Author: Olivia

We were dirt poor when I grew up. We had just a tiny house until I was like 6 or 7. Then my parents inherited some land from my grandparents that died and we upgraded to a slightly bigger House. Money was still tight – I got lucky to get a scholarship though Football but still had to work a part time job throughout summer to get through College. I also had to help in the family business since age 17. With their inheritance my parents build a few houses and appartments and started renting them. I still couldnt afford my own house until I was 25 – money was allways tight. Then came the dot com crash and the recession of 2008 that almost ruined us. But because we were smart and hard working we prevailed. We just raised prices from 600/month to 1000/month and still barely made it.…

My corporate job is requiring us to return to the office. We have been fully remote since the pandemic started. I talked to a coworker who has severe anxiety and is going to try to get a reasonable accommodation letter from her Dr to submit to occupational health to get approved to work remotely full time. She said our supervisor has been fully supportive for this. That got me thinking about my own health issues. I haven’t been officially diagnosed (requires surgery) but I have seen an endometriosis specialist who suspects that I have it. I have a medical history of chronic reproductive health issues and debilitating pain that I’ve suffered with for most of my life. Remote work has been a life saver for me. Has anyone done something similar for their jobs and got it approved? My employer has this option for “associates with a disability” and would…

I’ve worked for 2 large healthcare organizations since graduating college, and both of them, at the entry, associate and director level are full of WEIRDOS who lack self awareness and have no communication or social skills. Maybe it’s because I’m working for non profit hospitals that are less corporate-y and more social justice warrior type, but my current team is made up of immigrant people of color that all seem to have some sort of mental health issues. I am an immigrant myself, and the youngest on the team by 5 years; but I have been in the US since I was 1 while my other coworkers seem to be fobs. The biggest thing I’ve noticed is the constant ass licking of our white bosses. One of my Asian coworkers literally said “my mom calls me a banana because I’m yellow on the outside and white on the inside” in…

The place I work has a very flexible schedule, most people work 7-5 Monday-Thursday and 7-11 on Friday's. They allow us to get to work between 7 and 8, for people with kids and whatnot. However, if you get there at 8 you're expected to stay until 6 or make up the time on Friday. Super convenient and I love the flexibility! I have one coworker who gets to work between 8:15 and 8:45 every day, and she always leaves at 5:00. Same thing with Friday's, she gets here at 8:15 and leaves at 11:00. She gets migraines and leaves early at least once or twice a month. Today she came in at 8:30 and left at 9:00 complaining she was sick. I can't stand it, or her. She gets “talked to” every now and then but never any kind of actual punishment. I want so badly to mind my…

So my company originally had problems with me parking near the entrance in the handicap spot as they wanted to reserve it for the owners, project managers and customers. I told them I needed to park up close because of my disability. They have been silent about it since I was locked out. The front entrance to where my job requires a key to enter the building. No joke, they will not give me one. They want me to walk around the building to enter through the warehouse. I could park near another handicap spot, but they literally locked me out because the outside of the warehouse has a gate and the door closes and lock itself automatically. I almost had to call 911… but the owner saw me and immediately unlocked the gate. Since then, I parked in the handicap spot, but still have to walk around the building…

This was many years ago when I worked as a care giver. I had a client who was added to my two other clients (IE: The home with two people that I cared for, got a third person) and that third person was bound to a wheelchair. They were also mostly unable to talk. I won't get into too many details for their privacy. Anyway the point was, the company I worked for had a mandatory meeting on how to help the client in the wheelchair. They did Not mention that there was a DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) for this client. So if any of us, tried to give CPR (all workers were required to have an active first aid card) then us workers would be legally screwed! So I left after one shift with the new client. Obviously it wasn't the client's fault. I would also like to add…