Author: Olivia

I will preface this by saying I understand that it's not all boomers and that there are plenty of socialist boomers out there who are with us. There are also plenty of conservative boomers out there who are still working because they weren't able to benefit from the economic situation for one reason or another, and I feel for them too even though they vote against their best interests. The Boomer generation took the most fertile economy that America could offer from world war II – the economy that our depression-era grandparents fought really hard and worked really hard to create – and they succeeded in it. That old economy allowed our grandparents to retire and live very comfortably on the pensions that they created. By retiring, they opened up space for the boomers to take their jobs and then also make a good life for themselves. The problem is…

I'm a Licensed Massage Therapist and the last 4 years I worked for a chiropractor. When the pandemic started the chiro made it very clear that they thought the virus was a hoax. I should have left then.. but I loved my clients and the chiro didn't force his choices on me so I was always masked throughout the day. The week of Christmas, the chiro came in super sick. (I assume it was covid but they were never tested) Proceeded to work with clients without a mask. At lunch, they told me they were going to take the rest of the week off and to inform our clients that “They are off for winter break” Ethically and morally.. I was not going to do that. So I packed up my car, left the key on the back table, and walked out. Texted the boss to tell them today was…

So Ive gone from making 200 a week (5 an hour) back in 2005 to working two 10 dollar an hour jobs in 2012. In 2014, two years aftee graduating college, I got a job in my field at 38K a year. 2016 I was at 55K. As of 2020, I was making 72K a year at that job. I just left that job and got one making into the lower 6 figures. One of the 10 dollar jobs I stayed on with part time, the entire time since. In 2014 I went to the boss and more or less demanded a raise to 15 an hour. I had all the leverage, and did some very important things for them. In 2016 I was ready to hang it up when I got the bump tp 55K at my other job. They gave me another dollar to stay. In 2018, same…

How do know you if you are walking into a trap that is gossiping A holes, cliques, micro managers, bullying, drunkards and your general run of the mil wankers…

There was a post here about this. And a lot of comments suggest that there's a lot of propaganda to make people believe renting is cheaper than owning a home, mainly because of “unforseen expenses”. So, here are some real world examples; I found rental listings on Trulia, pulled up tax and property records from the county, and found other data to put this together. First thing to keep in mind is when you rent, you're not building equity. You can rent a spot for 30 years at $804/month ($289k), and can never get a penny of that back, except maybe $804 in security deposit back. Mortgage a home for 30 years at $804/month and assuming the value is the same as the day you mortgaged, you have $160,000 in equity. If your home is worth $100,000 more, you have $206,000 in equity. Spend $35k to build an addition that…

This idiot is constantly looking for problems to solve, that only he can solve so he can swoop in and be the saviour. The only problem is that they're always non problems and sadly I have no real way to prove it. Whenever I call him out he gaslights me and uses a lot of overly complicated technical jargon to make it seem like I just don't grasp the full complexity of the situation. A little game he loves to play is after inventing his fake problems, he then goes to management and tells them how he just solved this enormous (non-) issue and how great it is for everyone. Today I finally found definitive proof that he's full of shit. Not that I didn't already know. We work in biopharma and his whole schtick has been that our predecessors couldn't do their jobs. There were some problems but somehow…

Soo, my spouse and I simply loathe looking for jobs in the city due to travel, bad jobs, few decent jobs or decent pay. Recently my spouse got a response to his delivery driver application and I honestly assumed the worst that it might be a group interview situation based off of the email he got and how many responses they received. With a name like Open Call I expected it to be Zoom or such related. No it was much worse, they expected my husband and how many other people to show up at a location, at a specific time and deliver meds… For no compensation whatsoever in a HOPE to get the job for up to an hour. It was all “first come, first serve.” They sent this IN AN EMAIL for you to waste your time, gas and potentially run their business without having to pay people.…

Is it just me, or is all “hard work” ethics bullshit? Yes, an employee is meant to put in quality work. HOWEVER : why does this mean many bosses also to do everything to compromise the integrity of that quality. With requirements to: default availabilty on demand, work brutal hours, make you a yes man, forgo your rights (which given one cycle becomes the default “standard”) ignore trauma in favor of work promote a work culture that mocks lower earners as “unmotivated” making employment deliberately scarce and arbitrarily creating “qualification requirements”. Don’t forget they are even in the bio sciences field too: Some commercial biotech places literally fire anyone who points out potential issues or questions authority. They even put up signs saying that wages are strictly confidential and should not be discussed. There might be a need for more sciences jobs but they deliberately underhire and overwork. Fuck; why…