Author: Olivia

Hello all!! I worked as a salaried employee for a fitness company in their sales department. It didn’t take me long to see some of the dysfunctions with the ownership and upper management, not to mention the leadership carousel that was happening. Anyways, I decided to return to my old field of occupation. I noticed today that my previous company was still cutting me my salaried paychecks! I left over a month ago. That place is a joke. My question is: do I have any claim to this money? Should I just continue to collect until they notice, or is this a situation where it’s in my best interest to look to pay it back to them ASAP. It really isn’t much, as it was a commission based position. They’re paying me about $1800/mo base salary. TLDR: my previous employee is still cutting my salary checks, what should I do?

Mental health, physical health (either through labor jobs or sedentary jobs with long hours that don’t allow people to take care of themselves), healthcare being tied to work, excessive traffic, loneliness, poor social habits/relationships, weird retirement (retiring late or not at all because no money/no life developed outside of work identity), etc. Why does none of this matter to companies? Why isn’t the government doing anything? I feel like when I think about the stressors in my life and people I talk to (older or younger) it seems like a lot stems from this society that puts profit over people and constantly tells US to change rather than the system changing. I don’t want to just accept that this is our lives like our parents did. I want things to change for everyone but I don’t know how or how to do so without putting providing for my family at…

And for many people, lunch break is 30 minutes instead of an hour.

I realize that this sub-Reddit is anti-work, but how do you support yourself if you don’t work? I notice that the sub header talks about living a work free life, but what are some practical ways that I can do that, especially because I am on the cusp of starting that journey.