Author: Olivia

My proposed answer: when their accumulated assests are enough* to meet their survival needs for the rest of their life (*or would have been enough, had they not blown them on looking rich). Such people don't share the same class interests as those of us who are an extended layoff (or less) away from being in very dire straits.

I’m not sure why, but I feel extremely guilty about calling off of work. Does anyone have some encouraging words for me?

Putting my two weeks notice in on Friday and cannot wait! Have been miserable for months and months. Haven’t had more than 2 weeks off from working for more than 13 years. I feel my life has been passing by and I don’t value high paying salary and all the corporate hoolahoop bullshit anymore. I would rather bet on myself, report to my self, do what I want when I want over being undervalued and burnt out. Taking a huge risk in giving up a company in which my financial future is set. I’m definitely nervous about financial future but let’s see what happens Just cannot wait to see the bosses faces when I tell ‘em Friday morning.

Obviously you can see why This subreddit calls to me. I just need help in finding out recourses to make better money or make money while only working minimal hours. Working adds to my depression, I can not separate myself from work i have had this issue for many years (26) It hurts me to be inauthentic and to noticeably be socially ostracized at work because I’m just not mentally in the same theatrical act as everyone else at work. I can not eat it up or suck it up or have tough skin anymore I am mentally beat and one way or another i Psych myself out and leave jobs because the pressure becomes overwhelming and ontop of that the knowledge that this is how i have to spend my life with little to no support to actually extend on my passions hurts me greatly i am on my…

I work for a smaller retail business (just under 100 employees) with a few locations in San Antonio and some in a couple other cities. This business has made some changes of late, basically taking away all of the things that made me overlook things that I believe (based on my non-lawyer understanding) are against the law and violating employee rights. The first thing is that they use the fact that different store locations have different tax IDs to say that's why they don't pay overtime if you exceed 40 hours between two locations. Same company name, different brothers own different stores, but each one can make decisions about any employee. When questioned about it, they explained to me the tax ID portion and said that was just some of it. They failed to explain the rest. My understanding is that even just having the same name qualifies as joint…

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