Month: September 2023

In my personal experience, it's disheartening to witness the increasing number of individuals who are working long hours, often well beyond the standard 40-hour workweek, only to find themselves struggling to make ends meet. It's as if the idea of a work-life balance has become a distant dream for many. I've seen friends and colleagues push to their limits, taking on multiple jobs or working unpaid overtime just to keep up with rising living costs. It's not just about the occasional busy period; it's a pervasive trend that seems to be affecting various industries. While being dedicated and hardworking is crucial, I believe that fair compensation and respect for employees' time are equally important. The concept of valuing employees as valuable assets should not be lost in the race for profits. It's essential to ask ourselves if this is the kind of work culture we want to pass on to…

It's just a bunch of nepo babbies crying about actually having to get a real job. I fully support unions and strikes for REAL workers like the people in the automotive industry, repairman, miners, welders, truck drivers …. you get the gist, the ones actually needed to make society RUN. Those people fully deserve a share of whatever profits their employers make. But writers LOL, as if there is not enough of old media that can be consumed and is of a higher moral and intellectual caliber than the crap modern braindead “”””writers””” produce. Good riddance. ​

Long time lurker, but today I have had it. I work at a country club (lots of 1%'ers). I sometimes get people asking me what I'm going to do for a career as I'm almost finished with my bachelors. And in all honesty, I don't know. I want to do so many things, but I've had it with the job searches, the rejection letters, the interviews where I spew the same bullshit just to have to go to another interview to prolong the rejection letter. My bachelor's used to get me a well paying job a few years ago, now I'm not even considered for a $17/hour position unless I get an additional associates/bachelors/masters in that area. True thoughts: I don't want to work for the rest of my life. I want to be a mother. I want to be a wife. I want to be a homemaker but unfortunately…

This morning I went to work my opening shift (9 a.m.) even though I was sick and had a low-grade fever. I felt that because I called out the night before the walls were closing in on me. Although everyone says you should stay home when you're sick, no boss actually means that. My boss asked how I was and I said doing okay I think, I figured it would be better for me to at least try and the worst thing that happens is I wouldn't make it all day. Rather than calling in early in the morning when no one would be able to help them open. Mind you, my voice was pretty messed up from being sick, I sounded like I had the Empire State building up both nostrils and was speaking through a kazoo. I lasted about a half-hour of sweating, snot dribbling down the inside…

This week, the company I work for sent an email stating that going forward we are going to be required to be in the office on site more often than not, and if we don't comply we'll be fired. I know a lot of companies have been doing this, so it's not shocking, but I'm disappointed that a company that prides itself on being innovative is resorting to outdated boomer thinking and catchphrases about how workplace culture is better when we're together. I understand why they're doing this, but my personal setup for working on site sucks. When I go into work to experience “company culture,” that involves me sitting by myself in a basement and not speaking to another soul for 8 hours. I never see anyone in my group because they sit in a different area (they have their own offices). I get more social interaction when I'm…

I'm absolutely a supporter of workers taking time off to maintain their mental well-being, but the idea that it's an acceptable and inherent bi-product of employers pushing workers beyond reasonable and healthy expectations of productivity is absolutely troubling. That workers should spend their own sick days to cope with an ever-diminishing work-life balance rather than employers being forced to adhere to humane standards and expectations is absolutely maddening. We cannot accept a future where we're pushed to our absolute mental limits and have to choose when we can afford to spend a sick day to recharge.

As the title says, which companies have a better condition for the workers?