Month: February 2023

This morning I was told my contract won't be renewed due to budget cuts, Monday is my last day. My manager actually started crying as she was telling me the news. She went on to tell me that she's fought to keep me on the team FOR WEEKS, meaning there's been plenty of time for a heads up. Earlier this month she was telling my coworkers that IF someone was to be let go, they would get plenty of notice so they could get a new job lined up. She gave me 4 days. She knows i live paycheck to paycheck. I've actually considered my manager a friend since she started in September, she always seemed to care about me and my coworkers. Today, she showed me that's not the case at all. Fuck the managers.

I like this sub, but being in here has just ruined me. I've seen how terrible the workforce is, and this has just been hurting me. It makes me want to get a job less and less. I need money, but the money would just be used for necessitates. I would honestly rather die rather than be a slave my whole life. Life is just a place we go to to suffer.

“Retired” life is getting pretty boring lately after 4 years. I might pursue getting a part time job or WFH Job someday but I am extra happy knowing that if I get usual work BS or someone is being very unreasonable, etc. I can just quit and suffer no bad consequences from it.

So I started a new job 2/6/23, it’s a nice job on paper. HR and payroll specialist. I’ve been training for three weeks and it’s been overwhelming. If there was a second hand maybe I wouldn’t feel as scared. But the girl training me leaves tomorrow and then I’m on my own. I honestly want to leave but I feel bad now that no one else knows this role. There will be 2000 employees wondering why they’re not getting paid. I haven’t retained much. I like the HR field but payroll to the extent that this company does it, is too much for me. I thought I could push through but everyday sucks the life out of me. I’m grateful for the opportunity but I don’t want to be miserable. I have an interview next week over the phone for another company going HR work in a department I’m better…

Back in 2021 I was offered a job as a teacher's aide in a charter school for children with autism. My first big red flag was during the interview. The person who opened the school had people coming to her office during the interview to ask her questions. She would then mute her microphone to talk to the person, then unmute to rejoin the interview. She should have told the secretary or whoever that she had an interview and to not let people in. Second, during this same interview she was on her phone. At the end of the interview the other person interviewing me asked if she had any other questions for me. There was about a 5 second pause before she said “sorry, I got a text”. Now, if this person said at the beginning of the interview that she had an ongoing family emergency and therefore might…