Month: July 2023

Am immigrant, got a job earlier in the year as an act of desperation, it was the local subreddits recommendation for “a decent foot in the door kinda job”. Hated it after day 1. Looked for work for FOUR MONTHS. Finally got a better position, it was BRUTAL out there for $18-20 customer service/data entry y’all. I was taking sick days to drive to interviews that would cancel on the way, spent my lunches on ZipRecruiter, getting up at 6am for zoom interviews that never went anywhere etc etc, just a drag. When I gave my notice, the reactions I got were more intense than any other job I’ve had, probably cuz it’s a trap of a job! I got: -joking threats from mgmt -shock and some tears from nice desk mate “how could you leave me here” -sad joy from the other nice person -are you joking from the…

I’ve been with my company for six years and have worked my way up. One of my better employees is leaving for a management position somewhere else. She has been with the company less than three years. Turns out that at two levels higher than her, I only make about $4k more than her currently. I’ll be putting out my resume in the next week or so to find somewhere that will pay for my experience. I grew up with boomer parents and have the company loyalty mentality but that might be gone now.

Hello and I hope all is well. This is an unprecedented time of connectivity between us as humans. And this collective of like minded individuals is nothing short of amazing. The potential to make real, actual change seems to be at its greatest through this connectivity. Many of us are starting to become cognizant of the idea of Human. The lockdowns and the businesses closing and the jobs lost and missing of loved ones has proved to be a assiduous time. So much so that I dare say, perhaps a silver lining may be explored. For the first time. Certainly within our lifetime. Something happened. The world stopped. And for the first time we had an opportunity to do, nothing. The schedules and the obligatory gestures and the deadlines and the distractions seemed to lessen if not completely vanish. For the first time as an unabridged people, we were able…

so hey all ive been working at lowes since april of this year, and i enjoy it. But recently ive been having to take and cover shifts for others often having to stay till close or late because this college student girl calls in. she got full time right when she graduated and she has called in 7 times already. why in the absolute hell is she calling in so much. i mean im picking up the slack yes but i also have social security that im not needing to loose because that is my insurance and everything. i really hope that this job wont ruin me getting my ssi. ive asked other employees how do i put my two weeks in because no one ever told us and we get in trouvle for calling for customers help and just a bunch of other bullshit from my management that just…