Month: April 2022

I'm posting for the first time in a long time after discovering this subreddit, and respect all the information everyone has been sharing so far. It's truly inspiring! My contract ends on April 30th as an adjunct prof at a local university, and I've decided not to renew in the fall. I've found out that my department is basically grooming a current grad student to take over my classes.. while also developing new courses for her to teach. Meanwhile I've been begging for more opportunities for the past 3 years. I'm one teaching term away from being eligible to get medical benefits, but even then I have to apply and it's not a guarantee. I've been teaching here since 2018 and genuinely thought it was my dream job. But I'm just sad and exhausted every day. I got my Masters to be able to teach, and based on performance reviews…

I have been working in academia for the past 8 years as an Assistant Professor. The pay is minimal, we have 6 days of classes and plus a lot of administrative work. Although we're expected to work 40 hours per week, we have to put in atleast 60-70 hours easily. The management is terrible and expects us to publish at least three articles per year. To add to this, our increment is tied to the number of publications. We've not received any increments for the past three years, despite publications, citing covid as a reason. I have a one year old child and I am unable to spend enough time with him because of the nature of my work. My students are the only factor preventing me from quitting immediately. I have recently received four offers from private organizations. They are offering a minimum of 40% hike in pay, unlimited…

I was listening to the rich dad poor dad audiobook yesterday, when he said to his rich dad “they deserve to get paid more why don’t you increase their wages” he replied “because I don’t have to , it’s their fear not mine, more money won’t solve their problems if anything it will get them in more debt” how do you feel about this? I get where he’s coming from but damn

For context I work in a little restaurant with 3 other floor staff, one shift only needs 2 people from 11-11 and 12-11. We each work around 5 days a week, meaning 55-60 hours each. The middle of the day is quiet so we get to relax, but basically my entire day is lost to the job. I’m very close with the manager, We worked together for a few years in a different restaurant before this and we’re friends outside work so our relationship is very laid-back, even though she is senior to me. Today I mentioned that I would like 3 days off for a few weeks if possible- as I’m kind of tired of 5 double shifts every week. I basically live at this job and I would like more time for myself to do the things I enjoy. First she took it personally, asked if I was…

(This happened in mid-February) I started working at a community center in January, not going to name or share location because I don’t wanna dox myself. Anyways, during the interview process I was promised 20-25 hours a week, and also promised that my availability would be no issue and they could work around that (I need Mondays off for all of my appointments; therapy mostly but also doctor stuff). My long distance partner was visiting for a week and I was scheduled the work the next day when I got the email for the entire March schedule. After they had promised 20-25 hours a week and that I could get the Mondays off that I need, oh boy was that far from what I got scheduled. They scheduled me 4-8 hours a week, with half of my scheduled hours being on Mondays. So, what was the next thing I did?…

Alright so last night I was “let go” from my job as a bartender. I'll give some context. Basically I work at a very busy bar in a ski town of sorts. Two nights ago I was pulled aside by the director of operations (for the bar) who informed me I had two complaints from people who own homes in the surrounding area. He told me they reached out to the board of director for the home owners association in the area (the home owners association has no ties to my bar whatsoever). Apparently I was very short with these two individuals when they came in and I was apparently rude to them ( as a bartender I'm only rude and push back if someone is rude to me) most of the time everyone that comes in is amazing, but when you work a job like this you get entitled…