Author: Olivia

I am a quite high performing 30 year old female working in Europe at a big corporate company in finance and earn more than my husband. Since joining I worked hard and got rewarded well. Early this year I fell pregnant and have a baby coming early Sept and I will be back in the office January. This week during a meeting with a male director about the future of my career, I was told I should not take on a new challenging role which could be beneficial for my growth because it will be too hard for a new mother with new priorities. Also that I will ten to one be pregnant again in two years, so I should just take an easy position. I was also told to rather not apply for finance jobs in the factory/ r&d department because its more for men that understand that type…

I’ve had a lot of jobs including warehouse, factory, retail, restaurant, admin, wfh + self employment . I’ve enjoyed every job I’ve had somewhat, never hated any and was just glad to be making money (so I could focus on my actual life) but I would just leave when I had enough . But part of this influence was people’s, namely my friends and family, disrespect and patronising comments My family have had a problem with every single job I’ve had, they’re always nagging and giving me unsolicited advice. whenever I worked in a warehouse they looked down on me and it was “do something nice, work in a café” I’d work in a café and it was “you’re smart, get a career work in an office” I work in an office and it was “you’re creative, you need to expand your horizons, start a business” now I have a…

I’m relatively new to Reddit in general and only heard about this sub through the news and then checking it out for myself. Researching for myself I think what I initially believed was wrong and I’m getting the point of the levels of labour inequality and inequity and generally the reason why people want to avoid this capitalist rat race. I personally didn’t think I felt as strongly about this as I thought I did until reading this sub, I felt as though I was making moral excuses for my own laziness before realising I was uncomfortable working so hard for someone else’s bottom line as opposed to my own. I’m lucky and privileged enough to have been able to turn several years of decent earnings in my early twenties into solid investments providing me with a more than acceptable living wage before I am going to turn thirty. Now,…