Month: January 2023

For starters, I live in an at-will state(Maine), and I left my w2 paperwork in the break room which has my yearly salary. He told me not to leave it there, and in our employee handbook it says not to discuss pay, I just want to know my course of action and what options I have since I know it’s federally my right to discuss pay.

I(16f) work 30 hours a week and go to highschool. I suffer from anxiety and burnout and make barely higher than the minimum wage. I talked to my mom for the first time in months and she called me lazy for not wanting to stick with my current job and when I told her that I'm under way too much stress for $10/hour she said “wow how much do you think you're worth because it's way less than you think” and basically said that she makes less than me working at a daycare as if she wasn't just admitting to being completely exploited for childcare which imo should be higher paying since they're trusted with the safety of infants and toddlers. Anyway that conversation was basically just her saying I'm worthless and lazy and I really cannot wait for that generation to mostly die out so this mindset can die…

Yesterday we started the day with a meeting with the CEO, by three pm 100 people lost their jobs. I waited with anxiety with my team. Each ping on our computers making us wince for the dreaded meeting. Talking down my junior co worker who was convinced it would be them since they were the last hired. There was sobbing in the restrooms. Quiet stares when whole teams would leave, not returning. Making jokes in the elevator about if the windows open how long would it take to hit the pavement. I really haven’t grasped how traumatic it is. I was a lucky one. I’ve been laid off before during the pandemic, but being in the office and waiting…. The only bright side is my direct boss putting a pause on all projects. She said “Do what you feel you can” which I can respect. We are just fumbling through…

I’m so sick of working 40 hours a week making someone else astronomically wealthier while I just make enough to pay my bills and occasionally have some fun, and my job is also extremely meaningless and I can’t bring myself to pretend to care about it anymore. So recently I’ve been thinking a lot about cam- work/ virtual sex-work, I’d be my own boss and would really only have spend a few hours a week filming the rest would be editing and marketing which I think actually sounds kinda fun, as does the filming part lol. But anyway, I’m posting this because I wonder if it really is a good way to escape the slave march or am I just convincing myself of this because I feel like I don’t have many other options? and as a woman I’m also struggling with the societal shame that comes with this kind…

A few weeks ago, I was fired from my job because my manager found out that I do nude modeling as a side gig and decided that wasn't “in line with company values.” A few members of my old team were on my side through the whole thing and protested my termination, but obviously, it did no good. I just got a text from one of them telling me that they've been advised not to maintain their friendships with me. Something about how it wouldn't be in their or the company's best interest. Thankfully they're not taking his warning seriously, but I'm just so pissed off. First he fires me over something that has nothing to do with my job performance (over the phone, a few days after Christmas, on the first day of my vacation) and now this? Just needed to vent.