Month: April 2022

You found out that your boss posted something on social media about you behind your back. She was angry about a certain situation and was venting. What was said was extremely insensitive and not true.

Sorry this is confusing but it's a bit tricky to explain. coming into work before my shift, clocking in an hour before to get ready and open. clock out when store opens to the public and shift officially starts. clock in for breaks, out again when I'm back on, repeat process at closing by clocking in. only paid for time I'm clocked out as my “actual work time”

If it's not one thing, it's another. I'm a good worker. I WANT to have a good, fulfilling day. I want to be productive. I want structure. I've had all kinds of jobs, in different positions, doing different things. I just want to go in, get paid, do my work, and go home. But every job I've held is it's own special kind of awful. Can anyone else relate?

I'm so fucking tired of this. In order to survive, you are forced to work or face the consequences. I've talked to therapists before that didn't understand how bad off I was. Family thinks I'm lazy and won't emotionally support me. I just wish I could paint dog portraits all day and sustain myself on that. That's how fed up of work I am. I'd rather eat beans and rice and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches if it meant not waking up daily just to work my life away. I don't understand how people do this their whole life and not see how much they're being scammed. The US job market is like a giant used car lot and it's like the devil is the salesman. You work in exchange for your soul.

Sorry this will be long, but I'm really upset. I have volunteered as an SA crisis counselor before so I so have some experience on how crisis volunteers need to be trained. So some highlights from my super long training session today which made my blood boil: -The person training us told us that we are not allowed to ask any questions. Ever. Not about assignments, not about the training, nothing. One girl dared to try to ask a question and he instantly cut her off and snapped- “I already said no questions.” How does that make any sense. -He tried to make it seem as though the program was doing US (the volunteers) a favor instead of US doing THEM a favor by VOLUNTEERING in a hugely mentally exhausting line of work. -They made us pay a $60 nonrefundable deposit to secure our spot. Which felt fairly MLM scheme-y…

Wise words I heard constantly from the Managers at a shitty car dealership that paid minimum wage and treated the employees like