Month: March 2022

I verify insurance at a small dental office in San Francisco. We have many patients who work in tech and more than half of the tech workers work at either Facebook or Google. Let’s just say, these patients have a VERY generous insurance package. More than what would need to be covered for a standard year. However, a friend of mine who works for one of these aforementioned companies as a maintenance crew member (still fully employed by the company and has access to the companies cafeteria, parking, etc.) reached out to me to verify his insurance to see what would be covered at our office. I was SHOCKED to find out that he didn’t even have the same dental insurance provider let alone a PPO plan. He relayed to me that he only had one dental plan option. This friend of mine works very hard and has been with…

This is a long rant. Thank you if you read it. I just want one person to listen to me. To take me seriously. 24F. Parents spent my entire life telling me that there would be no higher achievement in my life than getting a “real” career / office job. That women weren't even allowed to be anything but secretaries when they were growing up, so I had so much opportunity. That they chose my name so I would be respected in an office setting, that they paid for me to go to a Montessori kindergarten so I could get into an advanced high school one day, so I could go to a good college, so I could get a good job, so I could make a lot of money and live better than they did. I graduated college with high honors and many awards, and it took me 2…

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I tested positive for Covid yesterday and had to finish my shift at work as no one could replace me. They gave me one day off but have asked to come in to close up tomorrow. I have fever, chills, body aches and generally can’t even go muster strength to get something to eat. This scrapping of self isolation (UK) is really ridiculous as it gives employers a stance to try and push people to go into work. The reason why I caught Covid was because staff members were coming in visibly sick and insisting it’s just a cold. I understand the government wants to return to normality but, this is not ok. (I’m not going in tomorrow)