Huge gripe: A recruiter offered me the chance to interview for an admin role that doesn't pay more than $22/hr to support 16 account executives. Um, 16?! 16 Outlook calendars. 16 travel arrangements. 16 expense reports. What IS IT with these companies' human resource staff, that they think one person can effectively support 16 people at the same time?! That is inhumane, that is! I told the recruiter today that my limit is 6 people -- no way could I handle 16 people's Outlook calendars at the same time. That is just ludicrous.

[Mountaindewed]

The new coworker was being rude again today. She got a big box to put garbage in and then put the box by her side so I couldn’t use it too. When we get big boxes like that for garbage we are supposed to put them in the middle and share them and not keep them to ourselves. She is just really rude.

[Mountaindewed]

My coworker was trying to get the time of our break changed to a later time and I didn’t understand why. We always take our break at the same time and we’ve been taking it at that time for months. I didn’t get what her problem was. It was like she was trying to manipulate the system or something to her or advantage. Someone said a few months ago she likes to take her break later. Dude if you need accommodations be honest and don’t act all shady about it.

[Mountaindewed]

Not too much to complain about today. I just wish my coworker would offer to take the garbage once in awhile. I was doing it all day and I was in a lot of discomfort. I didn’t realize the extent of my pain until I got off work though. I was really quiet all day and I may have been coming off as being *****y because I wasn’t talking much but in general the day was fine. I hope tomorrow isn’t a repeat of last Friday though.

[puzzclar]

So much information!!!!! I need lots of training

[Mountaindewed]

I’m feeling a lot better about yesterday. I’ve blocked a lot of what happened yesterday. I may just end up telling them I can’t work Fridays at all if they are stressing me out this much. I already have issues with my ride on Fridays.

[Mountaindewed]

I want to call in. I feel awful physically and my anxiety is high. But I’m sure the person who calls in twice a week is going to call in. And probably someone else as well. So I should probably just go in and ignore people. Most likely that manager and supervisor will be there though.

people who bring their kids into the store to "shop" and it's basically a playground for them...for 30 minutes the kids run free causing havoc while mom fills up the cart . she gets to the register and oops...I have no $$$...so off they go. probably 1/2 the store is in their pockets as well. and then you need to spend time fixing everything behind them.

employees who jerk the system around because they are so special...they need the extra breaks, (no disability just entitlement) extra long lunch, can't work this register (she's right handed wtf?,) and then disappears and does nothing for hours. others call out every few days, some ***** and moan about working but yet still like the paycheck..it's work...it's not supposed to be a day at 6 flags...

I don't get the issues....we are adults...it is no one's first stab at employment. come in, do the work, go home. rinse repeat. not happy find someplace else. it isn't a difficult store to work in...seriously, i'm much older then most of them & if I can do it, then they can..maybe it's an issue of won't, not can't...who knows.

[seesaw]

Originally Posted by resurgam

employees who jerk the system around because they are so special...they need the extra breaks, (no disability just entitlement) extra long lunch, can't work this register (she's right handed wtf?,) and then disappears and does nothing for hours. others call out every few days, some ***** and moan about working but yet still like the paycheck..it's work...it's not supposed to be a day at 6 flags...

I don't get the issues....we are adults...it is no one's first stab at employment. come in, do the work, go home. rinse repeat. not happy find someplace else. it isn't a difficult store to work in...seriously, i'm much older then most of them & if I can do it, then they can..maybe it's an issue of won't, not can't...who knows.

I feel ya. I was just thinking this morning that for all my complaints, and my disabilities and issues, that I have it pretty damn good. This is a scary world, but at least I have a place to live, my dogs, food in my fridge, etc...not saying that none of our problems are valid, we have totally valid issues, but I'm just thinking about how grateful I am and how a grateful attitude sort of changes my perspective...I think more people could try on a grateful attitude and see that it helps them feel better.

Don't worry, I'm still going to complain about petty ****. HAH!

Seesaw

I don't mind legitimate complaints but i'm the oldest there by like 15 yrs, and home on full disability (some are 18 & ***** they are soooooooo tired, work is sooooooooo hard) no it's not. you are fluffing towels, moving boxes, etc. I just want to shake them & say grow up...even some of the older ones...

I guess my work ethic is harder....

[Mountaindewed]

I did call in. I used my sick hours so the only thing the manager said to me was “feel better” my coworker texted me an hour after that and said “I just called in and she got pissed and I think I am going to lose my job.” Well, if you call in twice a week, are tardy 2 other times, and leave early other days. Plus you don’t have any benefits yet, you basically dug your own grave. So don’t come *****ing to me with your problems that are not mine and that I don’t care about. She won’t even explain to work what is going on with her so they can help her out.

[Mountaindewed]

I have a medical condition. Most likely narcolepsy. I woke up this morning and I knew today would be a problem. My muscles were weak and I was struggling to stay awake. I was hardly getting any work done. I knew I just had to leave. We were very well staffed and I knew there were other coworkers who could take my place who could be more productive then me. I left very suddenly and I felt like some of my coworkers looked a bit freaked out by how I looked. Even that rude supervisor seemed confused as to what was going on with me .Tonight my coworker texted me and asked how I was feeling and apparently I was right and my coworkers were very concerned about me. This is turning out to be quite a problem. I do have an appointment with a specialist in September. I still don’t feel right even 15 hours later.

