I just resigned from my job without another to go to. My boss has made my life miserable over the last five months and I was becoming sick. What I’m afraid of is what to say on future interviews? How do I explain why I left without having a new job?

So I’m wondering - what is it with HR bosses protecting workplace bullies? I had someone at my job purposely tell the head of HR something where she had changed my words to make me look bad. I have no idea why, but it happened, and I got dragged into an embarrassing meeting with…

After over a decade with my current employer, I'm anticipating a change and not sure what I want to do next. The writing seems to be on the wall that my time with the company is limited (I'd rather not get into details of how/why I know, since that's not relevant to my ask here).…

I want to request a one year Leave of Absence (like a Gap Year) from my current position instead of resigning? I'm worried that this will affect my references in the future and my image, as I've already taken some time off over the last 4 years (a couple weeks/ year during the 2…

I am currently working in my new job for the last 3 months. when I started, I had a team leader from the integration team that was in-line with me regarding my goals and helped me to make a strategic plan of how to reach them. The department manager decided that one of the local…

Hello. I’ve been at a job 2.5 years. In my first 6 months the person that was supposed to train me left within a week of me being hired. I was left to cover to hospitals with no training. How they have this position set up is we both have to cover each other. So if she leaves I’m…

Hi All, I recently had a temporary job for six months at a major bank wchich got extended untilthe end of August. All of sudden, I got a call on Friday at 4:PM from the agency saying that it had ended. No reason why, no reprimand or disciplanry action. Nothing but good things to…

Hello everyone! Im Candace. I currently work 2 remote jobs; 1 as a medical records audit processor and 1 as a claims adjust for motor vehicle accidents for hospitals. While Ive enjoyed working in healthcare and insurance, they are both very low paying positions for me. I would…

Our team has a manager who is often rude and intimidating. She is quite clever in only doing this in person,, She writes emails that sound friendly and positive yet creates a toxic, demoralizing atmosphere with her behavior. Some of the team wants to go to HR to complain but we…

Has this ever happened to you? I interviewed for a contract IT Project Management position yesterday. It was at a company I had previously had a gig as a consultant and was also hired as an employee in a different division. I was at the company a total of about 6 years and left…

I’m starting a new job! Looking for words of wisdom. I’m going from a bookkeeping job, where I push lots of paper and process a ton of transactions (a job that I was way overqualified for, but this was a return to workforce job for me after being a stay at home mom). My new job…

Opinions please. How do you feel about friend requests, bosses and social media?

I am extremely frustrated with work environment. Since I have been with the organization it has been a challenge getting my team to work together and follow the chain of command. My direct supervisor’s boss constantly allows my team members to call him with issues without giving…

I interviewed for a remote job position 2 weeks ago. My interview was done via live video. During the interview I was just asked a set of questions which I believe I answered the best to my knowledge. The interviewers didn’t have their camera on the whole time. Then they didn’t…

How do you deal with a team member who is know it all. He doesn't want to listen to your opinions, he gets angry whenever I correct him

I left my job 9 months back due to an extremely toxic work culture and boss and took a break to improve my mental health. Before this I was confident in my abilities, loved working and had an amazing career too. Now I keep questioning myself and wonder if I am even good enough to…

My boss doesn’t like throwing people under buses but he doesn’t have a hard time pointing fingers at me. I been doing real estate law for 34 years and came back to a firm I worked at many years ago. We had a new lawyer join our firm with her own assistant who abrutely left during…

My job recently rolled out an FTO policy before the start of the year. So far, I only requested 9 days off that includes due to sickness. I needed to request 2 days off in June. My manager emailed me about the amount of days I was taking . I had many days accrued with PTO and…

I left my job a year ago because I had little support from my leadership and my direct manager. I was burning out with all the guardrails the company put in place that limited my ability to hire experienced people, get my female employees compensated the same as their male…

I am a first time caregiver and wasn’t properly trained on how to lift this person nor had training for what it takes to be a caregiver. I was desperate for a job and was so eager to say yes when this opportunity was practically handed to me. I obtained an injury while trying to…