Author: Olivia

About 2 years ago, I started working a tech support position that pays $24/hr. Prior to that, my work experience was in fast food, which went on for a bit too long (I was a cook). The only way I got my foot in the door for an interview with said company was by completely bullshitting my resume by listing similar positions on it (the position required a minimum of 2 yrs of experience in similar tech support positions). Talking about them in the interview was brutal, but I had backstories planned and managed to squeak by. A few months into my employment with the company, they found out my resume was bullshit and my boss confronted me (I never asked how they found out). They didn't even try to contact my former employers before I started. I know because the 'companies' were just made up and I provided my…

If we are unemployed or don’t work at firms that are having union drives, how can we help support you and spark a bigger wave?

I’ve been seeing this theme for a while of threatening employers with IRS, Department of Labor, etc etc and I keep seeing people saying to just report them instead. I understand why a person would threaten this; it’s very rewarding to feel we have the upper hand for once against the tyranny of bad employers. That, and, it’s hard to actually go through with the act of reporting or whatever. We tend to think through that empathy of “I want to give them a second chance…” The time for second chances is over. It’s time to start reporting these employers immediately when they steal your wages, discriminate against you, deny your earned time off, ask illegal questions/tasks of you, whatever it is- report them! If money is the only thing these people and companies care about, then it will only be when their money is hit will they change. We…

What's the point? I can already blatantly see I'm never owning a home, can't create any proper savings, and can barely afford rent. I'm lost and stuck in this.

The owner of the BK that I work at is making more while I'm making less right? I refuse to become more poor than I am now! How should I navigate this?