Author: Olivia

I just started a new job a little over a month ago and at first they were all about working from home, come into the office as needed (there are some projects that do require to be in the office but they're few and far between). A few weeks ago we were told that they wanted everyone in on Wednesdays regardless of the project. Annoying but we put up with it. Now they want us to come in 1 full week during the month and every Wednesday. Next week is our first full week in the office and I'm seething. I hate to leave the job, I like the projects but I don't like how they're passively making us return to the office… Furthermore, they have 2 full time positions they want to fill but nobody will bite because they don't like a hybrid (LOL) schedule. Irony? Edited for clarity

So I work in medical manufacturing, laser marking specifically. It’s kinda weirdly technical job with not a lot of operators in my area. There also happens two be two competing companies in my area. I applied at one on a whim and lied about how much I was making. They made an offer at 27/hr. I told my supervisor that and she knew how fucked my current company would be. There’s only one other person in laser and I was adamant that I don’t want my pay to be above theirs (they have waaaay more tenure and do most of the programming). Well I received the counter offer of 27.25 and my coworker will be getting a bump in pay as well. Only reason I am staying is out of solidarity for my coworker and this benefits both of us. Tl;dr fuck work but also support your coworkers

Look out for the new phrase, “work-life harmony”, instead of “work-life balance”. Apparently the latter suggests there are tradeoffs between the two (which there are), whereas the former is more harmonious. Ugh. Just ugh.

First of all, let me state this. Never work for any pharmaceutical company in India, my experience so far has been horrible. Anyway, this new client contacted me, and at the beginning they would pay me more or less punctually. Then they requested a video be transcribed, translated, adapted for dubbing, then dubbed. Supposedly they already had a transcription done, but it was machine made and it was awful and quite evidently no human being had reviewed it whatsoever. They were desperate and needed it ASAP, but “compromised” and gave me a few more days to get it done. So, I get the job done, and deliver a professional dub…and they ghosted me. No response of receipt of video link, or of invoice, or to any query for payment. Until yesterday. They send me the equivalent of three days worth of work and tell me it is their understanding that…

Lately I’ve been planning moving out of my city. There’s a bunch of factors that are playing into my decision (High COL, no affordable housing, low paying jobs, etc) and plus I have just grown tired of it. I know this sounds pretty stupid but I am 26 years old and I just got back into skateboarding last year (quit at 15) and holy shit it is literally all I want to do with my life anymore. I’m not even remotely joking my life is genuinely centered around skateboarding and I even put it over my job most of the time. I have to stop pretending to myself that anything else even matters to me now. I am fortunate to have a job that is very flexible and laid back. It allows me to skate more during the week than most. The downside to that is that I’ve came to…

So I was thinking about root words, origins, etymology today. Capitalism has, as a root, the latin capitalis, then caput. Caput meant head, capitalis was “pertaining to the head”. Hence, capitals are the head of government. Decapitate is removing one's head. So how does capitalize (to take advantage of) fit? To become the head of something, to take power. The people that put capitalism into practice knew exactly what it was. A system designed to take power and control from others. To take advantage of others for personal gain. It's never been about economic growth, developing industry and productivity. It's always been about taking power from others. Anything else that happens is a side effect of the intended goal to oppress and exploit. I mean hell, “to exploit” and “to capitalize on” mean the same damn thing.

It makes me extremely anxious and exhausted to the point that I cant focus on anything in my spare time. Anybody else?

I currently work a 2-2-3 day shift 6 to 6 schedule and my job decided to switch the schedule for my part of the plant to 5 day 8 hour work weeks. They told me I could keep working 2-2-3 but only if I took a night shift position which does include a few dollars raise, they really want me to do this. They told me yesterday and I have to make a decision by Monday. Obviously I don't want to give in but I would lose out on about $200~ every two weeks if I stayed on day shift. How can I deal with this work situation?