Month: April 2023

I was given a call today while I was in the road from an HR department at a company I applied to. She asked why I had left my previous jobs, even though on the application I had stated the reasons. She told me that I have to many jobs over the past three years. I don’t show enough loyalty to my job so she’s not sure if they have room for me at their company. I don’t understand why this woman would take time out of her day to ask me questions she already knows the answer to and to say I wasn’t loyal to companies that weren’t loyal to me. Why must these people insist on wasting people’s time?

I have been suffering from a spinal injury since last year, but was primarily bedridden from it during Jan-Mar, with the ability to return to work (WFH) in April with restrictions. Short term disability has been a royal pain in the ass and I haven’t been paid since Feb. They denied my claim from mid Feb on and told me I needed to see my doctor again to be able to appeal. My doctor agreed again that I needed to be out of work during that time and submitted the necessary paperwork. Well, MetLife got back to me and said their own physician took a look at my records and decided I am not eligible for pay. That’s a looong time not be paid, and they made me waste money on a doctor visit! I’ve been paying for insurance through my employer and when I actually need to use it…

I hate this “team activity”. Why the eff must I share my life journey with my co-workers?

I work at a friendly neighborhood grocery store. The last several company parties have been absolute bummers due to lack of organization and communication. Well our store manager recently about 2 weeks ago has promised us a taco truck party to show us appreciation for all the work we’ve been putting in this season.. every work meeting they’ve talked it up so we were getting excited, I brought my cute little family with me from a few towns over just to come, dressed up my kid in a matching outfit so we looked all cute together. We show up, no taco truck, none of the managers seemed to know why either. My manager has asked me to cook every single company event without appropriate compensation, I recently decided I would no longer be willing to because of shit like this as it is, she gets a certain amount $$$ every…

The only thing keeping me going currently is my 2 days off on the weekends and my girlfriend. This seems like such a shitty way to live. I make just over 6 figures, but even at a high savings rate, I’m unlikely to retire before 60 given current cost of living. That’s assuming healthcare costs don’t dramatically increase and social security is still around in 40 years. I absolutely hate the fact that every weekend, I tell myself I will accomplish more during the week and then every night, my girlfriend and I are exhausted and just end up watching TV or playing on our phones. I feel like I can never get ahead and I’m always playing catch-up. I used to think that changing jobs would change things, but it doesn’t. How do people live like this for 40 years?

I wake up at 6:15 AM – sit down at my desk at 7:45 AM – work until 4:45 PM and am home by 5:45 PM. I do this Monday-Friday. This leaves me with just 4.5 hours of free time between 5:45 and 10:15 PM when I go to sleep. In these 4.5 hours I have to do cooking, washing, grocery shopping, house work, call my friends/parents – showering – brushing teeth – relaxing from work. Since my hobbies are reading – gaming – training – I have to spread these hobbies over the entire week. Meaning 2-3 hours of reading is reserved for Monday and Tuesday. 2-3 hours of gaming for Wednesday and Thursday. 2-3 hours of training for Friday and Saturday. On Saturday and Sunday I like to meet with the few friends and family I have left – go out and have a beer. Or just take…

I run a petting zoo and work for a GIANT furniture manufacturer. When I told my line supervisor that I will be taking Wednesday off, he came back to me a few minutes later to say. “I know it's your passion an all, but you know this is a full time job. I can't allow you the day off, they would make me feel this small if I did” did” I only told him as a courtesy. We don't need to communicate about scheduling because that's all done online and via hot line phonecall. You call the robot, report your namen number, reason, and date to be excused. I have no doubt this will be unexcused, and I do not care at all. I'm debating on bringing one of my kids in for an eye exam just to give him the paperwork as an F-U. I will be doing the…