Month: April 2022

I was on some support chat dealing with a dumb issue, and the rep said something like “well ms lonabirdie it was wonderful speaking with u today and i was so pleased to send u that password reset email, i would love to be able to help u again sometime” and like… how is this normal? no one is fucking pleased to send a password reset email. he literally wouldve been more pleased to sit there and do nothing bc then at least he can relax, i was making him do one of the worlds most tedious tasks and there is nothing wrong with having a tedious job but u arent pleased about it. and him saying he was pleased about it made me feel icky i wouldve felt way better about the interaction if he had said “hey lonabirdie i sent the password reset email, is there anything else?…

Like, if the workers of a business were having a strike, and the business then started hiring scabs, have there ever been people that go in and get hired, and then just join the strike as well? Just an idea I had outta nowhere like a minute ago. I'm guessing the place would just fire you?

I just had a terrible chat with my dad. We spoke about taxes, rising living costs and the general state of the world. It went about as well as expected. I told my dad I think it’s disgusting that the CEO of my company can rake in more money than he could ever spend and the people at the bottom are struggling to make ends meet. This comes at the same time as a tax rise in the UK that is going to greatly affect people in the lower levels of society. I told him that it isn’t sustainable & asked him what am I supposed to do if I can’t afford to heat my flat, buy food & pay my taxes. He casually told me I would have to go on food stamps… The guy lives in a £1M house with no mortgage, living his best life whilst his…

I thought I'd share mine. This was a year ago. The company I worked for was decent, as they treated their employees well, but they didn't know how to manage to save their life. I'm a senior front end software engineer and am intermediate in the back end. I was making $54k, and where I live the average is $75-116k JUST for a senior front end developer with no back end experience. I didn't know what my value was worth until three years later ($54k was my final raise) and I told them I need a $30k raise ASAP. Knowing I wouldn't get this raise, I started looking for a new job. I immediately got multiple offers $20-$30k above what I currently make from multiple employers. After a week of me telling them what I need, they came back with just $62k. I told them they can match me with…