Author: Olivia

The reason for this Russia-Ukraine War looks very filmsy. I am sorry I am no global expert. But is this the world leaders colluding together to create a fake crisis? Push the economy down , and create a fake recession. Then get us all back in line for minimum wage jobs. The timing is super odd. World was coming out of the pandemic, people were realizing their potential, only to have another crisis thrown at them. Am I being paranoid?

I’ve been googling but most of the stuff I see is based on sexual harassment. Curious if anyone knows if management and ownership joking about firing you counts as harassment after I’ve told them to stop?

I work in the resources industry in Australia, which over the last 13 months has seen an explosion in the amount of jobs on offer. Due to our strict border requirements, there is a limited pool of people to hire from. Because of supply and demand, some roles have seen a wage increase up to 80% My team consists of myself, and 3 field assistants. They report to me, and I report to Senior management. They all informed me today, on our days off. That they have all decided to accept other offers, which pay significantly more money. The two “junior” fieldies have accepted roles paying $45 an hour(They are currently on $29), whereas my senior fieldie has held off on accepting anything until she comes back from her holiday at the end of March. She has put her notice in and wont be returning for her next swing. I…

I think, in a world where one doesn't need to work in order to survive and get basic human necessities, the toxicity of work or toxicity of general human nature will reduce drastically, and even crime rates are gonna go downhill. Let's assume a world, where everyone irrespective of their age, religion, gender, nationality, work basically irrespective of everything (even if they work or not, it doesn't matter), they get the following facilities for free: 1.Roof/ a place to sleep, stay warm and cozy and have their private space. Free medical services for any illness. Free food (like let's say 3 times a day and 2 snacks a day). Free clothing, footwear etc… (Will have certain limits). Free Education. And 100% transparency about government spending. Free knowledge resources (like free internet, free access to computer to access the knowledge etc…) Equal justice to everyone, transparent justice system. Every financial aspect…

Extremely triggered. Luckily I’m starting a new, much better paid job after next week a reputable company. In the meantime I’m considering just quitting early after my day ends tomorrow. For context, high output Lead graphic designer running a creative team of 5 people. Handling interviews, Onboarding staff and training them… coaching people etc. So pissed. Basically asked my boss for a performance bonus as a reason to close out my tenure strong. I’d only lose $400 by quitting early and would gain a free week of vacation to mentally relax before the new job. Let’s see what happens , we are meeting tomorrow end of day to discuss this pay inequity.

A lot of people here seem to shot about raising the minimum wage, and I agree, to a degree. I am against raising it on a federal level though and if anything lowering it on a federal level (I’ll explain later. If we raise the whole thing up from the bottom it’s not going to fix our problems. I think we need to look at the state and local levels and push for change there. We are a large country a livable (or better off, comfortable) wage is going to vary between states and within them, between cities, towns, and counties. Very large cities (SF, philly, NYC) have a much hire cost of living than a farm town out in the middle of nowhere so a $20 MW (I’ll use this as minimum wage to safe space) ($20 is just used as an example because it’s a nice round number)…