u/normstra

How common is this? I’ve had two now in the last week or so and it’s so awkward when they try to get in the car…

After a few months out of work, I am about to return to the daily commute (and no doubt will start to reconsider my decision to decline the offer for a Geelong based job…) and am curious if the new station has made any difference at all for Geelong commuters? Like do the trains skip one of them and have half of those passengers compared to before? Or is it still just as bad?

Also very concerned about the number of delay and cancellation notifications I’ve been seeing recently - I definitely haven’t missed having to deal with those. 😩

Can anyone confirm if this is actually a thing or are all employee just told it’s not possible to refund onto any card? Most ridiculous thing ever being told I need to have a card I originally used when I no longer have that card and need to return a faulty item for a refund.

I worked for a large Australian company for just over seven years now, in a Team Leader role for the last five. Business had dramatically slowed over the last year or so, mostly due to poor business decisions that no one was held accountable for anything done to try and turn things around.

They took this as a cost cutting opportunity to cut my headcount, which resulted in a team member raising genuine mental health concerns which were ignored by management above myself when raised, in breach of OHS and on top of other related issues, I took the matter to WorkSafe which highlighted issues and lack of resources in the business, but ultimately didn’t result in any action.

For months I was made to feel demeaned and decisions were being made without consulting me and people in unrelated areas of the business tasked with trying to find solutions rather than working with myself. The business then eventually decided to cut costs further and just split up my part of the team and make my role redundant as well as another team member.

I was advised of this last week, with the “consultation” period ending yesterday and being informed of the confirmed decision first thing today, but was then told to leave immediately when I had every intention of working out the last 10 days remaining to be able to properly say goodbyes.

The manager then essentially stood over me as I packed up, making me feel rushed and then only being able to say a quick goodbye to those in my immediate vicinity. Being escorted out felt extremely demeaning as if I was being fired or had done something wrong. In this instance, they seemed to try to use “breaching confidentiality” as their reason for making me leave, as I had a team member on leave and I had checked in on them to confirm if they had received any HR meeting invitations regarding the proposed business changes.

From some quick research, being made to feel demeaned like this could apparently be cause for going to Fair Work, so I’m curious if anyone here has had any similar experiences or has any advice? Thanks in advance.