Month: April 2023

I have never been able to decide on a career path. It was only after much reflection that I realized I didn't dream of labor. 🤷‍️ Who else?

I am in the process of learning how to become an aircraft mechanic. Its alright, but I don't picture myself doing this forever, it stresses me out. My bf makes pretty good money as a pilot, and says I can stay home if I want. Also he loves his job. This honestly makes me feel guilty and lazy for not wanting to work. I just hate the thought of having to work until I'm 65. But what would I do with myself? My life has been so circled around work to the point that I always thought work defined who I am as a person. Does it? I feel like I've never had time for self discovery and figuring out what I even want to do with my life. I love dogs, that's a start. Maybe dog grooming or something like that? But I hate having a boss so maybe…

Right-to-work policies need to be ended. Furthermore, the right for workers to strike and collectively bargain needs to be established in federal law. Just found out that when I become a teacher here in Texas, I'll be legally restricted from striking and collective bargaining. If I did, I'd be fired, have no rehiring rights, and lose any public servant benefits. These policies should be totally illegal.

I work in a CAD drafting type job and work from a large L-shaped desk. I keep all of my material drawing stuff (not computer stuff) on one arm of my desk, all in front of me so I don't have to turn all the way around from my computer to grab stuff. However every single morning when I walk in to work, my pen holder/ file holder and a few other typical office items have been moved to the very end of the L arm, and every time I move them back to the spot I like them, I come in to find them back in that other spot. I am yet to ask him why he keeps moving my stuff because I don't want to be too confronting, but I can't think of a reason why this would keep happening? Nobody else's stuff gets moved at all, and…

Can they fucking do this?

Need advice: A friend was diagnosed with PPD (post partum depression) and had a related event that landed them in the hospital for a week. Her HR person was contacted, rather than her direct boss to discuss, since the boss tends to gossip with my friend's peers about her. She returned to work, to find out that her boss told her peer anyway (after being warned not to), and said peer has now told everyone in the office. This is a small gov't office, and it sounds like HR isn't really a fully regulated department. Does said friend have any recourse? -OR- Does anyone have ideas on how to get back at boss/peer? I welcome subtle and not so subtle ideas.

Hey all an update from this post. My previous manager had sent me an email an hour after I quit to try to get me to work for the company again. He had followed up the next few days with emails asking for my answer which I hadn’t responded to. I did reply on the weekend confirming that I had quit and would not be returning to work. The same day the GM had sent me a massive wall of text messages letting me know how I let the team down and how they won’t be able to do my work and how I was always welcome to come back working there whenever. The following week I received my final paycheck and I thought that was done and settled. During the week the GM had sent me messages on Facebook claiming as per my previous contract I had to legally…