r/Employment

I have a question. I had an employee here steal cash and inventory (he got caught) and he quit right after we caught him (so he was never “fired”). This happened this January.

This week I got a call for a reference check (prior to them quitting they said they were looking for jobs in their field and asked to put me as a reference. At the time I said yes.)

It seems that he forgot to take me off. If an employer asks me what’s the reason for them leaving, or if I was to hire them again, could I tell them due to theft?

Idk, if this is the right sub. I recently started hiring remote team members across different regions, mainly Europe and Latin America, and I’m running into something I didn’t fully think through at the start, time zones and working hours.

We’ve been trying to stay collaborative with regular check-ins and some overlap hours, but I’m starting to wonder if I’m pushing things too far without realizing it. Things like asking someone to join a late meeting, replying outside their local hours, or expecting quick responses, I’m not sure where that crosses into compliance issues in their country.

I want to keep things flexible and respectful, but also make sure the team can actually work together without delays.

For those managing international teams, how do you handle this balance? How do you stay compliant with local labor laws while still keeping communication and collaboration smooth?

May 2025: I saw a job listing at my church for a part time job that fit my skill set. It was PT, listed at $18/hour. 20 hours/week. I applied, asked for $20/hour on my application, was offered the job at $20/hour no questions asked, and started a week later. It was a lot at first but I’m settled in now. I like the work and my team.

In January 2026, I went full time. (32 hours/week) and a company re-structure landed me new title (2 teams merged to one, so I’m slowly starting to manage things differently but careful not to take on tasks that are not part of my job description.) I’m no longer called an Admin (even tho I still do admin tasks) my title is now Exec Assistant. I don’t really care about titles so that doesn’t matter much to me. The job isn’t hard.

But I do care about being paid fairly. I’m still making $20/hour, FT (32 hours/week) I work from home 90% of the time, off Sat/Sun/Mon. Lots of flexibility and down time. I really love all the perks. They take good care of us. I don’t take benefits bc my spouse has excellent benefits so I’m covered. I pay in to life insurance.

I am coming up on 1 year - should I ask for a raise? I have no idea how much ppl make in this industry. I admit I kind of prefer being hourly… is there a perk to being salaried?

Side note: it’s a growing mega church.

Lately it feels like most job platforms are more about data than jobs. You upload your resume, fill in tons of details—and then what? Endless emails, spam, and not many real callbacks.

I’m starting to think we’re the product, not the customer.

Even on LinkedIn, I’ve seen an increase in suspicious messages, fake recruiters, and sketchy offers asking for personal info.

What’s actually worked for you?

Direct company websites? Referrals? Smaller niche boards?

Curious what people here trust now—because the usual platforms aren’t feeling very reliable anymore.

hi all delete if not allowed! I have an interview on Tuesday for a promotion from my current role , and I just wanted some luck and any advice if possible! Thanks everyone!

April 2026 marks exactly 2 years post nursing school graduation, it's been a mixed period of ups and down. Internship provided some relief window but wasn't a complete one as I knew i had to have an exit plan. I opted to use this period to expand my worth, learnt how to write medical content, freelancing way my best projection of self-dependence. The innocent take was that together with my nursing certification I'll be at a better place to navigate to the streets.

Little did I know that this wasn't the case, it's been a year after the internship, I haven't actualized in either but I take everyday as an opportunity to improve never giving up. What lam certain is that breakthrough is inevitable,. What's your experiences guys, a suggestion on how to better build self will be appreciated also.

I literally don’t get it. You sign up to all these agencies, sit around waiting forever just to maybe get one call, finally start working and then a few days later it’s over like nothing. You can show up on time, do everything right, not miss a day and still get dropped before you even get a real chance. It just feels so pointless and exhausting.

the standard advice when picking between finance paths (ib vs pe vs corp dev vs asset mgmt vs hf) is "figure out what you're good at." that's not the useful question.

you're good at several of them. that's how you got offers in the first place. capability isn't the axis. the axis you actually need to isolate before picking is your decision architecture, speed vs deliberation, risk tolerance, and how much data you need to act. the paths have different defaults on those three, and if yours doesn't match the path's default you'll burn out by year 3 no matter how good you are.

i picked ib because i was good at it.but i also hated it by month 11. corp dev would have been closer to my actual decision architecture, but nobody i talked to at the time framed the choice that way. they framed it as prestige, comp, exit opps, which is fine but didn't predict my month-11 crash.

six questions i would force past-me to sit with before picking:

• do you want to be right fast or right carefully, and how much does being wrong cost you psychologically
• how much raw data do you need before you can decide, and how does that scale with stakes
• when you're shown an opportunity cold, do you feel excited or suspicious first
• do you think best in conversation or alone with a model
• how long can you hold a position without knowing if it's working
• when a decision you made goes sideways, do you re-examine the decision or re-examine yourself

nothing above shows up on cliftonstrengths, mbti, or hollandcode. all three measure capability, preference, or personality. none of them isolate decision architecture as its own axis.

save this or don't. if you sit with one of these for 10 minutes and it surfaces something, would genuinely like to hear which one did it.

I wish I could make this Reddit shorted. I’m an HR Coordinator who reports to the CFO. In November, after 7 months into the job, I reported to the owners of the company my bosses overwhelming feces odor. During meetings, I could tell others would turn or stay away from him and see their facial expressions of discomfort. I don’t understand how no one had ever reported this before. According to the owners, I was the first one to ever mention it. They told me that since I was “Head of HR” it was my responsibility to have the conversation with my boss. I waited to have that conversation after the holidays but soon after that meeting another person complained to the owners. This time the owners decided to step in and had the conversation with my boss. I feel the other person who complain was taken more serious than me yet the owners decided to only mention me as the person who complained. After that, it was hell. My boss called me into his office and passive aggressively told that if I ever had anything to say about him to go directly to him. Prior to this complaint, I had reported embezzlement activity which his was already feeling like I was making him look bad. His assistant which is the Accounts Payable and my back up had been giving me a hard time since I started working there but after this incident with my boss, she started targeting me even more. She made up lies about me, using confidential information for personal gain, overly policing my work, sent me rude and aggressive emails. On February, I reported this lady for her unprofessional conduct. My boss never took action. On April, I turned in my two week resignation due to the stress and emotional impact of their actions. I feel I followed protocol and always remained professional. Pay was great and I loved doing the administrative tasks. Im having a hard time finding a job with same pay. Praying that can find something better soon. Any advice would be super appreciated!!!

I clear every round taken by a US or if the person is male . why do I fail the rounds taken by a women ? . also please note iam a women . I have cleared rounds with IItians who are from fang companies but women. who take interview from a mid level company reject me . The pattern has been there 3 times is it just me or some body is facing the same situation also I record most of the interviews politically ask for feedback but you know you never get one.Also the women from US ,Tokyo all are AI giants iam able to clear rounds with them but women in India it is hard not being biased but I have noted a pattern after 4 failed interviews

We got new hires and my hours dropped tremendously, Including being put off 4 days, 3 days on. Well I had put a vacation months in advance, just got back from my week vacation.. and my hours got even worse. I literally got put for 4-6 HRS A MF WEEK. I’m already seeking a new job but man is it worth going in , I make more doing instacart in a day idk its just wild. I do not want to bend over backwards.