Recent Posts from Olivia Arocena

Olivia has been an official writer since the day she published her first poetry book at just 19 years old, but she’s been an unofficial writer since forever. After that came the publication of her Diaries, which she had been writing for most of her late teens and continues to do so today. One lucky day, she finally managed to merge her offline writing with her online persona and craft a blog, where she publishes more polished pieces aimed at a curious audience that can’t keep track of her many talents. She graduated from Drama School and is currently studying Linguistics. She is also chronically online, an avid reader, and a singer. A fascination with the many ways humans communicate is what drives her work and interests.

Olivia Arocena

Entitled boss quietly dumps his own admin onto an employee for months on end, dismissing any kind of confrontation about it: ‘He laughed and said "Let's not make a big thing of it"'

Employee describes the subtle negotiation tactic he applied during his interview to get it: 'Usually this is where people start stuttering or trying to justify why they deserve more but I decided to try something different this time'

Man refuses to continue supporting 60-year-old mother after 18 months of doing so, leading him to question whether or not that was a good decision: 'The timeline I warned her about has now arrived.'

Guy who started his own business starts behaving like he forgot what it's like to be an employee: 'The things he asks of me after hours and on my personal time... you'd think the guy never worked for anyone in his life'

Boss expects junior new hire to perform like an employee with 10 years of experience: 'I don't even know what my actual job description means anymore.'

Employee is forced to talk to customer service bot instead of a person and ends up developing another bot to run up the company’s AI bill: 'Maybe they'll provide customer service now, instead of foisting the responsibility on a chatbot.'

29-year-old wife is tired of her same-age husband’s people-pleasing tendencies. 'No one sees the other side of the coin, where he’s completely bitter and resentful because he feels that he gives more than he gets.'

Boss demands employee 'evaluate' whether leading people is for him after getting too emotional in a meeting, employee is left wondering if he still has time to flip the script: 'Everything doesn’t scream trust. We have lost this trust in you.'

Manager insists on buying expensive custom cakes for each coworker’s birthday and expects co-managers to pay for them, one considers calling in sick to avoid paying. “Average budget is $60 a cake, company does not reimburse.”

31-year-old man states that his coworkers' flirting is part of their culture, insists on ‘separating family from business’, leaving his girlfriend questioning whether he simply enjoys the attention: 'Am I overreacting?'