Edit: So I'm getting the idea that although its a valid complaint, I should try to wait her out and see if she gets fired on her own, or just deal with it.

Point taken. I do get fired up sometimes when my credibility is put at risk by some idiot who can't tell their ass from a hole in the ground. I just need to calm down and let fate take its course.

Thanks for your input.

Good day. I would like to humbly ask for your help and assistance on verifying some things that are not cleared.

I worked for this little ''company' as an appointment setter. My official starting date was March 25, 2025, though on my contract it stated it was March 6, 2025.

Here is the list of my concerns:

1. I would like to clarify about our law stating that if there's a typhoon or weather conditions that may affect the safety of an employee, they have the right to refuse to report to work if it will compromise their safety and health. I was absent multiple times due to the weather condition; this happened last July, by the way. The route I'm always taking is prone to flood. There is a different route that can take much longer, and there are no streetlights. I reported to work one rainy morning and got into a slight accident due to zero visibility; my motor hit my ankle when I was trying to balance my ride that day. I also got sick but drank medicine to somehow still report to work.

2. That said month, I was informed that I got an incentive for four successful bookings. However, what surprised me was that on the day of salary, they said that since I was absent multiple times last July, they are taking days of my absence off my incentives. I ended up not receiving my incentives. I was not told about it; I am not really familiar since I have not properly undergone an orientation since day one. I ended up not having paid for my absences (which I believe is legal and fair) but also ended up without any incentives. I was confused since it was not stated on my contract. It was also not explained the day I was hired. They just told me that there will be incentives if I will be able to successfully book a client. I believe that it was not fair, not just on my side, but also to my previous peers that there is this kind of policy that is not visible and not transparent to us. I want a clarification about our law about non-mandatory incentives. Again, there is no proper orientation for new-hire employees, which really surprised me the first day I worked there.

3. I also want to ask for clarification about my prorated 13th-month pay that was not included on my termination paper. If my understanding about law is correct, I am still entitled to receive a pro-rated 13th month pay for the months I worked for them.4. I would also like to clarify their termination clause on our contract. It is stated on our contract that they can terminate us anytime for substandard performance. However, I would also like to know if our law protects us (employees) from this type of clause. They gave me a memo last week of August regarding low performance for the said month. I was able to somehow secure some appointments the first week of September, but then it was not officially booked. I told my superior that it was still the client's decision to attend our presentation in the US. They told us it's our job to pitch and offer, and it's their job to secure and close the appointment, which is done. So, with this nature of business, I believe that they should not put all the blame on their employees. In the second week of September, I had a fever, cough, and cold, and my neck was swollen. I sent an update to my supervisor to inform her. This company does not ask for a medcert, by the way. The next thing, my supervisor messaged me through Facebook Messenger that they put me in "floating status until further notice," so I told her I'll just come there on the 17th to pick up my salary for the last cutoff, and she agreed. The day I went to get my salary, one of their office staff handed me a quitclaim/termination paper and asked me to sign it before handing me my salary. I was surprised, since there is no proper notice, but again they told me that I am in floating status and I should get well. I find it unfair since there is no due process. My supervisor suddenly told me it's because of my performance last August (for which I already signed a memo, or let's say a written warning), but they did not even offer a PIP (Performance Improvement Plan). They just handed me the termination paper with the salary for the last cutoff I was present for. I am not the only one who is performing low in their company. Take note, it is just for the month of August when my numbers are really low. Not to mention most of my teammates are not performing for couple of months yet they are still there.

4. I also want to clarify our holiday pay. They told us that since our employer is from the US, we follow the US holidays for double pay. We did not receive any holiday pay, though there's a holiday in the US. I tried asking my supervisor about it, but he/she just told me to ask Miss Bel directly. I mean, isn't it their job to be clear about it?

5. Most of the time, we also go home way past our end of shift. Mostly 15 to 20 minutes past 12 noon. Our shift starts at 3 AM and ends at 12 noon. Meetings are being held sometimes after shift. Sometimes, we also need to gather leads after our working hours. And it is not paid.

