Month: May 2022

This is a rant. I'm moving at the end of the summer and I have surgery mid June. Am I going to tell an employer this? No. I'm also not going to look for a serious job because with everything going on there isn't a point. So I threw nine applications at Store because I need SOMETHING. “we're not hiring seasonal for summer, is that still okay with you?” Why yes ma'am that is absolutely a-okay. Listen, I don't care about Store. I simply want the cash to pay my rent and bills. Come June Im going to say that I have to have emergency surgery and therefore need X amount of time off. If they fire me? Whatever. When I have to move? Oh, my partner suddenly got a job offer in Area and so we have to move, can I transfer or should I put in my notice?…

The title is basically the post. But seriously, if we all just resisted in this manner, its much easier to get away with thus zero repercussions. People who say hurr let's all just stop working must be well meaning college kids that clearly don't understand the working poor's situation.

Every single person in my life have told me to suck it up and that's the way it is when I express every job I've worked to make me suicidal. How as a society can we say that's okay? How can I spend 60+ hours a week at a job that makes me suicidal and still be unable to afford anywhere to live and have people tell me that's the way it is? How is it okay to pray every single day that I die? No way this is normal

My boyfriend has been working for Amazon for around 6 months. He was making $18.50. Today he noticed that his paycheck was a bit lower than usual, looked at the pay stub, and saw that it said he was making $18 rather than $18.50. He found out they fucking docked his pay because he was “discussing wages” with another worker. What the actual fuck?? He also said he didn’t remember ever doing that, but one time he was showing a coworker something on his pay stub (unrelated to his wages) and the coworker must have seen how much he makes and ratted him out. Unbelievable. Like seriously. No warning, nothing, just docked his pay. This man works 7 days a week all 8 hour shifts. This company needs to pay their workers more and actually fucking treat them like people. He wasn’t even discussing wages. Even if he was, that…