Author: Olivia

I got accepted to SCAD a few months ago and since they're a private college, they have a $500 admission fee that I need to get paid off sometime before summer. I quit my last job 2 and a half months ago and I wanted to take a break from working before starting to work again. Well, now I'm at the point where I kinda need to get a job in order to have enough income ready for college and I've already gotten a few interview offers that I want to accept but… I just can't. The idea of being in a work environment again makes me insanely anxious. Every time I think about going back to work my stomach just sinks. I had a horrible, traumatic experience at my last job, which was also my first ever job. I was treated like complete shit by both management and coworkers…

Recently there was a manager shift at my work, the person who became my manager started just before me at my job not that it matters. My old boss was a complete tool – it was always if you don’t do this I’m taking this away, told me he was minimizing my access to make sure I wasn’t abusing it – without any follow up or additional explanations. He would message me asking why I was working on project A for so long via a screen shot and I would reply with a screen shot showing I had moved on to another project 15 minutes earlier, petty shit like that. So I have a disability (I won’t be elaborating) and I would ask my boss at times to shift the workload for me on days where I was struggling only to be told “well just work on what you can…

In the US the federal minimum wage of $7.25/hour hasn't changed since 2009. $7.25 today is equivalent to about $5.58 in 2009 with inflation. Really puts into perspective how much the minimum is falling behind the times and failing those who are forced to rely on it to get by. It genuinely doesn't matter what we end up making the minimum wage, whether it's $10, $15, $25, or $100/hour. If minimum wage doesn't get tied to inflation, you will ALWAYS fall behind and lose value again. THAT is what you really need to fight for.

I’ve been seeing a lot of posts lately related to workplaces banning the discussion of salaries. I used to work in Ireland were the company was very transparent and everyone was paid the same, we knew when we were getting raises and how much etc. I recently moved back to the states and I’m struggling with my pay. I had to pick up a bartending gig on the weekends. So I’m curious, what are your salaries? I’ll go first – Disclaimer: I am aware social work is not a high paying job. I did not get into this field to get rich. I truly enjoy the work I do, but it is a struggle. Im a child protection social worker in a city in the Midwest. I have 4 years post graduate experience. I have a double bachelor degree in psychology and sociology from a top university in the north…

I work in a dead-end job where I have nothing to do, it is slowly draining me of my will to live. It was cool for a bit but is now just plain hell. Also the pay is pretty low. Pre pandemic I was self employed but I lost all my mojo to do that right now. I have been applying for just about anything I feel qualified for and haven't been successful, although I have a Masters degree (unfortunately not in anything that makes you money). Also I am in the process of getting an ADHD diagnosis. At this point, I am actually seriously considering sex work, but can't do that either because I know my husband wouldn't let me. He is more broke than I am so won't be able to support me. I am almost 35 and it feels like I will never reach goals others reached…

My brother has a disability, qualifies for 90% of the job, no call backs. Another friend if his is also disabled, does not self identify and gets tons of calls.

In the US, it's clear there's no protection for your workers. Baked into the rules is at-will termination, no mandated parental leave, hell corporations aren't even required to give you vacation time. How do you have a life? From an outsider's perspective (European), American government is so obsessed with companies making them money that they'll literally sacrifice what's in the best interest of its citizens. Then praise capitalism and ridicule all who disagree because “you don't have to take that job.” What is stopping you gun-toters from actually standing up for your own?

So starting tomorrow our annual raise goes into effect. We won’t know until supervisor goes over our performance review. Coworker is transferring so his raise has been previewed somewhat by accident. Drumroll….3%. 2021 revenue. Over 50 BILLION DOLLARS. Inflation. Over 7%. Gotta love it. Oh and they added a new level of upper management. And we are being scored on metrics that are not even known to us.

So this actually happened a few weeks ago, at my friend's workplace. My friend works in a really strict, uptight, by-the-book corporation. They are a couple of people in the team, not more than 7-8 in total. They each have their responsibilities, but at the end of the day, they collaborate together to achieve a joint goal. Their work also depends on one another, so if someone is missing today, one of the people that are at work, needs to do the missing member's work as well. So, rolling back the story to a few months ago, my friend tells me, that this Tam person (name is made-up, for easier referencing throughout this post), each second week or so, or at least 2-3 times in the month, Tam would go missing. Either Tam is sick, or Tam is away unannounced, he caught corona a record-braking 4 times so far, and…