I chose in school.

[munkii]

My HR did a huge reclassification of roles/job titles and erroneously re-classified me as an assistant. They've admitted the error but made an announcement today that it will not be corrected until the pay freeze is lifted, which is indefinite at this point.

On top of that, I found out that the person in the position junior to mine (who doesn't have a degree or as much knowledge or experience AND whose job I also know how to do in the event she's out) is compensated the same as me. The only incentive I have over her is 7 weeks of PTO versus her 4, but that's because I've worked for this organization for over 5 years and earned that time!

The politics, ethnocentrism, and sexism I have to deal with on a regular basis here do not make it worth it. Yes, I'm looking.

[bee20]

I never realized how much sexism and straight up sexual harassment I put up with on a daily basis until we were working from home and that weight lifted somewhat. I am already anxious about having to be back in the office.

[hbomdiggity]

Mar 9, 2021 21:16:31 GMT -5 munkii said:

My HR did a huge reclassification of roles/job titles and erroneously re-classified me as an assistant. They've admitted the error but made an announcement today that it will not be corrected until the pay freeze is lifted, which is indefinite at this point.

Oh hell no. I know, easier said than done but I would be close to burn it down. Their mistake, their problem.

[mrsukyankee]

Mar 10, 2021 3:58:46 GMT -5 bee20 said:

I never realized how much sexism and straight up sexual harassment I put up with on a daily basis until we were working from home and that weight lifted somewhat. I am already anxious about having to be back in the office.

That's awful. I'm so sorry. Is there any recourse?