Author: Olivia

I work in a warehouse. Unlike most of my past jobs, I don't hate this one. Decent pay, good benefits, manageable workload, management leaves me alone. As far as warehouse work goes, it's a good gig. I work at a good pace because I like the day to go by quickly. My coworker has been there a few months longer than me and despite my warnings, has continued to go all out for over a year. 4 months ago, our lead quit. My coworker did not want the position, so they just gave him the duties without the pay. They hired another lead that lasted a day. My coworker finally decided to take the position. I told him to ask for backpay for the past few months and instead of the $1.50 an hour increase, ask for at least $4. Today was our first day back this week. I went…

I work for a company in a Caribbean country where Easter is “Semana Santa”, and although it is not within the labor law. It is a tradition to give “Holy Thursday” as a day off starting at noon. But the COO decided that the few staff that we have to come to the office full time needlessly had to come, completely ignoring the fact that most of us had plans. And the worst thing about it is that we don't even have any projects or work to finish. We just had to come in and look at each other's faces because we are not even allowed to talk to each other without them starting the obsessive micro-management. The truth is I don't even understand how capitalism works because they literally lose money by coming in and having the office fully operational without us even producing. It's like doing evil just…