Author: Olivia

Semi-retired Silicon Valley Engineer here. I worked for a large mainframe computer maker who was the biggest competitor to big blue. The company started to slide before being completely bought out by a major Japanese electronics maker. Before that happened they bought a “supercomputing” company for the tech. They offered new challenging positions there for employees to transfer. This included the entire chip design team (about 20 people). Then after a couple of months later, the company laid off everyone at that division. Yeah, I wondered what was going on when you lure the best and brightest to a new division, then axe that division seemed like the corporate equivalent of putting a pistol in your mouth. The beautiful part of this is that chip design group decides to market itself as a group, rather than each looking for new work. They got “bought” with the most junior member getting…

As the title says, my boss tells me and associates that if we come up short at the end of the night that we should use our tips to correct the mistake. I’ve had to do this a few times, usually my numbers are spot on. But there are a few other associates that aren’t as good and constantly have to use their tips to level out things at the end of the day. This has been going on for awhile, and I was thinking about it last night and was curious if it was legal or not, im in Oregon if that makes a difference. My boss does some pretty sketchy stuff that wouldn’t surprise me if most of them break some rules or are illegal. I like my job, I just want to be informed and do things the correct way.

An entry level position in Tyson Foods' Forest, Mississippi, plant is $12 an hour. This is equivalent to $24,960 a year (which is not a living wage, even in Forest). Tyson Foods' CEO Donnie King's total annual compensation (salary, stock awards, stock options, bonus) is 8.999 million. The CEO is earning $12 every ten seconds. The U.S. needs a law that ties executive compensation to the median hourly rate of the workers. As a side note, King enjoys other perks that are not included in his compensation, like business meals & entertainment paid for by the company, 4-6 weeks of paid vacation, and use of the company's jet for business travel. If Tyson Foods sounds familiar, the company was in the news in 2020 for betting on which workers at their Iowa plant would get COVID.

For those who can afford it, I would like to suggest that you add a few extra dollars when you tip workers that depend on tips and/or don't make a livable wage. You could also offer to purchase something for them, like a meal so they can save that money on other necessities. I was a restaurant server in 2008 when gas prices went up to $4/gal and I still remember the struggle. If you can afford to, a few more dollars out if you pocket will likely help them more than it would “hurt” you. Please don't come for me in the comments I'm just trying to be a good person and help others.

Technically still in the office 2-3 days a week.

Make sure you hold in your poop until you get to the office to take enormous shits on company time in return for how they've shit on you for mandated returns. This means: To withhold a bowel movement, it is necessary to control the anal muscles. Contracting certain muscles in the anus helps stop the release of stool, whereas relaxing them facilitates a bowel movement. To contract these muscles and hold in poop, people should squeeze their buttocks together. Certain dietary choices may also help a person hold in poop. For instance, they can avoid high fiber foods before and during times when it is not desirable to poop. Limiting or avoiding drinks that may stimulate a bowel movement, such as coffee or fruit juices, until you arrive at the office, can also help. It's also normal to shit 3 times a day so even if you aren't shitting that much,…

I helped open a small plant shop with my two bosses about 8 months ago. They literally didn’t pay me at first but promised me a stake in the company and a partnership. I quickly realized that would be stupid move on my part financially as I was just coming from being Covid unemployed for 1.5 yrs and broke as a joke. I had to fight to get an employee position at $10. Since then I have been the sole employee managing the shop and keeping upwards of 500 plants alive in a not ideal space for plants. My bosses have no prior plant knowledge so basically rely on me to keep all product alive. I had a weekend vacation planned and to cover my hours they had to hire two new people via Facebook who also have no plant knowledge and made me train them before I left. I…