Rent in my area is so obscene that it would destroy my monthly income, and that’s before food, gas, utilities. I can’t move out. I can’t get a better job because there aren’t any in my field. Even if I could move out, I couldn’t take my cats with me. I can’t travel. I can’t indulge in my hobbies. I’m so tired at this point. I can’t stay but I can’t leave either.
Stage 4 endometriosis with a cyst larger than 6cm – I require urgent surgery for it before it ruptures. I called in sick due to extreme pain today. (Thankfully no rupture!) I called (not text!) my boss in a timely manner to apologize for not being able to make it today. His response was 'we've put time and resources into training you and calling in sick is a waste' I get it, if i didn't explicitly state in every aspect, 3x interviews and documents (including my employment agreement!) That I have chronic pain due to endometriosis and an impending surgery. I quit on the spot. Fuck that. My health is not less important than your commission bonus from having me on your team.
Is it any surprise that when these ‘great’ big companies that are ‘changing the world’ and ‘disrupting the system’ experience a few quarters of missed expected earnings, they turn into tyrants against their employees? Meta, Tesla and Google- such great companies until they go three months without sucking every f*cking penny out of the world’s pockets, and their employees are suddenly just ‘unfocused, lazy, slackers’. Seriously, fck every damned one of these tech companies. They killed retailers, advertising, malls, and made the world completely dependent on their damned tech- and it’s just not enough. Billions of dollars in revenues and it’s just not enough. Fcking virtual monopolies and it’s not enough. Same with all these f*cking big industries like the airlines. What were these guys doing with all their f@cking profits for all these decades? And now they’re on the verge of collapse? I’m sure that’s what they want everyone…
I 27F have been working with a global software company for 3 years. I was hired into the first role in my continent and was tasked with being the face of the team to my local leadership. Been excelling in the role; however only issue was the lack of team growth despite our customer base increasing. Two years into my role, my company merged with another, and a whole restructure commenced. No significant impact to me until discussions started about me reporting directly into my Region. We have one Main Manager for our department in the region, but he is not versed in my role or team processes. I was asked to come up with feedback on how we could approach the regional issues and develop a detailed timeline on how we could structure my team to cater to all international regions not just my own. This was ignored and,…
So a little bit about me. I have adhd, depression, and my therapist thinks I’m slightly autistic. Because of this. I struggle with jobs because my brain follows the Dopamine and if I start to hate the job I can no longer work their. It’s always been a huge struggle but after covid I stopped really “facing” (being able to act like a normal person and coming off as being polite and nice and being really good at customer service.) Well I’ve been working in customer service since I was 15 and it slowly became something I cannot handle mentally anymore. Well recently I started working at a doggy day care as a shift worker and trainer. I don’t make a lot. But I get to work with dogs all day and my human contact besides the people I work with is minimal so I’m extremely happy with it. My…
I have been with an investment firm for the past three years. I started in a sales and service position, but about 6 months ago I got offered a job at another firm as an associate on a team. My manager found out through the grape vine that I was thinking about leaving (someone at the company I was interviewing with was friends with someone at the company I currently work for and spilled the beans). My manager approached me about it and then turned around and offered me the job with a team where I am the sole service associate. Things start off okay, one of the guys I work for is quite demanding but I think nothing of it because it’s my job. Through the last six months things have become progressively rocky with my advisors-I make silly “new person” mistakes and I am made to feel extreme…
This is a question for those who know more than me when it comes to UBI? Which countries currently have UBI? How much is it and does it really cover basic needs comfortably and with dignity? If it works in other countries what reason do other countries have to not follow in their foot steps? I’m sure taxes can be restructured in a way to make that possible. People say that it would stop people from working but I doubt it will. People will still want to buy things outside of their basic needs, hobbies, travel, leisure and social activities etc. Someone mentioned that Denmark had UBI, which I imagine is possible because they’re spending way less on military and prison systems and put that money towards UBI, which in turn reduces poverty, which reduces crime rate, which reduces the amount police need for funding, I’m guessing.A Also, if income…
https://preview.redd.it/nv6jh002w0f91.jpg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=51a6937e43849621570c829bfa43b51fdeaaa1fd I was a bartender and server at this restaurant for 6 months on top of my main job as an elementary school teacher. My friend got fired from this same place at the very end of her shift last Sunday, and I'm certain my now-former manager fired me via this text to be petty (and make sure my friend wouldn't try to visit me at work). The place is hemorrhaging staff; there's only one FOH employee left who's worked there since before I started. Everyone else has either quit or been fired and no new hire I've worked with has stayed in this hellhole for more than a month. I'm not as mad about it as I could be since I'm a few weeks away from moving across several states, but I was relying on these final weeks of income and drove 8 hours today in order to…