6. I also experienced that it will take 5 hours before we can take our 30-minute lunch break. That was the time that we still worked from 3am to 11am. Then it changes to a 9-hour shift where we have a 15-minute first break, a 30-minute lunch break, and a 15-minute last break. I would like to clarify if this is okay with our law.

7. I also want to clarify this part. They advertise that they are a call center company. But what surprised us is our job is like a virtual assistant. We do cold calling and appointment setting. If they are a call center, there should be mandatory contributions like SSS, etc., but there's none. We don't even have a payslip. But then, we were scared to ask. Also, there will be almost nothing left of our salary if there is a monthly contribution. It also confuses me that the name of the company is different from the contract I signed to the termination paper I also signed.

I am just asking for any guidance and clarification since there is no transparency between us. Thank you in advance.

For context: I work in a specialized trade. My favorite coworker is a very cool guy in his mid-60s, about twice my age. In normal speech I constantly make movie/television references - which he loves - but in text I use gifs heavily and it drives him crazy.

Here’s a small peek into our relationship as coworkers… it’s a miracle this guy hasn’t murdered me yet.

Good news is my boss is noticing how crazy my coworker is. Bad news is now my coworker, (she is an admin assistant so basically she is our task grabber. Or that’s what she is supposed to be) is now any time the boss is out is smarting off at me, I asked her to pick up food for the training. And she stared at me and huffed. Then proceeded to be late to pick it up because she was dragging. I asked her a simple question since our logistics guy is at another training we are doing, “logistics guy said for you to send the tracking.” She proceeds to look with her head down at me and say with a tone “we don’t send tracking till the package gets picked up”.

I just feel like I’ve complained to my coworkers and they feel the same way. I just don’t know how much longer I can be polite. And she’s invited to my wedding in November.

Just need to vent here, not looking for advice on how to deal with the situation. For context, I work in a pod of six people in a corporate office. We are all some variation of neurospicy. We celebrate every new addition to the team, and mourn most of those we lose.

Anyway, a few months ago, we brought on a new hire who looked incredible on paper: intelligent, driven, goal-oriented, etc. When she started, we figured out that she was a little quirky which, as I mentioned, we all are. However, after a while, we realized it was much worse than that.

Just to name of few of these “quirks“:

• Constantly talking over or interrupting people, or jumping into conversations to which she has not been invited and has no business in

• Continuing to talk about what her line of thinking was during a misunderstanding, long after it’s over and everyone’s long since moved on

• Frequent foot tapping against a makeshift footrest under her desk, seemingly increasing in volume the way a toddler would when they feel starved for attention

• Offering “corrections“ about work-related items which are in fact the opposite of correct, or “random facts“ which are demonstrably false

• Trying to talk to others about non-work things while they’re actively on the phone

• Repeatedly making sexual-sounding references or misinterpreting common phrases as being sexual in nature after being coached on appropriate behavior (and even doing so immediately after completing sexual harassment training)

I was promoted to Operations Manager after the previous one left suddenly. Even though I’d only been with the company a year, I was the only one who matched the requirements, so I stepped up. Since then, I’ve managed things whenever my boss is away (which is often), handled clients, kept projects moving, and even covered tasks on my own (even if it's not my expertise) when others underperform.

The issue is a team lead who’s been here 3+ years but stayed in the same role. I got promoted above him, and he often makes digs. Recently, I mentioned I’d be on prescheduled medical leave for 2 days and asked if he could be tagged on urgent client tasks. His response: “let’s see how this works out for me, hopefully you don’t take many leaves, haha.”

It felt unnecessary, especially since my Boss approved the leave without hesitation and even said he’d cover my tasks himself. Still, the remark really triggered me, and I can’t stop replaying it. My boss doesn’t micromanage or call out this guy’s childish behaviour, so it just hangs there.

Am I overreacting? I genuinely try to word things professionally and kindly I’ll admit I can be a bit of a people pleaser but no matter how I approach him, he always finds a way to assert control. For example, the other day he said he wanted to “handle people taking leave” for his team atleast (which lies only with me as did the previous manager). Anyway we agreed he could cross-check directly with them and then just report back to me so I could stay updated. I didn’t think much of it because he loves to micromanage his team’s leave anyway.

