Month: April 2022

Use the power of the community to truly rally for labor rights and to let those in power know that we're pissed off, and we're not gonna take it anymore! Across the board mayday strikes

I quit my extremely toxic job of 3 years due to it pushing me into a full blown mental health crisis. I did not have any job lined up when I left. After I started looking for new jobs, I realized how underpaid I was there. I started my job search with a target salary range for my next position of about a 30% increase from my last salary, which is at the higher end of market rate for my industry and experience. I just received an offer to work with a company that as far as I can tell, is going to be great for my mental health. Small team of extremely empathetic leadership, low-stress environment, easy workload (as it relates to me and my experience), and a mission-based company whose service heavily aligns with my personal values, so the work feels meaningful. The problem is that their max…

3 years ago when I was 21 I got a job at an animal hospital as a veterinary assistant for $10.50 an hour. (Doctor's start at 150k a year there.) I thought this was good at the time because I was young and living with my parents. Holy shit how fucking wrong was I. I loved my job at first, I was learning tons of new things, there was always something to do and I just generally enjoyed it. Fast forward a year later and I'm having full blown suicidal thoughts because my job was so ass. With such a high turnover rate and being an emergency hospital, we were slammed and short staffed constantly. I would bust my ass from the moment I got there til the moment I left. Assisting in surgery prep, monitoring surgeries, dentals, bloodwork, helping doctors, taking their rooms, waking up patients from anesthesia, and…

Allready have 4 different job options lined up. Honestly just do not give a shit at all..