Month: March 2022

I had been at-home freelancing even before the pandami'. Due to personal reasons, I have gone back out and gotten an in-person job which (in the job posting) offered the prospect of some remote work. I knew it was going to be mostly in-person. Here are some of the insane things my younger-than-me [37F] supervisor has said in just the past several days. re: me offering to remote-in for a meeting b/c I live an hour away. “It's just too much of a pain in the ass.” re: asking her to reply “going” to a FB event in order to help the promo (I'm in charge of marketing). “I can't because I'm a group admin.” After clarifying that yes, in fact, you can, if you change who you're responding as. “I'm not ACTUALLY going, so it would feel weird.” Me: can I move my desk space closer to the door…

NOT uber or anything like that. But, there's an app where companies who just need short term work post shifts. Once you've completed a couple shifts on the app with any employer you are then able to cash out a few hours after your shift ended. Since these places do not have to worry about benefits, you can easily make $90-$120 a day. So, in my case, two shifts cover rent for the week. The third shift let's me put some back for my monthly cell phone bill and cover essentials. A fourth shift (if I wanted to take it) gives me a lot of fun money. So, I can choose to grind through a 7-day week and then take four days off. Then work three or four shifts and then take three or four days off. I will finally not be tied to a schedule. If I don't feel…

As I was doing taxes, it reminded me again that inflation not only makes products cost more, it also moves us into higher tax brackets, even though our wages aren't keeping up with inflation. Even for those of us that get at 2% or 3% raise, like myself, I am losing 4% to inflation, and then my taxes go up also, so I'm losing even more than the 4%.

Thank you for the motivation to do this, community! I wouldn’t have had the actual push to do this without the posts, encouraging words or red flags of hostile conditions. But as of today I resigned from my disgusting inhumane job, turned the letter in to my boss and returned the keys for the office building. I now feel compelled to share my story. Things that I rather would not share, but feel the need to share. The bullying I experienced does not necessarily cause infringement of any laws because the business is small~ 17 people and if there are laws they are not applied. I have experienced discrimination against having a chronic illness (type 1 “juvenile” diabetes). I am told I am burdening the system by needing frequent breaks to use the bathroom, drink water, have a snack etc. Everytime I have had to step away I’ve been asked…

Dude worked the stock market, amassed a fortune and has been traveling the world since then. Seemed like an okay guy, but was disconnected from reality.

The title pretty much sums it up, but I was heavily considering quitting one of my two jobs as working 6 days a week has absolutely been taking a toll on my already poor mental and physical health. Job A is what I go to school for and will continue doing higher education (dog training = constantly getting more certifications) while Job B is a hobby job that I LOVE to do. Job A has paid me 12.50 hourly since I started over a year ago while Job B started me at 13.50 and has raised me to 14.50 without even being there 6 months. They are also negotiating another raise for me to be able to work Job B full-time so I can comfortably quit Job A. I was already considering leaving Job A due to the bosses having profit > wellbeing mindsets, crippling sales goals, being subjected to…

Just spent the whole weekend bouncing between bed and bathroom and back, it should be ok to call in sick on Monday even if I’m feeling better. My 2 rest days were anything but restful! I do mean proper sick though, not self inflicted drinking sick or the likes…