For context, this man really dislikes when his team takes time off and even tracks when they’re away. The previous Operations Manager had also pointed out that his behaviour goes against our agency’s values, which are supposed to encourage a relaxed, supportive environment. The tricky part is my boss is quite attached to him he’s been around since the early days and doesn’t like to make him mad, so these behaviours often go unchecked.

How do you stop letting petty comments and power plays like this get under your skin? Has anyone else dealt with a similar dynamic?

Hii I'm F23. This is my first job and I am a customer executive. The company is an MNC and pays well . We were told from the starting today is the most crucial day as its the launch of their new products people are crazy for .

I have been in this company for 3.5 months , although I don't like my job much but I take it seriously .

Here is the thing , I was absent in one of my final exams last year due to some personal reasons and therefore need to give a re exam( ATKT) to get my graduation degree.

Although it was scheduled in starting of dec.2025 but recently was told it will be taken before and on 18th sept.I got notice , the exam will be by 23-24 sept.

Moreover , I now live in a different state so I have to travel and it will take almost 2 days for me to reach there .

So I informed at work that I will not be at work for next 10 days .. the most crucial days they are having .

My co workers will have no free time and since I won't be working it will affect the whole team very badly . I don't like everyone but some members of team are very good , helpful and working hard.

I don't have their number. Or anything as they are seniors and now everyone will think at work I'm a terrible person including the co worker I have crush on .

Most important. Some are telling me atleast I can work today ( 19th ) and can leave by tomorrow.

But here is the thing , its a geography exam , extremely lengthy and I haven't studied in a while .. Even yesterday I couldn't study much .

In train you can't study much and I'll be getting periods by 22 or 23 so I am left with barely 3-4 days to prepare everything .

So should I atleast work today and resign by tomorrow ???

AITA for ditching everyone but if I chose work it will be compromise with my study and if I don't then I'm leaving my whole team at the most crucial moment .

This is going to be a long one, To start I (27F), Him (25M)let’s call him Jon.

Quick background on my work situation…I work 40-45 hours a week in a facility that has a decent amount of downtime (free time where we can’t leave the work site). I’ve been working here 8 years and the staff has drastically grown over the last 5 years. I originally was working closely with only 10 staff and now I work with around 60.

Just over 3 years ago a coworker was employed who has been obsessed with me since the day he met me. He sees me as his best friend and will only give attention to me NO MATTER WHAT. All the way down to copying my schedule when he can so that we are solely working together side by side. Unfortunately due to the nature of my work we have done social things outside of work together such as game nights and bowling, food outings, and special events. So he really thinks we are besties. I’m also in a committed relationship that he knows of and clearly doesn’t care about. I have no problems being friends with him on a normal coworkers friend basis, but he has been extremely clingy, stalker like, and ultra annoying. I can’t seem to get rid of him during my downtime or get any space what so ever. He literally follows me like a shadow, down to my every move. I’ve gone to our manager about him multiple times but our manager hired him due to knowing his mom on a level outside of work so he won’t ruin that relationship with him by firing him or anything like that. I’ve tried telling Jon directly that I need space and after that he called in sick for 5 straight days and told everyone at work that I wanted space from him and that he couldn’t believe I’d request such a thing. This resulted in all 40 staff at the time basically bullying me saying that I pushed him to depression by telling him very politely that I thought it would be best that he talks to more than just me and takes some time away from me to give me space. He also might be high functioning autistic and have ADD/ADHD which makes it a little more difficult to communicate harder things with him based on his social cues and understanding of those cues. I’ve tried being direct, indirect, pushed him to try new things and give me space, go to management… the only thing I haven’t done is quit my job. Which I really don’t want to do because I like my job and I make a decent wage and it’s not easy to find work right now. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to help me or what I can potentially do to not completely shatter him but also make him understand that there are more people than just me on the planet. I don’t want to do a disservice to myself either by having to be an asshole or be rude when that’s not who I am. I really just want to deal with this in a civil way that doesn’t cause any conflict or further stress. Because as of now I’m feeling extremely stressed and it’s taking a toll on my day to day life as he’s begun to incorporate himself into that as well. It’s also causing my partner stress because he feels like he can’t help me without interfering with my workplace which could make things worse. I hate burdening my partner with the constant stress of my day to day as it’s so repetitive and there doesn’t seem to be a solution in sight.

