Month: September 2023

They thought they could fire me and tried to invoke “right to work” law in their state. When you're a independent contractor you get to fire the clients lol, not the other way around. Also referred to me as “employee” in their final statement when trying to invoke that law, even though we agreed upon with the W-9 tax form I filled out that I am a sole proprietor. If you're an independent contractor, have you ever had this experience with a client before?

My company touted this as the “great to meet everyone” event and everyone at the event kept saying, “Finally, it's great to meet everyone in person.” It wasn't. It was a crap event full of middle-aged idiots pretending to attend sessions and then getting drunk in the “networking” events at night. I came back to my home city – took a spare test I had at home and found out it's Covid. I am not sure if I should move out to a hotel, or continue staying at the home in a separate room and risk my family members' lives as well. There's only one kitchen and I am wondering if I may have to go there to get water or something, how do I handle it. I never had Covid before and always wore a mask even at grocery stores here in my hometown. Only in Vegas, no one…

So my first job ever was a Grill Operator at Wendy's. I was excited because I always wanted to make my own money. I was 17 and my parents were really supportive of me doing this. My parents told me usually you get paid for as long as your training. I always kept that in my mind (this'll be important later). After getting the job I got my uniform and had to do a 2 hour training thing on the computer. I was told it may take a few days and they'll put me on the week after I finish it. I did it and got excited to work the next week. Next week never came. I waited for the NEXT week. Never came. Fast forward to 2 MONTHS LATER, I get a call that I'm FINALLY allowed to come in to do in person training. Having to wait that…

Maybe this belongs in r/depression but I feel like the state of the world has more of an impact on my mental health than my daily habits. I'm physically fit. Have a great partner. Have good people around me. Practice mindfulness. Focus on viewing emotions objectively and am not really rash. It's a passive suicidal ideation. I am not in danger, but I really want to die. I just cant envision a future that's better than the reality today. I feel if I continue down the path of the grind, I'll become like those bitter, soulless people that look down on everyone below them on the socioeconomic ladder. It just feels like everybody is fighting for their own right to survive and rightfully so. Nations don't really care about world peace bc they know it isn't possible, so they strive to gain the most power and to do right by…

I don't exactly know what the point of this post is? I guess I just wanna vent. The restaurant I worked for as a cook was acquired by new ownership who began to institute lots of changes almost immediately after our introduction to them, where they quite literally stated “we're just the money people, we won't change anything.” One of their main objectives was putting out a news article stating the place I worked for wasn't going to shut down, something they knew would attract a ton of business. They reassured us that they'd make sure we were fully staffed (been operating on a skeleton crew for the past year) before releasing said article. They hired exactly zero cooks, which led to the kitchen staff being completely slammed and unprepared for so many people every day. As the only person speaking about the blatant lies and changes that only served…

Maybe it’s just me but this reads less like a job description and more like a Second Written Warning lol