Author: Olivia

I work for a large, corporate home health company. Today they announced they are being bought out by same people who own United Healthcare for 3.26 BILLION. 2 months ago I was told I was due for CPR recertification and that it would have to be an out of pocket expense. A company worth 3.26 billion won't even pay for their healthcare workers (who generate all the revenue) to get mandatory CPR training. $100 out of my own pocket plus 3-4 unpaid hours of training in order to go make the company money. Make it make sense. Can't wait to see how the bigger corporation tries to squeeze even more revenue from us. Profit over people always in privatized healthcare.

I just came back from the reddit black out because a strike with an expiration date is no strike at all. I was disappointed to see so many people already back, but my question is did the rather short black out accomplish anything or does anyone have any metrics of the event?

Whether it be Mondays or the first day back at work after a day or two off, it sucks. After 35+ years of working and finally finding a job that’s tolerable, it still sucks. The night before you go back to work is damn right sad. Then after gathering the energy to face the overly enthusiastic ownership for which I work, I go into the office and have to try to put on the happy face to retain my job which gives me just enough money to just squeak by. There has to be a better way……

We are short staffed and management keeps asking me if I know anyone interested but I would wish this company upon my worst enemy.

I work in a large corporate setting in a organization that’s considered “prestigious” in the industry. I used to really care about how I was perceived, such as by the clothes I wear. The dress code is business casual, and for women, the term can be extremely ambiguous. I used to stress so much about what I was wearing and whether it’s considered business casual or not. I used to be self conscious because other women were wearing their blouses tucked in and honestly I just hated doing so. It’s a little thing, I know, but the concept of tucking a shirt in to make it professional is just ridiculous to me. It used to bother me that I didn’t have certain blouses like other women do in my office and they look so put together. But now I just don’t care anymore. I find it ridiculous that we work…