Author: Olivia

So, I had a serious health issue pop up. Very unexpected, my husband and I have 4 children. So me being in the hospital he had to stay home and you know keep his tiny humans alive. He called his boss at the job hed been working at for years and told him what was going on, all is well. So throughout the next week he text and checked in with his boss. Than suddenly he received a TEXT mind you saying that he was considered “a no call no show” because he was texting his boss with updates and that's against policy. So he proceeded to ask if he was fired. No response he called left voicemails for the manager and the owner no return finally after he text them for the 10th time asking if he was fired yet again he got another response saying that according to…

I recently met a nice sweet as can be black man at my job. Middle aged. Today we talked for about 30 seconds in the morning and a big fat bald old white guy calls his name and immediately and very rudely tells him his trash is full and that a coffee machine needs cleaning. I fucking wanted to yell at that asshole and quit on the spot. Instead I will remind myself to slowly unionize the place instead of quitting. Fuck what an absolute asshole that guy is.

Just wanted to share my life experience pro tip to any fresh outta college whipper snappers entering the workforce. I was once that guy, I started my job with an ambition to be the very best i helped everyone that asked for help (even when it wasnt my job) and busted my ass. I thought the company would notice me and appreciate my efforts with promotions, bonuses and raises. Instead what I got was More work and responsibility years down the line I realized I became the go to guy for all kindsa shit, everyone knew me as the “helpful guy”. I was at that point doing 3x the amount of work anyone else on my team was doing, all at the same pay. I was getting these “thank you, recognition if your hard work” emails and shoutouts in out company meetings, but that only compounded my problem because now…