Month: May 2022

This is a rant. I'm a nurse. Please stop calling me a hero. Please stop calling doctors, pharmacists, nursing assistants, and all other medical staff heroes. We don't want to be heroes. We just want a job but in reality we are all underpaid and overworked. The only people who are getting “good pay” in the medical field are the managers, administrative staff, and CEOs… aka the people who don't give direct patient care and the same people who schedule ridiculous work hours and patient-to-nurse/staff ratio. These admins. work 8 hours a day or less; usually at their desk or BETTER… at our units harassing staff, assigning them more patients to care for, and then rushing you to work faster (but never 'safer'). After working 5 years by myself as a licensed nurse, and 4 extra years as a nursing student, I've been in the operating room, outpatient surgery centers,…

It’ll be okay. The relief I feel from having the company make the decision for me is huge. The severance package is weak and there’s a lot of uncertainty for the future, but I know I’ll be okay. Taking a moment to celebrate being FREEEE

I’m 47 and haven’t looked for a job in a while but I keep hearing about people getting interviews and then an online interview and then a second interview and then a back ground check and then a phone interview and then a drug test and then a group interview with the top 5 candidates and then if you make it through all that then you might start work a month later. Maybe certain areas of business but all the jobs I got were hey come in Friday at 2, 30 minutes talking to some guy about what they do and what salary I expect. The he says ok we’ll Offer you the job, come in Monday at 8 and we’ll get you started or we’ll call you next week which meant you didn’t get the job. What is the company learning in the 5th interview they didn’t find In…

So today I was scheduled at 11. Ok I knew it was a fail. But I went in on time. Ok cheese bread! Ok..,knowing full well 11 is when business starts to pick up. I’ve always wondered who picked her as GM cause she SUCKS. I’ve had better. She’s been the worse. I will give her credit…she’s woke me up to how I should be treated. I don’t care if your GM…I’ve been here 4+ years. I know what I’m doing. The oldest team member is a friend of mine. Don’t lie on her when I know the truth. Most importantly DONT LIE TO ME. Lie to me & you’ll find out no answer is an answer. Considering it’s probably to bail you out. Get some things straight. One I’m an alcoholic so as alcoholic I turn into a wrestler mentality. Which means cutting a promo is super easy. Second…

So I work in an IT firm as content writer in a South Asian islamic country. CEO of the company is very islamic. I wear jeans and tops for office while all other girls wear traditional Pakistani Shalwar Qameez. Boys wear jeans all the time. I have 17 years of work experience in even bigger organisations but never had to go through this. I don't wear even sleeveless or revealing clothes. HR told me today that CEO has asked to inform me that I should dress modestly. I literally broke into tears after the initial rage. I have fought for my freedom all my life. From my family to neighbors to colleagues, I fought for the right to wear whatever I like and to cut my hair short. Now that I have won all that, I can't give it up so easily. What if next he asks me to wear…