I have a day trip booked on 5/24. I’m flying to ONT airport. Please give me suggestions on what to do. I already have a car rented. Drive to Venice beach, Laguna beach or Huntington Beach? My flight lands at 7am and doesn’t leave until 8pm!
Food, beach, activities suggestions are appreciated!
I got stuck in a gated trash area of my apartment complex and had no way to get out so I had to call 911!
We are obligated to throw out our boxes there or we will get fined.. I did as told and the gate closed behind me one night. The lock latched and there was no way for me to exit from the inside unless I climbed on the dumpster and scaled the wall then jumped down 20+ feet. I didn’t want to risk breaking a bone so I called 911. When the fire department arrived they had a hard time entering the complex. They had to wait outside the gates for 10+ mins until another resident came and let them In. At that point my phone had already died and I was panicking. When the fire fighters finally let me out, they tested the door and confirmed that there is no way to exit from the inside. I informed the apartment complex of this and they told me that the reason there is no way to exit from the inside is because they want to keep trespassers out. They then fixed the issue by putting the dumpster outside the gated area and offered me $150 to keep quiet about the incident (towards a spa or toward my amenities ). That isn’t even 10% of my rent so I didn’t even respond to them yet. I honestly don’t care to have the $150, I just want to break my lease and leave.
How can I break my lease without having to pay the early termination fee? (Which is 2 months of rent + 60 days)
And it isn’t just this incident that’s making me want to leave… mgmt lacks effective communication, my apartment always needs repairing which is crazy because this is a new building but since moving here 4 months ago, my stove didn’t work, my dryer didn’t work, they have to replace all my floor boards, cars are getting broken into, etc.
I received my 2025 performance review and it was surprisingly awful! I got the lowest score possible and didn’t get a raise. This came as a surprise because prior to this all my reviews were great and there was no previous coaching, warnings, etc.
My supervisor claimed my performance was inconsistent and I made someone “uncomfortable”. I asked her for examples and she provided me 1 example from Jan 2026 (not 2025!) and I was able to prove that was a lie with screenshots. After my meeting with my supervisor, I met with my senior manager. He informed me he would meet with the supervisor to obtain the examples she used on why she gave me a low score.
A month went by and I reached out multiple times but nothing was sent to me. I was even left on read for 2 weeks. I then proceeded to reach out to HR to start an appeal process.
HR did not have a formal process in place so I was basically the guinea pig. HR asked my supervisor for proof as well and it took them over 2 weeks to obtain anything.
I then met with HR & my supervisor. During this meeting, HR told me to let the past be the past and focus on the future (which made me upset). HR stated that the supervisor sent them data showing my numbers were low. I asked for the dates and they were refusing to provide me any. They finally gave me an example.. I was then able to prove that the example date was not accurate because i had worked 6 hours and was on pto for 2 of those hours that day but HR did not care. They have refused to send me the so called “proof”.
I then met with another manager and he admitted that they were “fudging” the numbers daily because the system did not accurately capture our hours worked. He also asked me to stop going to HR because he does not want Hr to know they were giving us discretionary pto because we would all get in trouble.
He said he will try to get the numbers for me to “ease” my mind. It’s been 3 weeks and no numbers from him either. He even sent me a message saying he was unable to retrieve anything and had to ask an expert for help.
I am at a standstill now. I did not get a raise, no one wants to send me proof and I was able to prove the 2 examples were not accurate. My manager even mentioned me getting a promotion soon but I am confused as to why are you offering me a promotion if I supposedly did such a bad job? It is confusing.
I do not have attendance issues, no write ups, no previous warnings, I do my job every day! I even have proof of them giving me shout outs and praising my work.
What should I do? I’m scared to continue to go to HR because I could be fired and so could my entire team if they find out about the discretionary pto our managers allowed us to take… but at the same time I want to be able to defend myself.