Month: March 2022
I didn’t know this man but my father worked with him for many years. Something got to me after I read his obituary. In it they mentioned this man’s family he was leaving behind and his job. That’s it. This man was 66 years old. I don’t know how he passed away. Whoever wrote this obituary either did not know enough about him or his entire life outside of family was his job. His legacy written in the newspaper was his almost 40 years of blue collar service for a company. No hobbies, no notes about his personality or anything. My dad left this company years ago but still put in a solid decade there. He continued to work blue collar gigs until he was injured on the job leading to disability. He gets on me about getting a job with a pension or whatever and I understand that he…
Especially in the south.
I work in a typical office environment for a company of around 2000 nationwide. I make decent money, have unlimited overtime available if I ever want something extra, and have decent benefits. For the first time ever I'm actually happy where I'm at. I am great at my job, play the corporate card well, shake the right hands and impress the right people, all just to guarantee I keep my current job and take home a paycheck. However, now my expectations have skyrocketed. Every one of my supervisors is now grooming me for a promotion, which I straight up do not want. If I mention this, everyone is shocked. “Why wouldn't you want to be promoted?!” My answer is always the same. I absolutely hate interviews. I hate spending weeks anxiously memorizing scripted answers to researched questions asked by executives who have known myself and my work ethic for five…
I have been having some medical issues, I told my boss some details so they would be aware. My boss kept and kept digging for more info, and stupid me did give in. They promised this would be confidential, but that they would confirm if I could get short term disability with the company nurse, The answer was no because I didn't opt in on my insurance. Later in the day I got called to the office to talk to the nurse and HR manager about my condition, which humiliated me. I thought my boss was only supposed to ask about short term disability, not explain my whole condition to them. Later I also found out my boss had told my coworker, and who knows who else they told. I quit this job today and am now wondering if there is anything legal I can do. Fuck these lying bosses.
I have been nervous to write this post because I still can’t believe it is real and I stood up for myself. I applied for a job that I have an extensive background in. At this company they are lacking people with my specific knowledge. They called did the whole interview thing and made an offer. They offered me 56K and I said no. I told the recruiter on the original call I wanted 70-75K. They came back with 65K but I stood my ground. I did it thanks to this sub and understanding my value as a worker and standing up for what I want from a job. I still am in shock that I did it. I hate confrontation and was raised to be happy to have a job and take whatever they offer you. Thank you for helping me see my value as a worker