Author: Olivia

Now, we'll need to get almost everyone on earth on board with this, otherwise there will ways to cheat. Here's the idea: if your net worth goes above one billion dollars, you can be hunted for sport.

It has been a few years, but I believe this story might fit here. A few years ago, I was a wide eyed and somewhat naive student looking to go into human resource management to improve life for all employees. I was fascinated by research that proved how trusting your employees and giving them more freedom could often be very beneficial to a company, even from a purely financial viewpoint. When I got the chance to do an internship for a company, I happily took it. Even if it was on the smallest scale, I might make someones life better. At the same time, I wanted to discuss all these amazing new insights with people who worked in the field. Did you know how asking people to do overtime often reduces their overall productivity? How simple rewards for above average performance both boosts overall performance, reduces sick leave and increases…

I feel so good already. I have been with that company for 13 years. The environment got worse and worse each year. The company continued to pile on more work each year while making record profits. They took away my bonus this past year that was based on company performance. I got paid 8k less last year than I did my previous 2 years. While at the end of year meeting, our companies growth was so huge they literally had rocketships as part of the background for sales presentations.

Long story short, my boss has been dangling a promotion in my face for about 6 months now. I was told the promotion would happen in January, but they pushed it to March so it would be “on cycle.” Come to find out that it’s being pushed again to May so that it’s, “on cycle.” When I confronted my boss about it, they told me that I should bear some responsibility for my inaccurate expectation because they’re new to the company and I apparently should know when promotions and raises occur according to the corporate schedule. Keep in mind that the last one I received was an off cycle promotion in 2020. My most recent pay bump was in early 2021 to the tune of 3% lol. Meanwhile my boss has, of course, been shoving projects down my throat that meet the future job description. And when I confronted them…

Normally I don’t mind working an extra shift on Saturday because hey its extra money and I don’t totally hate my job (construction insepctor). I told them I’m helping family move out tomorrow so I can’t do it but they keep trying to ask me to “step up and help out”. Funny how they always forget all the hundreds of times you’ve sacrificed for them when they want more from you. I’m helping my mother-in-law move out of her apartment and into her new one. I can’t reschedule and she’s been expecting me to help her out for weeks (she lives alone and is extremely anxious about moving all the heavy furniture). It’s put such a bad taste in my mouth I honestly never want to “step up” and help this company ever again. It’s not my fault that they take on more projects than we can realistically handle. I…

While waiting in a long line to pay for my groceries, the cashier waited until the customer in front of me was half way finished. She still had groceries on the conveyor belt and the cashier said “I'm done, I quit!” And walked out. I was pissed off for about 5 seconds before I realized what she was feeling. Good for her! Fuck that shitty job!

I would rather my labor not go toward funding this kind of thing. Is there any hope for a national walk out?