Month: April 2022

-TLDR satisfying moment at the bottom- In about an hour, I'll be giving a resignation notice to an unbelievably shitty job that will no longer rob me of my 20s, and tomorrow will be my last day at the company. I almost can't believe that I finally snapped and decided to quit, it feels surreal, and that's honestly precisely why I know I'm making the right decision. Companies always have a way of making people feel trapped and that they can't ever do better and that their labor isn't worth more. Well fuck that. I was offered a job at a smaller company that's going to be paying me almost $15,000 more per year than I make right now, and for the first time ever I will actually have consistent weekends off and fair hours, and no longer will have to miss out and be left behind by my friends…

Hypocrites. We live in an Oligarchy as well. Own up to it. Change it.

My wife and I both put in 40 hours a week, I make 20 dollars an hour she makes 22..I'm 41 and she's 40, we have no savings, no retirement accounts nothing..I don't own my house… She has lifelong kidney issues that she was born with so we have hundreds of thousands of medical debt..we constantly get sent to collections and get wage garnishment notifications etc etc. We can't buy a house because things that look like a fuckin shack cost 600k, I didn't play the game so to speak in that when I bought cars I bought them outright so I basically have no credit. My children are adults and they are constantly moving out and coming back because no one can live on a singular 15 dollar an hour salary. My house is basically madness.. You can just never get ahead and it frankly makes me want to…

I used to have a huge decently well constructed base of negative opinions of the elite, and things surrounding the elite, all combined with information to back them up, and information on how to solve these issues. I seriously cared about the state of society, I seriously wanted to help society. I saw how many of our issues are caused by many very wealthy individuals. Now my beliefs are shifting. As I've cared so much for society, I've given large efforts to improve it. In those efforts I've come to realize that the majority of the issues the American public faces are due to the public itself. Public ignorance. I've spent likely hundreds of hours spending time with people, trying to fix their ignorances. Out of hundreds or maybe thousands of people I've talked to, less than ten made any difference, less than five showed a more complete difference, and…

What's your work like? I'm not asking for personal information like an address or something, just seeing if the rumors about HR being horrible have any merit.

Normally I don’t care about raises. I’m generally inclined to help my coworkers with minor programming because it makes their jobs easier. I’ve spent the last year working very hard to ensure my department is efficient, as well as taking on the additional projects. My raise this year was pathetic. So much so, I’ve decided to stop all work I had been doing outside of my job description. I don’t see the point in doing an extraordinary job for a meager wage. I would quit, but I need income to survive. I’m also curious to see how this all plays out. What will happen if I just start telling people “no”?