Month: September 2023

I feel like thr only thing keeping us down are thr old dogs who refuse to learn new tricks. And I'm not talking about thr average workers. I'm talking about the guys who can't even get through a press conference without having a stroke. Alot of progress is being hindered by the “I got mine crowd”, I hate to sound rude but at this point they're just stopping the world from progressing and keeping everyone miserable and in poverty. As the famous quote goes “I'm tired of this grandpa!”

For those of you who heard my story before, here’s a refresher: I was unexpectedly let go at the end of June. Company A where I worked for the last five years outsourced my department to Company B. Company B kept me on as a contractor. I’m still working in Company A’s office and little has changed day to day. They gave me a contract for one month, extended me another month and extended me again today. I’m still making the same amount as before but I’m still effectively taking a pay cut. That is because I lost out on a 3% raise I would have gotten from Company A, and I’m paying for my health insurance. I got a short term plan because COBRA would have cost over $900 a month. I did keep my dental plan through COBRA which is $26 a month. As a 1099 contractor, I’m…

a post I made earlier regarding worker safety was DELETED because, despite my LEGITIMATE ALARM work safety practices were lacking re an air compressor, one user was convinced I was “burning bridges for no reason.” I'm “burning bridges” and tried calling OSHA because, it was my understanding from the manual and huge amount of warning stickers, there is a reason the warnings in the manual, and the warning stickers on said equipment, exist. I'm frustrated and feeling in a bad mental place about work, even the potential of finding other work, because, after calling OSHA and trying desperately to describe what I KNOW is a horrible issue that my employers REFUSE to help me take seriously, they made any excuse to not do work today and not understand the issue, as if I was speaking to a brick wall. Its apparent to me the field I attempted to go into,…

I knew Safeway was always gross in terms of how they treat their employees but this is a new low. Any suggested action? So frustrated with this. On another note, I don’t know what the fuck their union is doing for them besides taking their money. Borderline minimum wage and 10 minute breaks (the legal minimum in my state). I’m sure they’d fire the guy if they got a shit ton of bad reviews but I doubt enough people saw it happen to complain. No employee should be in tears and screamed over just because their manager felt like being an asshole

So I'm 16 and I have worked for Sonic for about two weeks now, we are relatively new (closed down for renovations) this is my schedule this week….I can't even pay my phone bill

Title sums it up

I've been having a rough go of it these past couple days. Decided to do a social media detox. Came to realize I'm a terminally online loser who doom scrolls all day and have no one around except for my family. So I decide to finally do something about it. Look for IT jobs. 4 jobs come up. All of them “Entry-Level, requires 5 years experience. Pays $19/hr” I can't work physical stuff because of an injury I sustained to my back around 2019 working retail. Only jobs I could potentially work are retail as I'm a new college student. I go “That's not ideal, I'll look at apartment they should be cheap cause of where I live.” I look at the prices they are the exact same as the prices for something in a bigger city. JUST FOR 1 BEDROOM AND BATHROOM! I just need privacy and a job…

Well, we officially got the notice today that we have to come back into the office twice a week starting next month. I’m pissed; mostly because the team I was just removed from is exempt from this policy. And not for any good reason (they told us it was because all of their work is online… but ALL of us work online). The real reason they were exempted from the new policy is because one of these employees lives 5 hours away and they needed to make an exception for her. Also, our office space doesn’t have enough space to accommodate the staff. When our director was asked how this will be addressed, their response was “you’re adults, you’ll figure it out.” Now I’m looking at a two hour commute plus an additional $800 for childcare, with no raise to offset my costs for having to return to an office.