Author: Olivia

When I hear mainstream media talking about Russian oligarchs, they associate that name with all the corruption that is typical for billionaires. We can use all that hard work the mainstream media has done and adopt that term for American oligarchs.

I code industrial machines for a living. All the machines that are purchased (whether it’s used, new, refurb, etc..) has code that is encrypted. (Non openable/readable) but the machine will always understand it. The main reason as to why these companies encrypt the code is supposedly because of the time and research that they dedicated to get the perfect formula. I was hired on by a medium sized company to code their refurbished machine. Would it ruin my reputation if I encrypted the code before walking away?

I work for an amazing small business that in the last 4 years I've been with them have grown into a dream job. They respect me, prioritize mental health (free care!), the owner is close to her goal for 2022 to be able to START new employees at $15, and they've helped me grow as a person and within the company. I now am in charge of about 10 people and I put mental health and kindness and values above all else. I encourage our work space to be a safe space and being a very LGBTQ+ environment, have helped many of people find their voice and accommodate their needs… …and now they're completely ungrateful monsters. They nit-pick and use my buzz words against me to get their way. I encouraged a democracy and all I have with them is a Parks and Rec town hall meeting… with more whining.…

I am a pretty good employee so I usually fly under the radar at work. But I've noticed that one particular employee has been a target for both the owner/boss and manager. It's a really small company so we do not have an HR department. So whatever the manager says to the boss is “what happened”. I have worked for about a year and noticed that the manager (who is illegal) seems to pick on certain new employees and have even ran them out of the job. My boss is very biased and so is the manager. They have both admitted this out loud infront of everyone. I've even seen my boss yell at multiple employees infront of everyone. This is normal apparently. One employee always has to go to her psychiatrist and is in regular therapy sessions. But when she requests days off to see her doctors the boss…