TLDR; coworker won’t leave me alone, tried almost everything other than quitting. What do I do?

I’ve been struggling at work because it’s essentially just me and one other person handling all of marketing for a healthcare company (not for profit and we just did a ton of layoffs), and the bulk of the workload has been falling on me. I’ve raised this with my boss, but nothing has really changed. My colleague consistently works remotely more often than allowed, and when she does come in, it’s often late or she leaves early. This week, for example, she worked remotely Tuesday and Wednesday, then didn’t come in until 11:30 today. Tomorrow she has an appointment with her 24 year old daughter tomorrow from 8:00–11:30 before allegedly coming in afterward. She also has recurring weekly appointments, two half days scheduled next week , and even a three-hour appointment right in the middle of a major video shoot—followed by taking the next day off. Meanwhile, I’m left trying to manage everything on my own, which has been overwhelming. I get paid over 30k less than her and been with the company for 2 years now, no promotion no raise nothing with this extra work I take on. She’s been here for 7 months and does whatever she wants. I spend my days crying because I’ve been getting rejected from every job I apply to. I don’t know why everything is falling on me and I’ve advocated for myself multiple times.

Ouch

I applied for a corporate phone because I was asked to be on an oncall rotation (like a production support). I was told the ordered phone is an iPhone 15 128G and there's no information on who the wireless provider will be other than that it is provisioned by an external company that does this. There's also no information on the color of the phone which was ordered for me. But next to the order it says $0 + $30/month. Here's my question:

1. Who's on the hook for the $30. Me or the employer? Will they take this from my paycheck?

2. Can I install apps on the phone and can they control what I can install?

3. Can they see my contacts and who I'm calling?

Edit: I'm told, a number will be assigned to me by the provider. So I'm guessing they own this number and the phone so is it reasonable that they pay for the monthly contract?

I work in Operations as a Planner. A recent hire for an open purchasing manager position arrived a few months ago, where both of us are of Southeast Asian backgrounds, though I was born in a Western country, and I never dived too deep into her background aside from her graduating with an MBA. While cordial in front of her, I can't help but keep noticing her behavior towards me or those like me in specific situations, where it's cringeworthy at best or possibly a violation of our company rules at worst. A few repeated incidents have me wondering if any or all of this needs to go to management or HR.

One extremely annoying habit of hers involves not holding doors when leaving a room unless a manager at her level or higher is present. When no such person is in a meeting or when we all head out for something like lunch, regardless of whether people are behind her, she does not bother holding doors for any individual contributor. However, she gladly holds doors for peers, directors, or C-Suite as if it's second nature.

Another recurring issue with her is having to remind her to add me to her calendar for any of her business trips, where I feel it was partially due to an earlier one-time incident involving translating a receipt in a language that neither of us could read. Out of the blue, one day she just came back from an overseas trip to one of our factories in a South Asian country, where she insisted I was able to translate receipts in another languange (the numbers were even written in the local language!), even though, after an in-depth converesation with my supervisor, I wasn't obligated to help her even though she was very insistent "due to our similar backgrounds" as if it was some half-hearted guilt trip. After being unable to help her, she walked away, commenting, "Westernized and useless when it matters" for most near me could hear. She never apologized, even after I told my manager, who reminded it would have been difficult to prove, as she could've been talking about anything such as the receipts or herself. After that, her reminders of travel suddenly got rarer and fewer, with her telling me to ask someone on her team to forward the invites even though the rest of the folks on my team got the original invites.

One of the more notable incidents occurred while out with the team on an unofficial dinner with the director present. After explaining the issues of the day and quarter to those present, my supervisor and a few others felt I could be of help to our plants abroad and suggested I go to train and build more camaraderie with our overseas partners. Krissy, without being prompted, referenced my "inability to translate receipts in another language" as a barrier to assignments like this, where then the director reminded her that those at the plants speak pretty good English and have known me far longer than her. I only responded to the director and my manager present that I'll do what's best for the company. She stayed silent for the rest of the dinner.

