Month: August 2023

That’s pretty much it. I was there for four years and I could go all day about it. I just wanted to let people know that this work culture isn’t normal and if you have trauma from work you aren’t alone.

For the past couple months I've been in the market to get a new job. I recently found out in the last 6 years I've been employed I've gone from lowest paid employee to promoted lowest paid employee despite having 3 new co-workers. I work in a creative field which is already notorious for getting garbage roles and pay, which likely happens in plenty of other fields too but it's easy to see when this is the only field I know. A common thing in job listings I see typically ask for a wide range of responsibilities, and it's getting disheartening to even stay in this industry. Some of these listings are asking for a whole production house of tasks: videography, scripting, editing, graphic design, audio engineering, marketing, budgeting and who knows what else. I'm all for a little cross-training on roles but to ask for such an extensive list…

So only their favourites, then, and not a proper pay rise. Instead they got to see what their hard work achieves, enabling the white haired old bastard to wander around a golf course instead of working.

I’m so upset for my husband. He got hired in March for a temporary position, which is ending tomorrow. So he started interviewing and applying over a month ago. He had an interview, went great, went in for a second interview, went decently, but the interviewee didn’t know he had already interviewed before, until the very end. Both times he was supposed to meet with a specific person, and he wasn’t available either time even though it was scheduled a week prior. They said that they would reach out beginning of the following week. He followed up multiple times that week, and didn’t hear back until another week later, saying that they weren’t extending an offer. Okay, next place, went in to fill out an application and interview. They guy basically told him he had the job, but would just have to talk to his boss. Literally told him that…

it took a bit but i finally understand that i, an employee, am making a company more money than they're paying me. they send people home a lot because they don't want to pay us. but the thing is, i've been the best worker i could be for weeks now. changed a lot, started becoming the guy at work that helps everybody. i want a raise, so i basically adopted a kitchen lead role, been coming in early and staying later, working extra hard, actually giving a shit about the culinary arts and doing research on my off time to ensure customers have a good experience. but they promoted some 17 year old to kitchen lead because he told them he wants to do more. so due to my fear of rejection, that i got from them because i've asked for a raise before, i haven't talked to them, been…

51M here with a 25 year, specialized career that's become very toxic. Im a highly sensitive person, so Im steadily falling apart. Not looking for advice on how to stay because this industry is just not a good fit for me anymore. They pay me a lot so I've enjoyed a luxurious lifestyle, and its hard to let that go. Despite this, I have serious thoughts of asking for severance, selling my home, and camping out on a beach for a month to clear my head. My skills are not easily transferrable so good chance I'll have to re-tool. There's nothing holding me back because I'm single, no kids, and zero debt aside from a mortgage. Three months prudent reserve. This situation reminds me of a romantic relationship where the two of us are constantly fighting, but I don't want to leave because I'm afraid of being alone. Thought I'd…

Yesterday we received a random $1.07m tax refund so today our boss bought all 4 of us small Slurpees…his treat! See? Work isn't so bad. (This is literal. I would think it was a joke, too.)

I work 60 hours a week 10 hours days plus Saturday and I’m honestly burnt out. I’ve been working here 5 years going on 6 and I’m a union production employee. As much as I love the benefits and money is alright I’m feeling exhausted. I work 2nd shift and never have any time to myself and feel like my life has no purpose other than work and I really want to enjoy doing things and being outside and being able to see the Sun. My job is stressful and I deal with robots where they constantly go down and I get no support from management and recommendations that we need to actually fix them instead of putting a band-aid on it. I also weld and fix parts that are messed up. I’ve been eyeing jobs that work 3 days and work 12 hours but you get 4 days off.…

Loving life!!!!!!! I have plenty of time for self care and make enough money to afford therapy!!!! (/s) My friends keep having to search & rescue me and ended up installing a low jack on my phone (with my permission) because I keep having fugue states but then I just have to go to work the next morning 🙂 this is fine!!!! I'm functional!!!! I'm normal!!!!! My therapy is $100/session and I'm making $9/hr because I can't hold down the job more than 3 months because I skip town for days but I'm fine!!!! Life is okay!!!! This is perfectly normal!!!!!!!!