Month: August 2023

So I used to work as a pizza delivery driver for a big pizza chain in the UK, I was on about 10.80 an hour and we would get paid 1.20 per delivery. We got a memo saying that our delivery payment which covers fuel and wear and tear on our vehicles would be reduced to £1. None of the other drivers were happy about this but they kept that between other drivers and didn't mention it to managers. But I could barely make that work at £1.20 let alone at £1 as it wouldn't cover my fuel costs. I spoke to the store manager who told me to take it up with the area manager if I didn't like how much I was getting paid, so I did. (Area manager =AM) Me: this £1 I get paid for delivery isn't covering my fuel costs, not including the wear and…

He's a good guy, and he's team actually likes him

My workplace does one of those anonymous surveys each year. Due to several moments of frustration (poor communication, extra work/hours, misplaced actions with one team causing my team to come behind and clean things up,etc.) over the past couple of months I have become a little less patient with my manager when it comes to his decision-making and general ability to “read the room” when it comes to his team’s morale and well-being. This week things really piled on by my manager making me look bad to my stakeholders because of important information he forgot to pass along to me. This week my company also released their large, enterprise-wide survey, that is supposedly anonymous. Well in my moment of frustration I decided to take the survey and now I am wondering if I was too tough in my scoring. There are many questions and it basically has to answer each…

There's not enough space for everyone, so I have the pleasure of sharing a cube with my boss. Can't wait. The other option they proposed was placing me in a conference room with 8 other people. No desks, no dual screens, just 8 people hunched over laptops. Time to find another job!

I spend 4 hours commuting (to and fro). Once a week, I take remote to mentally charge up, catch up on hobbies and chores. But my manager gets all defensive saying coming to the office is mandatory for productivity and collaboration and becoming better at my job. But then they boast about being a flexible team to work with. (it's not like other teams in my company don't have remote work, it's just my team). This sucks.

I have very heavy work related anxiety because a previous job utterly destroyed my mental health (and I don’t mean that lightly. It was really really bad). But I know that this is a capitalist society and as Louisa Madrigal said “I’m pretty sure I’m worthless if I can’t be of service”. Cut to today. Third round of interviews at a company that might as well be my dream job. They even have an office dog. And I had done really well on my interviews so I was sure I was gonna get hired. They told me I’d get a call between four and five if I was hired. Nothing. I can’t stop fucking crying. I know rejection is a part of life but there’s only so much I can take. I’ve been spam applying for job after job after job and so far I’ve only had 2 interviews. Retail…

Don't go to work on September 1st, don't return to work September 2nd, don't pay your rent, don't do anything that constitutes making money for or giving your labor to the top 1%. They can't fire all of us, they can't evict all of us, we can do this!

I just hopped on TikTok and saw people talking about General Strike on September first… Is anyone else seeing this? Does anyone have more info? Are you planning on striking? If so why? If not why not?