Author: Olivia

I've been at the same job for 8 years, minimal raises, definitely not enough to cover cost of living increases. The job has become more and more stressful to the point that I just can't take it anymore and I've been job hunting for a while. I have a new job lined up and I'm excited about it. I've never left a job without giving appropriate notice in my life, so I felt like I couldn't just quit effective immediately, but I absolutely dread the next 2 weeks. I've gotten no response to or acknowledgement of my resignation letter and I'm dreading going into work tomorrow. Not really looking for advice, just needed to get this off my chest.

Our baby rescue cat has asthma. We were shocked to learn cats can have asthma. The treatment is simple: give him an aerosol inhaler once a day to soothe his lungs. Kitty can breathe normally and live a perfectly happy life. The problem? No medical insurance for kitty means these fucking inhalers are over $300 at a pharmacy. Holy shit! Thankfully we found a Canadian supplier that drop ships them direct to us from countries like Turkey and Romania for…. less than $40 shipped. HOW IS THIS LEGAL? How do politicians simply ignore this? Are they all just getting paid nicely by these industries? Unreal! If I can buy these things from the other side of the world for $40, then it's obvious prescription costs need to to change. A human being shouldn't need a job, therefore an overpriced prescription plan, to be able to afford this shit.

Like most teens in my area I got a job in the local grocery store and loved it. It helped massively with my confidence and gave me a lot of financial independence. I was the typical guy who’d cover every shift possible and work short notice every single time (even working evenings and days between my country’s biggest state exams). So like a dumbass and because I was a victim of the work ethic=value trap I decided to skip college and go to work full time in the store. Since then I’ve gotten a promotion and I’m carrying departments that were run by four people (we’ve lost 30 staff in six months due to bad management) . The raise isn’t even worth it because because of taxes and how minimal my raise was I’m bringing home less than I was on minimum wage. After asking about a further raise I…

The U.S. is not the greatest country in the world. I’m feeling the weight and bruises of our toxic work culture and uncaring politicians. When I take time off (unpaid of course), I feel guilty when I go to stores because I see how under compensated, over worked these employees are yet I patronize these institutions. Problem is we don’t have a choice here in America. Are there any countries where governments and companies care about its people and enforce a healthy work culture? A place where people are treated like human beings? A place where people have lives outside of work? Thanks everyone.

What if the entire material world and the property of the future functioned similarly to the internet: cheap, easy and sometimes even free to access, anyone can get in, and people can come and go freely as they wish. Boarding a plane is as easy as visiting a website. So is living indoors. Private capitalists no longer own the means of production or exploit workers to expand their wealth, and money is not required for average people to access the material world. The material world has become environmentally sensitive, and is still scientifically progressing to deliver us all better and better living standards. I think humanity should try to pursue these goals, even though they are lofty. We wouldn't have modern medicine or space exploration if human beings didn't dream big. So, let's do it. What are your thoughts? Thank you.

Hello All, hope everyone is doing well. I recently started working at this Toyota dealership in the quick service center and on my first day I worked a full 12 hour shift with no breaks and no lunch. I thought nothing of this as I thought it was just a one time thing, but I've been here an entire week and everyday I work it has been like that. Is this normal, if not what should I do? Thank you!

I have been a teacher for 32 years. I have noticed in that time that recently retired teachers always look about five years younger. The most extreme one, I had not seen the guy for about 12 years and he popped in on a quick visit. I took a while to recognize him. He looked younger than I remembered him. His son now works in my school and he looks way older than he should.

My manager has approved my 3 days PTO (Wed-Fri) and a new job offer came after that. Current company (6 months employment) has toxic environment, incompetent “long-timer” people, and I want to resign asap??? but I don’t want to look bad in nice people’s eyes (new employees like myself). I’m connected with these nice people on LinkedIn. P.s. I only signed up for position A, but been doing position A + Management B position with skills and experience that nobody at this company has. Any advice or thoughts? Thanks.