Month: September 2023

I'm so sick of how Salary pay is used in the US. I've worked at one company that used it properly where some weeks we would work 30-35 hours and on crunches maybe 55-70 but we would get flex time after. Every other job I've held has used Salary as a means to work me OT without having to pay me. I'm in Biotech working at the associate level and the abuse of Salary pay is ranpant. I average 50 hours+ a week and when converting my salary to hourly it comes close to 17$/hr…my friend makes 22$/hr at Starbucks managing and 17$/hr as his in basic data entry positions all with OT pay…this shit has to stop OT pay OR flex time should be mandatory for salaried employees.Woeking hard should reward the worker too not just the companies bottom line.

So yeah, I was told I was being laid off. The thing (among many) I don’t understand is why they picked me and not another coworker who is fairly new and does the exact same job as me. I mean, they could’ve picked less senior people from our department anyway, our jobs are fairly similar. I was told it wasn’t because of my performance, so I don’t understand. I’ve been with the company for almost 9 years, so it’s been pretty devastating on my mental health. It’s kinda eating me alive cause I don’t understand the reasons, I think I haven’t been the best performer for the past year or so cause I was often tired and took breaks when I could and just did what I had to and not much special stuff on top, but my work was always done. However I did take on some additional tasks…

If this sub is anything to go by, and all the shit I see on social media and all the things my coworkers say, my friends, my old classmates, my girlfriend, etc is anything to go by, this world and this life is by now utter shit, utterly soul crushing, and utterly unsustainable. Most people are so fucking miserable all the time that the average person is an asshole in a way I never remember them being when I was a teen or even in my very early 20s, and I'm a New Yorker so if I'm telling you people are more assholish than I ever remember you know I mean it. My question is, how fucking long can this go on? If most people are bitter and miserable and hate how things are going and the only people who are okay with the status quo are like the wealthy…

Let's time-travel back to 2019. I was just laid off from my factory job (seasonal) and I was looking to try something different, something new, and figured I'd give it a shot while I had the spare time. So I found a couple jobs I liked the descriptions of on Indeed, and after a few days I got a callback for a Delivery Driver gig. It was within my skillset, and it was pretty well known local company. A hardware store with a lumber yard. Overall I felt pretty good about the job. Until I met my manager. First Red Flag: He reminded me of someone I didn't like. Another boss from way back when who was a weasly fucking hypocrite, so automatically I didn't like this new boss. We'll call him Biff. Second Red Flag: “This walls.” He whispers as he writes down an offer on a pink post-it…

For context, I have been working at my job for almost a year now and have only called in sick twice. Both times I have given proper notice. Recently I requested a day off with only a week notice. This is how the conversation went over text. Boss: “Hey sir! I saw your request off form! So unfortunately I will not be able to approve this due to it being less than 2 weeks in advance. You do still have the opportunity to have the night off. You will need to reach out to team mates and ask someone to cover or switch you shifts. This will need approval so just let me know if you find coverage. If you don't find coverage and don't show to the shift, you will be marked as a no call no show. I would love to have approved this shift off, but I…

40 more years of monitored bathroom breaks. 40 more years of management being unable to give me direct answers about what it is my job reaponsibilities are, yet still screaming at me for not doing what's “expected” of me. 40 more years of being underpaid, overworked, and emotionally drained. This can't be it. There has to be more to life. There has to be more than 45+ hour weeks, than getting called in on your day off because some idiot is behind schedule, than manual labor wearing me down to a pile of rubbish. I have no passion. I never went to college, and even if I did, there is nothing on this earth I want to do for profit. Making money off a hobby (i.e. art) was the worst decision I had ever made, and now I fucking hate doing art. I hate working. I hate every job I've…

I am 21 years old. I can't afford college and the highest education I have is high school. Been trying find work but nowhere in my area wants to hure me because I don't have experience or a college degree. I turned in an application with a trucking company and got turned down all because in the six years I have been driving I have ONE speeding ticket. One. So now I don't know what to do and need advice.

I got hurt at work. The restrictions were no driving and sit down only. My company informed me that since I do not drive for work, that it will be my responsibility to make it in regardless. That’s was fucked up in my opinion, I got hurt at work and now I can’t drive but I still have to get to work or I’ll be fired. The bright side is that I can only do seated work and I plan on being so compliant with that. I will just sit at my desk. I plan on doing absolutely no work if I can’t do it seated, I am not even going to grab shit off the printer. I guess I kind of a wanted to vent lol, I’ll update you after my first day back. I am also really excited for the prospect to see how difficult I can be…

Now I don't have an issue with a 35-40 hour work week. I struggle with a 9am start. I've had insomnia since I was a child and I feel very energised sometimes around 11pm-1am and struggle with an 8am wake-up time. It means I am consistently sleep deprived and 90% of the days at work I'm doing the bare minimum to survive the day. If I were to take a week off work and have no alarm clocks on, I naturally seem to fall into a pattern of waking up at 10-11am and sleeping at 2am. This was the case with any annual leave, this was the case during the lockdown times and also the case with any summer holidays during school years. It seems pretty ingrained in me. So I've been thinking about a potential career change in the future and I wanted rough ideas of what sorta jobs…