[Mountaindewed]

Today was the best day I’ve had in awhile at work. I did have a good 400 milligrams of caffeine with me which helped a lot.

inventory.
the pre-pre-threat of the dreaded event
the joys of pre-inventory lead up..getting everything in it's right place and counted, only to have people screw with them (damn customers!!! :-) )
and now the stress of "everyone needs to sign up for more hours"

i'll be so glad when it's all over and done with.

[Eclecticist]

I work at a PBM. That’s pretty hard to explain. What is it that I do exactly? I’m not really sure myself.

What’s the point of a PBM? Why is it necessary? It’s very much behind-the-scenes kind of work. The general public typically isn’t very aware of the existence of these rich, powerful, nearly invisible companies. They just don’t play an active role in the daily life of many people.

To many, I’m just the person at the other end of the phone. Faceless, but not entirely insignificant. In a very small way I help decide the fate of another human’s life. I will either approve coverage of their medications, or simply hand the request over to someone who may deny them.

I make $15.50 an hour doing this.

After work, I have just enough time to either go to the gym, or play free computer games and dissociate, wishing I was somewhere else, doing something else with my life.

I think this company’s role is a superfluous one. I’m pretty sure society would get along just fine without these PBMs: These companies that would buy medications at a hugely discounted price from drug companies (thereby forcing them to raise the price over time to try to make up for the loss), sell those drugs to insurance companies and patients for a price 1000 times higher than the original cost, and for kicks, also force patients to use the PBM's own particular pharmacy to buy those medications. And, on top of that, they are contracted with insurance companies to judge whether a prescribed medication will be covered or not.

Who benefits from PBMs? A single infusion with just one of these medications costs tens, sometimes hundreds of thousands of dollars. Some medications – millions. Where is all the money going?

I work for a vampire. An overpowered monster in the shadows leaching the money and life out of people. Perhaps, sometimes, turning those people into sort of embittered, pessimistic little monsters themselves. Struggling with their own physical illness, and now also struggling to pay for the treatment, they lash out at the pharmacy dispensing the medication. Or sometimes they will lash out at me on the phone. Or perhaps they may even lash out at their own friends and family in frustration. I don’t have a very noble profession.

I’m not high enough on the corporate food-chain to do jack squat about any of this though. Information flow is very restricted between different departments. Even my own supervisor is careful not to give the full picture about why we do or say things a certain way. Perhaps she doesn’t know herself. No single cog really knows what the other cogs are doing. The trade secret is so secret even the employees don’t really know what it is or how it all works. No one can afford to lose their job over it, so no one questions it too deeply. It’s all by design. And no one is allowed to speak with the grand architect.

I once had a caller who demanded to speak to the president of the company. He yelled in my ear threatening hell and high water with lawsuits because what we were doing is disgraceful. For these “escalations,” as we call them, we are trained only to transfer the callers to our immediate superiors. In my case, it would be the clinicians, who won’t do jack except maybe transfer them to their supervisor, who will either take a number and never call back, or just transfer them to their superior who may or may not transfer them to a department of the company that specializes in silencing these types of callers forever.

You can put up a fight if you want, but in the end you will be screwed over, and you will have wasted so much of your time just to get to that point.

[Mountaindewed]

My manager was kind of rude today. Also he was being a bit weird. He opened the door for me. I said good morning and he said good morning back in a rude way. Then I went to the break room to put my drink away. He followed a few feet behind. I went to check the new schedule. He opened the fridge. Looked in it and didn’t take anything out. Then gave me a dirty look and walked out. Since I’m not dealing with PMDD anymore I just dismissed it as “his problem” since I wasn’t doing anything wrong and my day went fine.

[Turtle_Rider]

The boss become way too crazier. He put me on a big project again, with only two days deadline. Thankfully, I don't have other big project at this moment, unlike the last time when I had to tackle all three big projects along with the minor ones in two days.

The problem is, I still have to do some minor but urgent projects. He wanted me to prioritized this big project, BUT I also must finish those minor projects. This big one cannot be done in just two days and it's actually not urgent at all. But he insists that it must be done today.

NAH. I will done that big project, but I refuse to rushed it. Like I've said, it's not urgent at all and if I don't meet the deadline, there's actually no damage or disadvantage to company at all. I don't care if they said that I'm lazy or slow or whatever. I'd better work on my pace rather that have my anxiety high and turned into a mad creature like him.

[rechu]

Sorry to hear it turtle. My boss is going in the same direction. I swear she's losing it. My anxiety is really high just having to deal with her. Whatever I do is wrong, while there are no consequences for the cheaters. I sent her a message just to confirm I was doing something correctly, since it's been a while since I had to deal with a situation like that. Better to confirm, right? She bit my head off and treated me like I was stupid just for asking when the editor wasn't sure either.

Hugs.

[Mountaindewed]

It wasn’t too bad today. I’ve been pretty sick though all week and I felt like I was going to throw up all day and my supervisor who I get along with really well kept telling me to just go home but I knew I could make it as long as I didn’t eat anything. They asked me to work tomorrow but were fine when I told them I wasn’t well enough to come in. Plus it was my day off anyways...