Month: March 2022

I got out of retail where 8 people quit in 3 weeks lmao and was so happy when I got 2 job interviews the same week from “good” companies. I go to interviews and I find out the wage is ahh alright, but work hours are either 9-5 monday-fucking saturday in one job or 6am-2pm / 2pm-10pm with every other saturday working too in the other job. Count the almost 1 hour each way travel time….and am I not supposed to have a god damn fucking life ? Worst part is if I don't take any of these, I'd prolly work for a poverty fuckin wage again. I hate this society and I will never feel like a part of it. Idk what to do anymore. Everything feels fake and artifical and everyone just accepts it. I always feel like “its ok, this is just temporary” and that keeps me…

In the breakroom a temp just lectured me for 15 straight minutes about why billionaires are going to save us, Amazon workers pee in bottles because they want to for attention, Texas is the place to be, the space race is good for manufacturing jobs and not a waste of resources… etc. He wants to move to Texas but is sad that nurses don't make more money there. I mentioned never wanting to live in the south because of the healthcare and education situation. Got told “maybe you should go get a bachelor's and educate yourself.” My reply: I don't think I need a third one, seems like gilding the lily a bit. He left.

I have only been here for 3 months… I have a masters in Environmental Resource and Regulation. I tried letting my boss know that the way we are handling a certain process (I don’t want to give details) is considered out of compliance- she didn’t want to hear it… so now I’m given an exercise on “how to look up regulations” which I did and even used that as evidence to back that up. This is cutting into my more meaningful projects. I send her request via email as it stated, she calls me and now she wants it in PowerPoint. She’s argued with the director, other employees and now I feel fucking crazy. I’m not sure what to do or how to go about this. The pay is great, the benefits are better than my old job that told me I can come back anytime. I want to stay…

So right after grad school I got a corporate internship at a nice company but quickly realized it wasn’t for me even thought the people were nice and I could do the job well enough. During this period I got really bad depression and have been pretty heavily medicated since. Fast forward one miserable year later, my bosses asked me to stay full time and sign a contract – my immediate thoughts were no but then I really researched the job market and realized that my one good chance was to stay at this company. I have started the position full time and I am not doing well at all. My doctors increased my meds but the depression and anxiety is sometimes unbearable. I catch myself lying all the time to my boss and just overall don’t like myself or who I have become because of this corporate lifestyle. I…

I have worked a total of 16-18 different jobs since 2010. I've worked management, restaurants, janitorial, semiconductor, translator, and maintenance. I have a college degree but it's not my passion. I'm curious how many jobs people here have had.

The company I was hired for used another employee as the excuse for why I couldnt have sundays off for church. In July 2021 that employee quit and I requested Sundays off, my request was ignored or told no in July, August, and November. In February I got covid bad and was home 2 weeks, in that time i talked to dept of labor and a few other business owners all saying that the company has no reason to deny my reasonable request and I am protected by EEOC and civil rights act. I thus told the company I was done doing Sundays, and made it clear to hr these various protections. I come back from covid and my first week I notice I'm scheduled for Sunday. I inform my boss multiple times I won't be in and schedule needs to be changed, he flat out refuses and has the…