Author: Olivia

I always wanted to post my story, and figured now was a good time. About 8 years ago, 2014, my wife and I (20 years old) had our son in March. Knowing I would need to provide, I went job hunting. I settled on a chip factory that my mother-in-law had been at since the doors opened. I started as a packer, working my way to a cook by years end. I took on every responsibility I could, even going as far as being the trainer, even though I was essentially the newest cook. I would have to rewrite the entire training course and continually ask for my trainers pay, but that's not the main point of this story. Fast forward to 2019. I've put in 5 years at this point, I've given up some of my afternoons (normally a 6:30 AM to 3 PM, but OT went 6:30 AM…

Like, way better. Last year I made $57,800 as a full time delivery driver—that broke down to $25.68/hr. The most hours I worked in a full week was 51 (by choice) and the least was 38. I took 17 days off work unpaid (no PTO). I work four days per week, usually three 12’s and an 8. I get health, dental, and vision insurance for $73 per paycheck. I worked the delivery job part-time through undergrad and grad school and switched to full time in 2016 after quitting my “real” job. Here’s the pay breakdown: -Split hourly wage of $11.15/$8.00, meaning when I am in-store I make the state min, and when I’m clocked out on a delivery I make a tipped wage. Overtime is 1.5x the in-store wage (no split). -Untaxed mileage reimbursement (currently 41¢ per mile—varies slightly with the price of gas) -Tips account for ~50% of income…

prices go up but wages don't go up. oh they got stock market gains, ok but now stock market stopped going up. so…..

So I work for a company that does phone sales in Walmart. Myself and my store are the number 1 stores for sales and has been since I started. I moved up to a management position, but stepped down after I found out they only paid a flat $200 for gas. I was driving to a completely different state daily, which was over 100 miles a day. So I'm completely against traveling and have turned down the same promotion and others many times now. Flash forward to today, I was told by my manager a little while ago that since my store hits goal religiously, that I would be required to travel to other stores that weren't staffed to help hit goal. I said I didn't sign up for that and didn't want to do it. She said that I'd get my hours cut if I didn't, because she needed…

The other day I found myself watching Disney's Gravity Falls. It's a cooky show with absolutely nothing strange about it. Ok, who am I kidding, it's entire premise it built on the weird and paranormal. Anyway, in one particular episode, one of the main characters is asked by the ultra wealthy family up a hill to help them get rid of a ghost problem before their annual super fancy party. He agrees on the premise that his sister and friends can attend the party, something the common folk of the town aren't allowed to do. In the end, he is successful in capturing the angry spirit of a lumberjack, who explains WHY he is haunting the house. The family, 150 years prior, asked the common folk of the town to build them a grand mansion atop the hill. They were promised it would be a service to the town, and…

I'm sure employers of all kinds are watching this sub by now. So let me break it down for you. I have been striving to understand all aspects of this great resignation. Covid is certainly a catalyst of change, but the real truth is businesses are failing miserably to realize their competition. Entry level jobs with entry level pay like fast food are no longer just competing with each other. You are also competing with Ebay, Fivr, YouTube, tiktok, Etsy, TeeSpring and a thousand other ways people can earn $1500 – $2500 a month. There is also a chance their channel or brand goes viral and makes them millions. Your jobs offer no such future. But it is even MORE than that. They can do it comfortably from home. They can do these other things as they feel inspired to do so, not in a rigid militant schedule. They can…