Month: February 2022

Turning coal into diamonds was a favorite way to justify pressure at my last company. We are making you better by making you do two jobs for the same salary. We are grooming you for bigger and better things someday. Turns out that coal stays coal no matter how much pressure it's under and artists stay artists even when they work at crappy companies. The only diamonds were on my manager's watch from the bonus he got for money saving staff cuts.

Hi all, if I sound like a whiny teenager I'm sorry. Going through a lot of stuff and work is the cherry on top right now. I'm working at a dealership as a lot attendant (I basically just look at cars and make sure they're ready to be shipped out) making $15/hr (min wage in Portland Metro Area). Currently it's raining pretty damn hard and in the short walk from the offices to the lot my clothes were completely soaked through, and I'm now sitting in a random car hiding from the deluge. I barely make enough for rent + necessities. I have a few interviews lined up but nothing certain and I'm worried if I tell them I'm not working in this weather for that pay they'll fire me and I'll be fucked and out of a job. This post probably makes no sense. Idk what I'm writing I'm…

Apparently I need to be more appreciative of all their requests to send emails and file documents. It really taught me a lot.

I need to vent to people that get it. No, nobody directly said the post title to me. I’ve contracted with a company that owes me $4,200 for the month of February. I’m not going to see my first day of February’s pay check until the second week of March. (Sucky contract I know) Coming off the pandemic I had to take whatever work I can get. I’m hired as a contractor not on staff and am not there full time, so I don’t get any benefits. Accidentally broke a tooth due to stress grinding and just had to pay for dental work. So now I have to decide which bills go unpaid. Good thing I do intermittent fasting as now I have extra motivation to only eat once a day. As a millennial with a decent job, I’m still just fucked. I’m sick of getting fucked over by super…

I work 50+ a week taking care of a house hold of adults that have brain injuries. My job barely pays a living wage for a single person. Management wants to write us up for arguing with the participants and asks us to take on more work than we are legally allowed to do. I am exhausted of work as I haven't taken time off since spring last year. We are short-staffed and my coworkers make life hard for each other all the time. We break multiple health care laws a day due to staffing issues and I'm just tired of the grind to barely get by. I only make 10.75 an hour but clear 30k a year. The pay isn't even a big issue. Sure it could be better and if it was we might have more people to staff the houses.

Sometimes I fantasize about a nation wide or global strike where everyone collectively decides to not attend work or school until we’re paid livable wages with better working conditions and until education is affordable. Instead we just take it, day after day after day. #stayinbedmovement

I typed out the following in response to that comment on a different sub. I was crying by the time I finished. I almost just hit the X, but decided it should go somewhere. I don't know that it'll really even get seen. But here ya go, a perspective from someone who has been a “non-medical frontline essential worker” through the whole thing. (yes, I need a vacation. yes, I'm working with a psychiatrist) – – – Seriously. I've worked in customer service for decades. I've always truly loved my current job (customer service retail) pre-covid (with the exception of a couple of bumps, been there a little over 11yrs). I'm currently more than double minimum wage & get good benefits. Since covid though. Yikes. I don't speak for everyone, but I speak for many- I'm burnt out. I'm exhausted all the time. We stayed open, we came in, you…