Author: Olivia

What excuses have your employers given for having to go back to the office? Since working from home I have finally found a perfect work/life balance and my mental and physical health has greatly improved. The company always said from the beginning that it was a temporary thing, and just recently there's rumor of a set date now for returning. I can't help but get anxious everytime I think about having to go back. I have even been considering looking for another job that is remote so I don't have to go back to that lifestyle. While some employers have embraced permanent WFH, I can't understand why others refuse to even consider it. My employer constantly sends out updates about record breaking gains in different aspects of the company. If we are doing so good, and some may even say better than when we were back in the office, then…

Berated might be a strong word, but I've dealt with passive aggressive people my entire life and honestly I'm fucking tired of it. A little bit of backstory: I work in cash transportation, specifically an armed guard. I sit in the back of a truck all day and only get out when I'm delivering money, servicing an ATM, or using the restroom. In my eyes(if I was management) I'd consider myself a model employee with a strong work ethic. I don't call off, I don't miss work, I show up early and leave late(I don't do this because I want to, I do it because I was raised in the south and it was ingrained in me that if I wasn't working I was a lazy bum. I don't have this viewpoint for anyone else but myself. This is still pretty fresh on my mind and I want to get…

I understand the point of a general strike, but seeing how difficult that would be to organize, would it not be simpler for workers to just refuse to work for companies which do not offer fair compensation?

I'm based in the UK, and work for a charity/third sector org of about 25 people. I started this job (I'm a caseworker but don't do any face to face appointments as part of my role) in October 2021 after getting made redundant from my previous job. Its a fairly OK org and, maybe worth noting, abolitionist (in theory). I've been working from home and doing my job very well the entire time I've been employed. When I started there was mention of returning to the office last November 2 days minimum per week which was nuts and didn't happen. It got moved to March this year, and is looking to go ahead. I have long term mental health issues, the main diagnosis being OCD which I declared on all documents. When I interviewed there was mention of returning to the office in the future, which I agreed would likely…

Employers really expect you to complete a 10-15 minute assessment without even having any sort of communication with you. I'm not going to complete a 10 minute quiz just to apply for a position, when I don't even know if you're going to look at my resume or the results. WHAT A JOKE.

It was actually £832 but I thought I'd be realistic because you don't know what age you will live to anyway. £416 a month. You know, if I really struggled and saved I can save £100 a week but things come up, my dog needs to go the vet when I get paid I also have no money for food for work the next 2 days (cashapp is £P03A if you wanna save a soul) and then I also have no money for my day off on Thursday but luckily payday is Friday. But you see what I mean, things come up, I can only save £100 a week if no unexpected bills come up but I've noticed in my 29 years of life that things always come up. There's a long, long list of things on my phone of stuff I want and need to buy over time things…