Month: October 2022

I want to preface by saying that while I don't mind my company, it does have it's flaws. I don't think any one of my coworkers want to see it fail (it's a small local company with under 20 employees total). I also want to say that there had been a ton of turnover within the past year, so none of us who shared have been at the company for a year yet. We wanted be transparent about what we were making, and I'm very close to being the lowest paid person. I thought I was okay with what I was making before that conversation, but it's clear to me, and I think some of my other coworkers, that they definitely have the capacity to pay us more. Someone who was making about 20k more than all of us just left (for personal reasons, not because she hated the company),…

tl;dr. In a shit job, quit, car broke down on way home, needs new engine. Might be considered more of a rant, so mods pls delete and DM me if so… So I was in a stressful AF job, UK, utility industry (ICP), driving from Kent – to Birmingham, Cornwall, Milton Keynes, Exeter etc, on the regular (About 5-6h a day of driving – In my own car). Put in my notice with no fallback as the physical and mental stress was killing me. Day I gave back my laptop and phone, my car died. Got it recovered by my mechanic and he has told me it needs a new engine. Just shy of £5k later.. Livid is an understatement, however I feel like this is a blessing in disguise. Not so much right now, but soon… I also feel like that is a sign I should NOT have been…

In this time I've become supervisor of a team of 4 and have taken on quite a few responsibilities… Just venting.

On my payout slip I wrote a – so they owed me instead of vice versa. Said they’d press charges if I didn’t return it to the store- will they? (USA)

Would love for someone who knows better to give me comfort or good honest reason why I am dumb for worrying. I am a naturally worry-wart and have annoyed people in the past and current for being one, so I do expect this to be one of them but I am still new to understanding the struggles that the LGBTQ+ community faces. I am also aware that struggles someone might face on the west coast is different than what someone might experience here in the south. A bit background, one of my fiancé’s friends from Las Vegas moved in with us a few months back. We’re all in South Carolina right now in Lexington/Richland County. It’s a college focused area so the community is more welcomed in the younger generation but still an oddity for the older generation. The friend identifies as non-binary and proudly wears those colors any chance…

It took years of different jobs, retail, office, manual labour to land on something that was fulfilling for myself, and didn’t tread thinking about going to work. I’m a Veterinarian Assistant. I’ve recently realized that grocery stores in my area are paying more. I’m a nearly two years into this career, I get pooped on, peed on, bitten. I soothe families who are putting their beloved pet down, I’ve seen cats skulls crushed by cars. I assisted in surgeries, track vitals, administer vaccines, make vaccines, flush IV lines and remove trachea tubes. This is a small portion of how my day can be. There’s no where in my heart that wants to leave this field, but it’s too expensive out here to consider taking the time off working to take a Vet Technician course. I’m living in my car as of recent, which with gas prices in my area and…

There was a post on here I cannot find again it quoted a philosopher that said “if you wake up and are happy going to work they have programmed you well.” Was curious if anyone could link me the post or the philosopher in question as he seems like my kinda guy, sadly I didn’t get to save it cus my boss started complaining about my uniform… while I was off the clock…. We won’t even go into that