Author: Olivia

Hey all, as I'm sure many here can relate to, I'm reaching my breaking point with work. Not my specific job necessarily, but having to work period. It's an aspect of my life that for whatever reason is existentially difficult, like aging, sickness and death. And by work I mean alienated labor for a wage which mostly gets spent on enriching my landlord and corporate shareholders, etc. I am quite happy to labor away on shit that actually means something to me. Now, while theoretically the world could change, I doubt I will ever see it in my lifetime, so I have to somehow psychologically and spiritually reconcile myself to having to do things I don't want to do for most of my life to make other people wealthy. It just is what it is. That being said, I have no idea how to do this. After COVID I was…

Hey all, as I'm sure many here can relate to, I'm reaching my breaking point with work. Not my specific job necessarily, but having to work period. It's an aspect of my life that for whatever reason is existentially difficult, like aging, sickness and death. And by work I mean alienated labor for a wage which mostly gets spent on enriching my landlord and corporate shareholders, etc. I am quite happy to labor away on shit that actually means something to me. Now, while theoretically the world could change, I doubt I will ever see it in my lifetime, so I have to somehow psychologically and spiritually reconcile myself to having to do things I don't want to do for most of my life to make other people wealthy. It just is what it is. That being said, I have no idea how to do this. After COVID I was…

Hey all, as I'm sure many here can relate to, I'm reaching my breaking point with work. Not my specific job necessarily, but having to work period. It's an aspect of my life that for whatever reason is existentially difficult, like aging, sickness and death. And by work I mean alienated labor for a wage which mostly gets spent on enriching my landlord and corporate shareholders, etc. I am quite happy to labor away on shit that actually means something to me. Now, while theoretically the world could change, I doubt I will ever see it in my lifetime, so I have to somehow psychologically and spiritually reconcile myself to having to do things I don't want to do for most of my life to make other people wealthy. It just is what it is. That being said, I have no idea how to do this. After COVID I was…

This is mostly just a rant/ vent, but feel free to discuss and give advice. Capitalism needs to end. About a year ago i moved to my parents place at the coast where they are retired. There was a load of family drama and tragedy going on and they needed me to come, and i am now paying the mortgage on their house. I needed a job, and wanted something relatively low stress that i could just go, do my work, then go home and not worry about it with everything else going on, so i applied to a few of the many hotels in this tourist town, and got a job as a housekeeper. Even though work sucks, i know i have to do it to live, so i try to keep a positive attitude as best i can. It really wasnt bad to start out. It turns out…

If all the philanthropists contribute To charities where does that money go?

Tldr; denied a raise because my job title hasn't changed in almost three years despite more responsibilities. Hello, long story is long. 2 years and 11 months ago I started working with my step-dad at a local factory as a material handler. Original job duties were taking paperwork to the warehouse and delivering supplies to one location. Fast forward several years and that has grown to me doing three people's positions due to layoffs and me “taking one for the team” due to working with family. Responsibilities now include keeping track of inventory for two entire departments, paperwork for a third and forklift and lift truck delivers of pipe and coil to warehouse, and moving inventory when and where it's needed no questions asked, office supply deliveries for most of our engineering department, and fixture delivers to r&d for verification. This August after several “lateral” movements between departments and new…

So, I’m not a lawmaker, these are just examples. I know it may seem ‘extreme’ but you’ll get the idea. Change tax incentives, give small businesses the biggest tax cuts and big businesses(lets say over a billion $ in yearly revenue) gets heavily taxed. On top of the tax, these ‘billion dollar’ monopolies get a profit reduction. For example instead these companies getting “record profits” like business revenue going up 364% and more the next year: It’s limited to 10% growth. The additional revenue beyond the set percentage goes to the government. The excess revenue goes to the government. Strictly regulated and it’s only allowed to go towards the people/ infrastructure. My hope is, these massive companies will fund communities and not create more billionaires. With a focus on education and schools. No more starving kids. All people should at least get free college education through the community college. I…

I dared the broach the topic of our terrible attrition problems, which HR has literally been caught saying will be an easy solution for the upcoming recession so we won’t have to deal with laying off as many people. This was the smarmy response from a woman making 7 figures and about to take a 3-week vacation to Europe.