Author: Olivia

I'm a caseworker developing a program that – if it works – will solve wage inequality and poor working conditions. In addition to this, it will offer access to rent-free housing units + enough garden space to feed entire families. This started out as an attempt to find a good way to modernize homeless shelters and create a platform on which to provide services, but it has grown as research was done and we saw the potential. The reason this works is really simple: if you don't have to work, businesses have to compete with eachother to give you a nice place to work. With this program in mind, everyone is going to want to find decent work if only to afford extra luxuries, but we intend to outfit the units such that basic needs are covered. The communities are loosely styled after radial garden cities with on-site caseworkers, and…

(Apologies, this is written quite poorly.) I have scoliosis, and had both my hours cut down to 4hrs a week (they said it was because of my back pain), and denied accommodations, even though I had a doctor’s note. (Said accommodations were having a stool or chair at my register. Instead, they decided to do arguably the bare minimum by letting me sit down for a “few minutes” every hour.) It’s extremely frustrating, and if I’m unable to change jobs it would help so much to have something to sit on so I’m not in terrible pain all shift. Anyways, I was hoping maybe the union could help with accomplishing this. I wrote this a few days ago, so I’ll update here since I don’t want to ruin my original writings, but they have told me I need to go to the doctor by Saturday and get a comprehensive report…

He was complaining to me that there were six people on a task that only needs two, and how silly he'd look explaining everyone's hours to the project managers, and the job basically shut down for this, and this and that like I was directing everyone. Dude, I'm an apprentice. And this sounds like a leadership problem.

This happened about a week ago but I can’t get over this. (For context, I work at a daycare and since December I’ve been getting sick non-stop. 2 ear infections, the flu, strep, chest cold. So I’ve been calling off a lot.) Anyway, about a week ago or so I got a chest cold and called off 2 days (and then a third day because of doctor’s excuse) because of fevers and coughing up mucus and such. Well I had no idea that there were 3 other people who called off. And about an hour after my shift started I got a called from the higher up. She proceeded to passive-aggressively tell me that this was an issue and that anymore when I call off (even if it’s just a day) I need a doctor’s excuse. Which is whatever. What I didn’t expect is her to say “you’re being a…

Hi there, I wanted to first thank you for reading my post. I also wanted to mention that I tried posting elsewhere on reddit and got very hostile and unhelpful replies so I deleted it. Due to that experience I wanted to lead with this: I am asking this question and describing this situation earnestly. I am not at all trying to sound ungrateful or egotistical. I have never been in this situation and I simply do not know how to think about it. I am unsure if I am concerned about my pay for no reason, or if my pay is justified. I am really thankful for any replies I get that can help me navigate forward. With that said, here is the situation: I was hired on to my current company five months ago. I was asked when I was in discussion with my supervisor what kind of…

My boomer coworker claims to work 80 hours a week, but she gets the same amount done as I do. She likes to go to work early to read articles related to our field, but it’s not really our daily duties. She always throws shades to the team that she works too much or stays in the office too long. Why do people do this to their lives? She’s remarried and should have a spouse. Shouldn’t they enjoy life?

How do you people incorporate quiet quitting? I don’t plan on fully quitting for a couple of years, but recently stumbled upon quiet quitting (I’m new to this). I’m taking my full hour lunch break from now on, which I’m entitled too but never normally get. Slowing down my work ethic. I normally run around more than I need to whilst other people slack. I am no longer willing to do this. Taking longer toilet breaks and and walking the long way back to increase my daily step count. Doing exactly what my job title requires and no more. Not agreeing to work extra hours. Trying to say no to after work drinks with colleagues. This is a tough one as the peer pressure is intense. Everyone seems to love spending even more time with each other. Even though we see each other 50+ hours per week. I’d rather not.…