Month: October 2022

I just wasted a year of my life working at a nonprofit. I quit because of their lack of compassion during and after my battle with Covid. But, one of the things that happened before I quit when we were trying to work things out is that they trashed my job performance and basically said I sucked at the job the entire time. I’m looking for strictly remote work now, but my confidence is completely shattered. Every time I look at a job description my stomach drops because I think I won’t be able to do the job. How do I come back from this?

I’ve been a paramedic for 5 years now. While medicine still intrigues me, everything around it is what makes me antiwork about it. The excessive amount of pointless paperwork, the garbage calls that waste time and resources that clog up the 911 system, and the overall unempathetic treatment and expectations of your superiors. I gave up health insurance and some simple pleasures for a part-time schedule that suited me, but I think ultimately I just need a change. It seems like there’s always a demand for fresh blood to learn medical billing/coding. It seems like soul-draining, monotonous work, but the potential to work from home is appealing. I sit in front of my computer for 12 hours on my off days anyway. So anyone who has done this job, is it worth even looking into? Am I doomed to make $15 an hour? Is it like a wfh but you…

I [19F] have been working in a factory since August via student work. I used to go 2-3 times a week and noone ever had a problem with my performance. One time one of my superiors informed me that I'm staying way too long on the lunch breaks, which I actually did, because I was sure we had 25 minutes instead of 20. I apologized and ever since, I was (or at least tried to be) always on time. There were instances where I was 1-2 minutes late, but so were everyone else. On my last day there, I was having a pretty rough day for reasons I don't want to share. My work was sloppy because my mind wandered off too much. I even looked visibly distressed and exhaused. My job on that day was a typical factory manual job where I had tubes lined up in a carton…

Cut and pasted from our email exchanges. I'd passed up on two other job offers because I thought I was starting this job that weekend. Date of this exchange Tuesday October 25 2022 Me: “You said I was going to start last weekend. Despite spending HALF the job interview BITCHING about how “no one wants to work” you haven't responded to me in five days. So I'm going to accept another job offer and be thankful that I never have to work for you.” ​ Boss: “I told you I was going to start you this weekend and was getting your employee id number.” ​ Me: “No. You didn't. Here is what you sent me and when it was sent. Gonna go ahead and put the date and time in bold for you. Hey, nice try though! From: Paul Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2022 2:24 PM To: Subject: Re: Conditional…

We live in a society that does not appreciate the mutli-talented. Choose one thing, and do it well for some person until they don't need you anymore. Thats the world we live in today. You could be a mechanical engineer, go try to be and artist for 3 yrs, they'll never let you back into a firm. You could be a doctor, go spend a few years inventing and exploring the world, you'll never get your license back. This world we live in now, punishes the brave that seeks, and rewards the weak, that hide and fortress themselves away. Those of us that would gallantly ride into battle for Glory in past centuries- who do not wish to live for less- are bent to conform to subservience for some nameless cause, or we die fighting against that new will of society to silence and roll us under. There is no…