Author: Olivia

So I have a job that I do enjoy, I work with horses, but it doesn’t pay close to enough for what I need and there’s no way I’m getting a raise. I had to fight for the small one I got not that long ago, and they’ve been acting like it’s a blessing they’ve given me ever since. There’s no benefits, no overtime pay (still get paid, just regular hourly pay), and not to mention it’s a very dangerous and laboring job. Most days I wake up with major anxiety about even going in…what do you do when even the job that you loved and worked hard to get makes you want to quit…?

I was talking with a family friend and he was saying that he does the bare minimum because he feels he doesn't get compensated fairly for the work he does. I agreed that pay needs to be raised for everyone. He really got onto a rant about how people need to stop trying so hard at work. I asked him about people who like to do their work and enjoy it and he went off on how there is nobody like that and if they are they are just brownnosing and probably suck as a person. I told him that I like my job. It's rewarding. Working on tasks I enjoy makes the time pass quickly. I like learning more in my role and I like taking on more tasks. I understand I won't be compensated with anything but more work, but I am good at setting boundaries and saying…

Not happy at my current job. Been looking around to try and find something else. I've never felt so helpless in my life. Everything has terrible hours that they claim are flexible. Competitive pay that's way below a livable wage. I feel like a character in an apocalyptic movie who just saw a mushroom cloud in the distance and you see the blast coming. Like what the hell. Their seems to be no hope. Rents high, houses are unattainable and even fucken groceries are insane. An if you want to try and budget to make it by better get use to eat white rice and hot dog weiner soup so you can afford to pay rent and not have any social life whatsoever. Man I feel fucked.