Month: May 2024

Hi, So for the sake of paying rent, I picked up a potential side hustle as a transcriber. *I’ve only done the trial video (compensated). I have not signed the agreement yet for the rest of their videos. They’re waiting on me – I wanted to hear y’all opinions first. Contractual, no social media presence required, no zoom meetings, etc – – the circumstance feels kinda perfect for me. Except the standard rate is $3 per minute. $5 per minute for rush rate, which is probably infrequent. I’m not too sure about that. In comparison, one of my previous clients paid $0.18 per word. I’m trying to figure out if I’m being ripped off or not. The trial video was 10 mins long with four people talking. It took me total of 5 hours of watching the video, typing, revising grammar, and formatting the file (my obsession w perfection may…

Well, I’ve always been a top performer. Last year I killed myself following a layoff and restructuring to move things forward. Leading the process and figuring out nuances. When it came time for performance reviews I was not promoted. I was recognized as top talent but given a shitty raise and very little extra bonus. Then, comes another layoff and restructuring… I had been escalating the workload not being feasible with Others on PTO and loss of additional employees..management has shrugged me off for weeks and now that deadlines are around the corner, shit is hitting the fan. I asked again what priority was bc getting all completed was not feasible.. I got “no one thing is more important and it all needs to be done.” I cried all day. I’m mentally and physically exhausted. The lack of support caused me to completely shut down and do nothing at all.…

My job makes me want to unalive. It’s incredibly stressful and the workload is unrealistic. A coworker of mine recently quit because they were consistently working 60 hours while being paid for 40. If say we are overwhelmed, the manager says we have poor time management. Is it normal to want to unalive because my job has unrealistic expectations?

IMHO…I believe most blue collared peoples want to just save a little for retirement, get by decently, and enjoy small things while we work. Raise kids if ya got em…but it's coming more and more apparent that the companies we work for a being more and more blatant in saying FUCK YOU…we OWN you bitches. Modern day slavery. Barely giving wages enough to eat and have a roof over our heads. Have to work overtime just to do anything extra. God forbid anything break on you!! They're even being so bold to brag about killing overtime as the warehouse fills up with finished goods because of less orders being picked up. Record profits…just barely beating last quarter's sales . This won't stop! Even unionized facility at that. Sorry for ranting…just super fucking frustrated!!!!

Apparently my boss was great at his job so they promoted him to manager. That's a problem! Why in the world would one skill mean your great at another?!?! MJ was great at basketball, but sucked at baseball. Case in point! Here's what I'm dealing with…. Manager: do you start or end your day out of the office working with clients? Me: yes. It saves the company mileage and time when I plan to visit clients to and from work. It also saves my car damage, and saves me drive time. Manager: you can't do that. It's unfair to other staff. It allows you to start early, that's not OK. Fast forward to today….. Manager: did you start your day at the office???? I didn't see you. Me: yes, I drove my ass 50 minutes the office, then immediately left to meet a client who lives 5 minutes from my…

Finally my turn to rant here! I'm usually a semi-yes man, working for the company's interest in mind rather than limit myself to my responsibilities. For my latest boss, it's the second stint I've done for him, and I've gone waaayyy above and beyond for him, especially considering some of the clowns he employed before me. It's been one and a half years. Worked public holidays, and worked Sundays. Varied my shifts between 6-13 hours according to his needs. Varied my starting times. Taken up on-call demands. Provide some remote support outside of work hours. Doubled my responsibilities vs my contract and vs others in my role. Taken up light management duties. Trained half a dozen people on technical roles. Restructured and written up new procedures. Have better work ethic than most in the company. He's got my trust and honesty, which is certainly lacking in his company. Have made…