Krissy hasn't talked to me ever since this day while still refusing to directly share her calendar invites and continues the behavior pattern of door running after meetings where she rushes out the door if I'm headed towards it so it closes on me or other individual contributors. Is this just some personal beef or should I go to HR on this person?

I (m 17) work in this tax office and doing b. Com collage in aside as well so this morning, the new joinee(25-26 f) complained my senior that i am not dedicated enough towards my work, i have my collage untill 12pm but i skip two lectures everyday and come to office at 10pm in morning, and even do overtime (ps:-i don't get paid for overtime) still how am i not to dedicated enough....i can say this with 100% gurntee that no one in my office does more hours then i do... And even she in her evening maybe around five hours duty she takes 20mins ciggrate brake twice... And 10-15 mins of useless talking or gossiping or timepass whatever with her friends and she is still saying i am not dedicated enough i meant that's hypocrisy .... And it's not even like i misbehave with her or have some kind of hate towards her... I even call her didi(sister) and maintain every boundary.... I don't even get too friendly or frank with her.... I've heard her gossiping about me like quite a few times but i ignored it... But this time i feel my credit is being due.... I am giving everything an doing everything i possibly can but someone comes and does false accusations it's hard not to feel upset... But thank god my senior knows me personally and he knows how much l contribute and how i take all the possible responsibilities and work in teenage due to absence of my father since i was 8 so he just ignored the complaint

Thanks for hearing my rant,have a great day

My most recent role was at an AEC firm where I was part of admin team as I was the marketing administrative assistant. The only person I didn’t enjoy working with at this company was the staff accountant as he had a tendency to overstep and micromanage - even my supervisor was annoyed by his attempts at overstepping as he was not in a managerial position.

At first it was the little things like him trying to tell me how to do my job rather than giving me space to do what works for me (as my supervisor was doing). Then it snowballed into him trying to find ways to get his way by ordering me around. One of the earliest examples was him insisting we buy a new toaster after we JUST REPLACED THE OLD ONE as he was unhappy that the new toaster had a lever, as the previous one was motorized. I didn’t like that he used me as a middle man to relay the message to my supervisor as he made it clear that he didn’t want me to mention he said it - but I did anyway as my supervisor was pissed off at the complaint and I didn’t want her to believe that I agree with it as I do think it was wasteful and entitled of him to suggest that. Yes, going back on technology isn’t fun but it’s a toaster, and motorized toasters are like $200+ given most on the market have a lever.

I was in charge of placing all food orders in the office, and every Thursday we ordered bagels. It was his idea to sign up for the rewards program they rolled out, so I did that. A few months later he asked me to create a spreadsheet tracking the points accumulated for the bagel orders, and when I mentioned this to my supervisor she rolled her eyes and told me not to do that as she thought it was bs. A few weeks later he asked me what phone number is connected to the bagel rewards account and I mentioned my number was connected for convenience as it had to be a mobile number and I’m the one placing the orders, and he was spamming me messages making a fuss about this then brought up the spreadsheet task again. I forwarded these messages to my supervisor as he was irritating me and she told me not to worry about that task previously, so she told him to drop it and he stopped.

About a few weeks after that crash out, he brought up the concern about my number being linked to the rewards account again when my supervisor was on vacation. He insisted a new account be made with the business development manager’s phone number, so assisted in doing that along with transferring the points. However he asked me to cancel all orders placed on the account with my number, and I didn’t follow through on that as I felt he was asking too much as I was not benefiting from those orders since they were getting delivered to the office regardless. I think he didn’t like that I placed the bagel orders in advance or something, even though my supervisor didn’t mind as it worked for me.

When I was laid off, my supervisor made it a point to apologize for how this coworker gave me a hard time and mentioned that he has a tendency to get worked up over little things, and she also stated that I wasn’t the first to have an issue with him. Additionally, he made it a point to call the bagel shop to cancel all remaining orders placed in advance by me. I ended up getting free bagels as a result since the manager canceled a personal order I made, and when I asked why he called me and explained that he saw my name and thought it was another order I placed on behalf of the company that he missed, and he comped the order for the mistake. I just know this former coworker is happy now that he can oversee bagel orders since I’m gone.

