Month: May 2022

I quit my last job 11 months ago due to a severe panic attack at work where I ended up crying, hyperventilating, and self harming the night I walked out. My boyfriend assured me that I could take as long as I needed and I told him I knew it wouldn't be over 6 months before I was ready for a new job. That a year would be laughable and surely I wouldn't take that long. Here I am though, I still have enough money saved for rent as that was his main concern. He wanted me to pay for my own stuff and rent but other than that as long as I didn't spend anything on frivolous things I could stay afloat. I have enough for a few more months of rent and some help on groceries but since we will move out soon I'm pretty much forced to…

‘A four day work week is the worst idea this company has ever had!’ The place I currently work at recently changed from 5 days a week to 4 days and he isn’t happy about it. He’s fighting tooth and nail to have our department on 5 days a week Edit: It’s 4x8s so 32hrs a week. But everyone gets a pay raise to make if for the loss of that 5th day. You get paid the same as you were working 40hrs only you’re working 32hrs.

I used to work for a small business where everything was always a level-10 emergency and we couldn't take time to do anything to organize ourselves because the world was falling down. We were terribly understaffed, so one day the boss puts up a job posting on Indeed for a new position that would make our lives easier. Applications were sent to our public email inbox, which I could see. Day after day we'd get new applicants throwing their hat in the ring. And day after day my boss was like “I don't have time to look at this shit!!!” I offered to take over the hiring and he told me no. After a few weeks I get an email from Indeed: Since no action was being taken on our end the listing was going to be paused. I told my boss and he wouldn't do anything. All the while…

Turns out I’ve impressed my managers to the point where they’ve overwhelmed me with a new task that I do not enjoy whatsoever. The problem is that they have no intention of letting me go back to what I was doing before. My new permanent job is so bad that every other person that did it left. Unfortunately I cannot leave like they did so now I’m stuck with being agonized every time I’m at work. Never work hard friends. It never does anyone any good except for your boss

I was sitting at the barber shop listening to this Gen Xer brag about how good he is at his trade job, and for whatever reason he steered the conversation to how Washington keeps raising the minimum wage, and he started talking about how all these franchises had to close in Seattle because it's not sustainable to pay fast food workers so much. . . . I'm sorry, let me fix that for you pal: “These franchises were either so poorly located or operated that exploiting their workers was the only way to stay in business.” OR: “Once the franchisees could no longer exploit workers, their profit margins were only high enough to get a little bit rich, so they decided to eliminate all the jobs they'd created and invest elsewhere.” Not to mention, mnimum wage will barely cover RENT ALONE in Seattle, which of course brought this jackass to…

I don't know if this will work for everyone, but I have a fair bit of experience under my belt. At 36, I moved out to the country and a small town. Rent is $550 for a 2 bedroom, 1 bath, laundry, newly renovated, place with utilities running around $300 per month. Groceries are a bit more expensive, but I'll solve that with a large garden this summer. Anyway, I got bored and started applying for more jobs in the area. Some require a significant commute, which I don't really mind. So long as the gas is paid for, and I get a company vehicle. Should I? Probably not, they could just hire someone closer to the area they need serviced, but instead they want to hire me. One job I applied for listed a competitive salary, a high school education, and 3 years experience for the position. It's basically…