Author: Olivia

So as the title says, my job caused me so much stress and anxiety that I ended up having an “acute psychiatric emergency” and had to be hospitalized. Backstory: I started working for this non-profit in June of last year. It was contracted through one of the HS in my city so he had like a lot of summer activities before we actually went into the office with each other. Also it was a really small team, only 10 of us. Another important detail is that I’m Afro-Caribbean, and my team was essentially all black with the exception of one person and my boss. This is relevant because my boss was always very vocal about wanting an all black staff—despite not being black himself. So anyway, through the time I was there I really struggled with being “othered”. I was pretty consistently bullied and harassed from everything to my work…

With how bad the wage gap is, how much personal vs. corporate taxes have gone up, and going through two major recessions (so far)…I am seriously pondering the effect this is going to have on society when millennials and gen_Z start hitting retiring age.