Month: April 2023

I’ve been working at a restaurant for the past 2 and a half years. The general manager of the store, that’s been working here for 13 years, is quitting in a few days. She was the assistant general manager for 12 years and got promoted when the GM got promoted to corporate. She’s quitting because she can’t handle the responsibilities of being GM. Now this sucks because she was a beloved manager, very kind and always helpful to the staff. Now the current assistant GM is gonna be promoted to GM. He’s alright I guess but I have no idea what the dynamic will be like. But here’s the worst part: the most likely candidate they will promote to assistant manager is a 19 YEAR OLD GIRL who has only been serving here for a year and a half. She’s nice and all, but she doesn’t have the qualities of…

We had been friends for ten years predating him being my boss. He offered me a job and I was displeased with my job at the time so I decided to take it. Things were great at first (for awhile actually). The work was intense but I enjoyed it and it gave me a lot of satisfaction. I ran into some health issues which started to hurt my productivity and I eventually had to be hospitalized. He was supportive and I was able to get back into the flow. Ever since then things have been different though. He stopped being friendly and it feels like the friendship is just obligatory for him now. I could pass it off as my own mental health issues but it is extremely clear that I have been pushed off to the side. He cuts up and has fun with all of the other employees…

Another quick primer on how rentier capitalism works in the system for those that don't know. Rich person approaches bank with $15-20k in cash to get a loan for a rental property. Bank will loan 85-90% margin with which to buy said property. Rich person then takes possession of rental property. Rich person uses cash-out refinance to immediate take positive equity out of the property, and use it to do the landlord special to get it ready for renters. Rich person rents out house for 2.5-3x the mortgage cost. Rich person gets their mortgage paid for by the tenants, and pockets a nice, fat profit on top of it. Rich person goes back to bank and uses first house as collateral for second mortgage on new rental property, and uses tenant income to count toward their own income (which they can). Rich person repeats this AD FUCKING NAUSEAM until they…

I typically would leave my laptop in my bag and keep it under the desk at work on nights and weekends because I was never required to work from home. One day I found my laptop, papers, and pens neatly stacked in a pile on the floor under the desk. I immediately got suspicious. I started reviewing the security videos from the day before and saw that my boss walked out of the office with it in her hands. I followed her path on the security cameras. She left the building, walked to the back lot, and threw my bag into the dumpster. I even saw video of the garbage truck emptying the dumpster. The context is the bag had the former name of the company screenprinted on it. She did not like that I was still using it (and–surprise–she did not like me). I reported her to HR. After…