Author: Olivia

Not only are the jobs we’re applying for offensively low in wages, but the application processes are the biggest pains. I have to make an account, then give my sexual, racial, cultural, and military background (which I don’t understand, especially for common jobs like customer service), turn in my resume THEN rewrite it in the application, and so much more. The only ones I understand are background checks and eligibility to work/age. Other than that, most are unnecessary and I honestly wish paper resumes were still relevant so they could just look over my resume, see if I’m an eligible fit due to my skills and/or experience, contact me via phone or email for an interview then either hire me or let me know that they’re going in another direction. It shouldn’t be that difficult to apply for a job. I wouldn’t be surprised if we’re eventually charged to apply…

I was being harassed by a coworker that has 10 inches and 100 pounds on me while I was doing my job and he was fucking off as usual. I told him to fuck off and was attacked. I didn't fight back as usually the cameras and hr combine for a ko termination on both people if both are seen punching. I reported it to law enforcement. I used all my pto during the investigation suspension. I now am being transferred and have a looming unpaid suspension of unknown length that can drop at any time. Oh and for some reason they think that I'll be plowing snow for them this week.

I had an interview with a company three weeks ago for a desktop support position. I've worked in data centers on server hardware, I've been a system Admin, and I've done desktop support in the past. The guy interviewing me was a good 25 minutes late to that interview. They got back to me a week later saying I was overqualified for the position and that they had chosen another candidate. They reached out to me early last week about interviewing for a similar position (still in the it support realm). I said why not and had scheduled the interview. My work ended up running way over and I missed the interview time. Had no further contact from anyone in that company, until today. I get a call today, I screen it first then decide to answer it since I didn't recognize the name but it was regarding an interview.…

How long must this go on? How many more people need to lose their job and have the means to survive stripped from them? How many people need to make the choice between medication and getting a full weeks worth of groceries because the pay check just can’t be stretched to cover both fully. How long do we have to listen to rich assholes tell us “cut out Netflix and coffee and you’ll stop being poor.” Cause apparently only rich people deserve to watch tv. The stress of my job landed me in the hospital last year. To put it simply my body was producing too much stomach acid and was eating holes in my stomach and esophagus. I’m 24 and I was making $17.30 (which I used to think was pretty good for my age. I know better now). With the cost of the medicine I now take, and…

Third year Business student at a Canadian University. For the most part I have enjoyed my degree but on many occasions run into hardcore capitalist content being taught to unsuspecting students by profs that happily lip smack the a** cheeks of Adam Smith, Porter, Ford etc… Today Im catching up on my Economics of Unions lectures but ended up venting to Reddit when I heard my prof and saw his video lectures. I care about this content because unions are one of the ways workers stand a fighting chance against corporate greed. My prof clearly does not give a s***. His lecture open is in a poorly lit 480P room with “unions” written on the too-small whiteboard behind him. Opening remarks: “howdy folks, sorry to be late, (three weeks late posting video lectures) this is Economics of unions, forget the number (the course code) um… COVID and all… ya know…”…