Month: July 2023

I’ve been dreaming of leaving this place since October and I finally have the next thing lined up. I have no idea how it’s going to go putting in my notice, they don’t have anyone ready to take my position and they still don’t really understand or respect the work I do for them. Part of me is upset that these assholes are going to talk shit about me after I’m gone. They say the girl who trained me “started on hormones and went crazy” when she was just sick of them fucking with her schedule when she had other obligations, the managers who leave never get a proper send off and are only spoken of in hushed tones when the c-suite is out of earshot, and they generally treat everyone leaving like the trash took itself out. This is the first job where I’ve been sexually harassed (by someone…

I interviewed at this place. i thought the interview didnt go well so i forgot about it and then 2 months later heard from them that they want to meet me for a second. so i thought ok, lets give it a shot. in the second interview i spoke with the team lead and the this HR lady for 30 mins. they both said they really liked me, see me as a great fit to the company and team and that they will get back to me within the week. they were honest that there was another candidate in the running. it took them a month to get back to me, only to let me know that i didnt get the job cus they choose to go with someone else that had more relevant experience. i thought it was a bummer, but oh well. i moved on with my life.…

We don't want to have kids because we can't afford to. If the govt, companies and policy makers are so worried then here's my suggestion; at birth “they” put in 25k into a general market like the spy for the kid so it has 18 years to compound and grow. Then when the kid is 18, they can take it out and have a solid start on life. Put in stipulations that it can only be used for education, housing and those types of things so the kid doesn't blow it on hookers and well, blow. If I knew that my kid would have a solid start in life and won't have to struggle like I did, I'd be a lot more inclined to consider having one.

I know most people are disappointed when they get rejected, but I just feel relief. I feel like I dodged a bullet and still have my freedom for just a little longer. I know most people celebrate being offered a job but not me; accepting a job offer just brings crushing depression for me. It makes me feel like a dead man walking. ️

Absolutely fuck this shit. I’ve been in project management for ten years. I’ve successfully launched multiple products and spent 2/4 years in my last two roles respectively. Walked into a new company at the start of this year with several other PMs. They stuck me on a team / area of the business I’ve never done. All of my fellow PMs repeatedly tell me they’re glad it wasn’t them because this area of the business looks like hell. I’m now in extended probation. The feedback has been ridiculous to the point of being hilarious. For example, I sometimes, rarely, ask somebody to repeat a question in a meeting because I’m having to field high urgency messages from senior stakeholders mid-meeting and miss a line of speech so that I can reply. Meanwhile, my manager was pretty much no contact my entire probation period, before it was extended, and didn’t tell…

Look I understand and I get why it's important to land a job before you quit. So that financially you'll still be alright. Yet there's a lot of issues that occur when you try to do it that way. You're still stuck at the job you're trying to leave. You're still likely to be miserable at the job you're trying to leave. You need to make time to go to the interviews DURING your shirt. You start losing the motivation to leave if you get content with just “toughing it out”. If you really can't take it at your job anymore you should just quit. If you're that worried about finances try to save what you can before you quit.

I'm so pissed. I work for a health system in Boston that is known for serving 1 in 6 members of the LGBTQ+ community. I've been here almost 3 years. I serve on a health equity task force (volunteering, but that's gonna be coming to a screeching halt), and I administer housing first subsidies to people living with HIV. Sounds like a lot of responsibility, right? Sounds like a job you need a specialty skill set for, right? I came with over a decade of experience working with people experiencing homelessness. I go above and beyond for my clients, and just got the BEST performance review I have ever gotten at any job. I also am disabled. My company has a whoooooole committee devoted to DEI. We get it jammed down our throat in every Zoom webinar how important it is to the mission. I have been asking for a…

So, tomorrow is a public holiday in my country. Mind you, it's a religious public holiday across the country but the religious activities are conducted by minorities only (i am one of them) and it's pretty important to us. HR emailed that tomorrow our firm is closed but guess what? Boss said WFH. I might turn in my resignation today. I have been working from 8am to 8pm like a dog 5 days a week and they absolutely can't expect me to work an important holiday for me. F this life.