Month: September 2022

I am becoming bitter and cold. Turning into the very person I hate the most. I work a full time job. I pay my taxes. I stay out of trouble. I just want to live an honest life and it feels impossible. I don’t want a million dollar mansion, I just want a place to call my own. I don’t need a Lexus I just need a reliable car to get me from point a to point b. I don’t need to eat at Ruth Chris steak house every night I just don’t want to have to decide weather to get gas to go to work or be hungry for the next 5 days. I give everything to the system, the money, the time, the effort, the fake smiles and nods like I’m just fine in candy land but it’s all bullshit and worthless. I want to be someone worth…

I work as a senior electrical engineer 15 years experience… base salary is 110k… bonus this year after taxes was $1600… Should I look for a new job?

So I recently left teaching to take an office job, and I have questions. Are people supposed to be busy 100% of the 7.5 hour work day? I'm used to teaching which WAS 100% busy, or at least 90% on a slow day. Now I feel like I have enough work for maybe 5 hours usually, sometimes the full 7.5, but very rarely. Am I wrong or has my former career just made me think I'm SUPPOSED to be super busy??

Hello, I work a job where I work for a family who doesn't directly pay me, I am paid through an agency. The client I work for is a very kind person and has no ties to any monetary exchange between us. I am struggling with the guilt that comes with the idea that when I don't go to work I am hurting the client or the family, both of whom are not really my employers, but also sort of are. It very much feels like the kind of job where its not viewed as a job by everyone, and that can be dangerous in its own way. I feel tremendous guilt if I call in and don't go today, but I know I really want/need a day off. I just don't want my day off to be ruined by the guilt of not going. I am so bad at…

I’m not exactly sure what to do in this situation and I’m looking for any advice or information. I’m currently working for a company in Lynwood, Washington. When I signed on to this company I filled out the standard W9 and also a “benefits selection/compensation reduction form” for this current year, set to expire December 31, 2022. We were provided a “Base Plan: Permera Heritage Prime HSA 200.” To my understanding, my selection was a certain dollar amount, X, to be deducted from each paycheck and put into a health savings account to be used along with our medical/dental/vision insurance. In May of this year, our employer (apparently) cancelled our company insurance but failed to inform any employees of the situation/cancellation. We finally found out in July or August, that we were uninsured, when a coworker had to have emergency dental work and was denied. He ended up having the…

And now that they’ve all left try and pick up the pieces by offering everyone a raise and hosting calls on how to hire people effectively my work right now. I love the chaos and how downhill it’s getting !!