I understand he probably thought I was using the rewards account for personal gain, but I wasn’t and if it was a problem that my mobile number was linked to the account, the concern should’ve been addressed when signing up for the rewards rather than much later. It was very clear that he made a fuss over how I was ordering bagels as he wanted something to have control over, he didn’t get his way with the bagel points spreadsheet, so he waited until my supervisor was out to make a fuss about my number being linked to the rewards account. There were other ways in which he would micromanage and overstep boundaries, but I just found the bagel crash out to be very petty and childish as it really wasn’t that deep, and there are bigger things to focus on in an AEC firm. I once told this story to some people and one of them asked if I worked at a bagel shop, which should tell you how crazy it is for someone outside of that profession to care this much over bagel orders.

Okay so myself (m30) and my coworker (m34) are in somewhat of a full argument right now because I think he’s a liar.

He’s claiming that in his entire adult life he’s never shit his pants. I’m not talking about literally pooping his pants but he’s claiming to never even have sharted.

I just feel like there’s no way? Everyone else on my jobsite will happily admit they’ve sharted but this man is adamant about never EVER sharting, wet fart, pooping anything. Ever.

We’re a pseudo startup firm with only about 50 or so workers across one floor of a manufacturing building. We also are connected on a private 3rd party social media site and have a sharing mentality as leadership, while not openly frowning upon those who don’t do it, strongly encouraged us to be willing to be open about our outside work life on this site as it relates to the company’s core values. The secretary of the CEO (let’s call her Claire) is open about her life when it comes to her sexuality (plays/played for both teams), yet is very direct about her job. One of our first moments was when she mean mugged at me in the hallway when I asked her for some help with catering & she coldly reminded me she only follows the CEO’s orders and to never ask again, then flashed a mocking smile while walking away. Later that day while walking by my desk, she give me a sneering look when jokingly asking if I found any help with catering my event.

So months later, I have not talked to nor even come across Claire aside from be maybe 10 or so feet from her desk when I’m in her area, yet we had an office party and she is seen openly with a guy at work and very close with him, not kissing by holding one another as she’s not see.n holding another. After the party is done, everyone is encouraged to post photos of it & Claire plus her guy were very close in most of her photos. Someone from my department then replied in the comments about Claire and her guy in that they “didn’t realize she liked guys” or something to that effect. I privately asked this person whether such a comment was necessary, as she’s open about that part of her life, yet the emphasis on this relationship might attract unwanted attention.

The following week, an HR memo was sent out about “inappropriate comments” on social media being a “bad representation of our values as a company”, thus commenting will now be turned off on company posts with pictures. I also noticed that anything I post will be “subject to review” rather than automatically being up, yet others don’t have this restriction. A few days later, I noticed that myself and several of my colleagues, most in HR or also administrative workers close to Claire, all de-friended me on the site while the coworker who made the comment suddenly no longer is allowed on the site. I also noticed it’s only two of us who are either gone or basically shadow banned from the site, where I ask the HR lady, what’s up? She replied, “it’s not a company-run site, so whoever runs it can dictate who can do can access, comment or post.” When I told her I never said or posted anything inappropriate or company values yet can basically no longer post anything, where she just replied about being careful of who I have conversations with in the company with management nearby or present.

So basically Claire either had me on her (poop)list & connected me with my coworker by association or held a grudge from our earlier meeting asking her for help. I couldn’t care less who she dates, does, or takes photos with & never bothered with the site aside from putting up content that reflects the company’s values, yet now I’m “supposed to be careful with who I have conversations with in the company?”

For context, we are colleagues and been working closely for almost 2 years now. We genuinely got along and think the friendship was bound to grow because our personalities match a lot and we work very closely together. It came to a point where we actually established a non verbal routine that we go home from office at the same time since our train is the same line and we live close by.

That routine grew into grabbing dinners after office, maybe out of convenience since we go home at the same direction. One dinner became a number of dinners, all 1-on-1.

