Month: November 2022

I’ll make it quick. Used to work in mortgages but worked 12 hour days and made about $58k a year. Finally said fuck it I’ll go back to framing because I can make $58k in 40 hours. Now I’m an assistant super making $70k a year but working OBSCENE hours (12-14 hours no lie every day) with no end in sight. My question is would you go back to an industry that is going thru a decline to gain work life balance back or would you continue with a fuckin salary position yet work obscene hours? I feel fucked either way what do u think lol. Ps; I have no kids, no wife and no house (or dick) so nothing really to lose except my self respect 🥲

At my job all employees are required to be on walkie with earpieces in their ears at all times. They are awful, they basically clip onto our ears and has an earbud that sits in. It's super uncomfortable especially if you are working an 8 to 10 hour shift. I was talking to my boss and didn't realize I had forgotten to put it back in and he asked why I wasn't wearing it. I said it's uncomfortable and if there was anyway I could have the walkie without? He said absolutely not, that is against policy and he wears his all day and he doesn't like it but it's not uncomfortable and that next time he sees me without the earpiece in he is writing me up.

Hey all. I was laid off by a European-based startup in September. My insurance through them effectively ends today and they never sent or provided paperwork for a COBRA extension. I e-mailed HR but I know the company acts in bad faith so I’m not expecting much. What are my options? I am still searching for a new job and can’t afford to lose insurance to top it off. Also to mention, I had foot surgery a few months back and have met my deductible and the insurance is of course badass since it’s a PPO. I need it fairly frequently because of medical issues.

This is just an idea that I have been playing around with. A new way for companies to organize their teams of workers. Imagine you have a team of 12 workers, and a manager overseeing their work. He set's deadlines, organizes meetings. He hires people and MAYBE he fires people from his team. Pretty normal stuff, but by some mechanism of outside force (company culture, higher-ups enforcing this paradigm via reviewing his decisions) He is not the GodHead of that team, he simply has a role on that team. His role is to organize the environment for that team to do the best job possible. Sometimes this means firing misbehaving, lazy, incompetent members, I guess, but it also means procuring resources for the team, fencing emails and other distractions all day, and fetching coffee for the team (Assuming the team member doesn't want to stretch his legs himself). He cleans…

So I had teams chat at work that got out of hand. The other person became condescending to me. So I responded back. He reported me to HR because I called him out for not doing his job. My bosses are now asking me to write a apology. Perhaps I was harsh but I refuse to apologize. Honestly I’d rather be fired. I am so sick and tired of someone who dishes it out but complain s when it gets handed back in turn. Maybe I am the ahole on this one but just can’t take it anymore.

I don't want to fucking work. I do not want to commit 40 hrs plus the 10 to fucking commute and get ready every day to a fucking job. I work in an office and I am SO miserable. Do I like what the job provides? Yes. Do I like the benefits? Yes. Do I like financial stability? Yes. But I am literally going insane taking 100+ calls a day being screamed at about a companies policies that I have no fucking control over. On top of that point systems are fucking stupid and outdated. I told my boss I was leaving today because my grandma was in the hospital and they guilt tripped me. “oh but so and so is going to be left alone tonight.” Okay? Who's fucking fault is that? Y'all fire people left and right and treat us like shit. Then they have the fucking audacity…