Month: June 2022

The U.S. is trending towards recession, I’m hearing warnings about the increasing job market competition, I’m in debt, and for the first time in my life I can’t pay my rent. My contract ends in a few weeks, maybe an extra week tacked on if we need it. At most I’d miss out on a few paychecks (net $1.5k a week), but again, I need every cent. I’ve had some unfortunate luck this year and my rainy day fund is gone. There’s no one that can spot me right now and I can’t even imagine the conversation I need to have with the family I rent from. HOWEVER. I hate every person on my team, my boss is the worst of them. I’ve been in this industry for over a decade and I’ve never seen a sloppier, more egotistical, and weirdly secretive group of individuals to make up a production.…

Im just looking out for y’all, I hope you’re trying to unionize, me and my boys all plan to apply for Amazon just to unionize it or get fired. We are privileged enough to be unemployed up until next year but if we can unionize Amazon that would be hilarious as fuck!

Yeah, you're right we're too lazy, This generation of ours. We don't want to work, The ridiculously long hours. No it's not out if sloth, Gluttony, or any real life sin, It's the lack of real reward, Even with dedication given. We don't mind trying and smiling along, Even if the path is low, slow, dirty, and long. But with preservation and dedication… Reward? No just grudgingly trudging, With a deep laborious song. We don't mind the mud and experiences for gain. But, after a long time of dredging in the rain, We'd hope that some slight hint of gold, would shine out, Just a twinkle, a sprinkle, A sight within ear shout. But the only twinkle found, In this low and dirty ground, Is a sight of illusion, Allusion of what infusion, Has corrupted our grasp, Of what grows around us, In the wild unhindered grass. There was no…

It was a late April morning and all I wanted to do was just make the best of an unpleasant morning with the deli manager present. Every time we were scheduled to work together, it turned out to be a shitshow most of the time. This day would be no different. If I just called in sick, I would've affected the entire outcome… This is what went down. I punched in, and began to make sandwiches as part of my routine. The deli manager comes by and complains I use too much cheese and put his hands on the sandwiches removing the cheese and then walks away. Ok, I kind of figured he'll leave me alone. I was wrong when he appeared out of the walk-in cooler with an unopened bag of salami, which he flat out accused me of putting it out for the customers. I told him it…

A bunch of comments on some posts here say people should “learn new things” and “upskill” to have any hope of making a living wage. While this could entirely be capitalist gaslighting, do you think there's any truth in jt? What could I learn to help me earn a decent amount (say 50 an hour)?

Hi all, I recently got accepted to a top US medical school and got a full ride after getting off the waitlist. I didn’t know I would get accepted off the waitlist late June as I doubted myself since it’s very competitive. However, after working as a cashier, med tech, and other low paying and high hour and unfulfilling jobs, I was really excited to get this job. After 4 months in, I really enjoy my job (it’s clinical research), my team does happy hour every Tuesday for lunch (we finish work early). I work for one of the best academic healthcare systems in the country. Originally, I was going to reapply, but now I am definitely enrolling in medical school this fall. This health system wanted to a 2 year commitment from a premed that did not tell them that they already applied. Basically, I would be guaranteed a…

I'm allotted 4 paid sick days a year, and if I use those up then PTO is used if I take more sick days. So far this year I haven't taken any sick days and have essentially saved them in my head for in case I get the rona. But also those are my sick days. I also currently am only allotted 4 PTO days since I'm in my first year at this company. If the end of the year comes and I haven't used the sick days do I just chalk it up as a loss or do I schedule some doctor's and dentists appointments and get the time off?

Aside from how many wage slaves seem desperate to protect the system that abused them. The amount of standing up for ourselves in this sub is exactly why UBI will be so hard to implement in the U.S. I support UBI because I don't think humans are lazy. Unlike some people in this sub I think humans fundamentally want to work. I believe it's a human need to feel like you are valuable to your tribe and society. I honestly believe if you gave everyone the option to never work again they'd choose to work if the working conditions were not deeming and cruel. That's the problem. UBI can l give everyone the option to work or not. In that environment you have to have good working conditions where people feel better after leaving work (yes this is possible). Where people feel their work adds meaning to their lives because…