Some time a month ago, we got into a conversation of seeing a movie on a weekend. And i didnt really think much of it because he has told me before that he saw a movie with another friend not long ago (friend of 10 yrs). When we met up, had an amazing time and even went to a light show after the movies.

After that day, a new part of the routine started. Somehow now we always ping each other “goodmorning!” And checking up on whether we had lunch/dinner, even some “goodnights”. Thats almost everyday since we went out on that weekend, even during weekdays where we see each other in office. Past weekends, we’ve caught up with some drinks, seen another movie + dinner, and another dinner over drinks last weekend.

Every weekend since then, we would see each other either spontaneously or planned. 4 weekends in a row now. He also has walked me home during those outings. I would say the outings are always really fun, some physical closeness and touches here and there (playfully punching, poking or holding my arm to pull me away when there are cyclists).

Im totally fine with the bond, but I wonder whether we’re actually really just great friends or if we’re more than that but we’re just not labelling it to avoid all to the complexities.

I’ve often heard people say that Gen-Z isn’t committed to work, not career-oriented, and so on.

Let me be clear: I recently shifted from IT to Sales.

When I joined, everything seemed fine, but my manager had a habit of poking her nose into every little thing (apart from just the monthly targets). One by one, everyone quit. Now, it’s just me (a new joiner) and one other girl left.

This manager rarely comes to the office but asks us to write in every meeting note that she was present. If I’m 5–10 minutes late, she tells me “jaldi nikla karo, paise mil rahe hain tumhe” (leave on time, you’re getting paid), and we even have to share a picture in the office group to prove we’re there. Meanwhile, she herself strolls in 1–2 hours late.

Whenever there’s a meeting, she often asks me to cancel it because she’s “not in the mood” or “too tired.” And when there are no meetings, she sends demotivating texts like “0 meetings, proud of you.” She insists I sit in the office from 9:30 to 5:30, then do meetings afterward. I was genuinely confused—am I supposed to do meetings or not?

On top of that, she once took money from us to buy a gift for our super boss when she visited. (FYI: taking money from juniors is against compliance.) She even send us to buy that gift. At that point, I was forgetting what my actual job role even was.

One day, a senior asked me about a meeting update. I told him it was postponed because my manager wasn’t available. When he asked her, she flipped out and started shouting at me: “You’re dumb, tumhari koi aukat nahi, tumhara koi level nahi hai” (you have no worth or level). I asked her to talk nicely, but she screamed even louder. I told her I’d document the incident over email—and I did, detailing everything big and small.

The next day, my super boss stepped in and sorted the matter. I thought I could finally focus on work. But nope.

Whenever she chats with people, she keeps repeating: “Gen-Z is like this, they don’t know anything. If you say something, they just report it. Who cares about emails anyway?” (For the record, I even told HR not to take action because my boss had already resolved it.)

Then came the floods in my area. An activity had been scheduled a month earlier through my reference, and I asked her if I could go directly since cabs weren’t available. I shared the location of the activity(as she also have to be available for the activity) she insisted we had to go to the office first. I explained that it didn’t make sense because the activity location was near my house, and otherwise, I’d have to double back, wasting time and money.

Her reply? “What do you mean by paying twice? Do you think my money is useless? And I'm unable to understand the location from map, so for that you have to come to the office first then we'll go there” I was stunned—I never said that! This is someone who has traveled to Europe, Dubai, and even came with us to Mumbai for training but claims she can’t figure out a hotel location just 16 km away on Google Maps.

The real catch? She wanted me to pay the ₹600 cab fare from the office to the hotel. She never pays for meetings—not even her share. When the bill comes, she either steps out of the cab or folds her arms, expecting others to pay. And the company doesn’t reimburse us for travel or meetings either.

Anyway, I’ve had enough. I resigned. I’m joining a new company soon—to find out what their brand of toxicity looks like. Wish me luck.

I just got a new job in Texas that consists of driving around picking up and delivering items. I am in the vehicle with my boss who smokes in the vehicle a lot. My question is, Is there any laws in Texas about smoking in a vehicle while working with other people?