Author: Olivia

Using a throwaway since I have a couple coworkers who know my main. TL;DR: I'll be leaving my job of 7 years in the Fall to study/travel and am looking for any and all advice to financially prepare for it. I'm a 32yo male living with my girlfriend of many years in CA. I didn't do particularly well in undergrad, nor was the degree especially valuable, but still got a decent paying corporate job 7 years ago and today make $80K. My gf makes roughly the same. I'm currently in my 3rd term at an online university pursuing a degree that will help me transition into a new career altogether with solid long-term prospects. I've decided to (most likely) quit my job in the Fall so that I can (1) study full time and finish earlier, (2) travel to Europe for a few weeks relatively care-free, and (3) relax a…

Thoughts? Why do people focus so much on punctuality? Punctuality seems to trump quality of work and going the extra mile. To clarify, I'm talking about being 5-10 mins late, not hours. They don't care how late you stay, but just get there on time or earlier. Why? Especially if it doesn't make a difference to the day's outcome. It just seems very trivial to me, and in my opinion good workers shouldn't be completely written off for this superficial shortcoming.

I (40) have worked in healthcare since just after I graduated high school. I just couldn’t take it anymore. I feel like shit telling people they can’t be with their loved ones when they died. Then having to tell a large family to choose which 2 could say good bye. Or that we don’t allow visitors, unless you put your loved one on comfort care (withdraw treatment). It chips away at your soul.

Talking about respecting other's time, this VP did it as bad as possible. I was supposed to have this interview of a 3d drafter position with him and a manager, the manager showed up but not the VP until 2+ hours later… Then his first question was if I have any questions for him, which I already gone through that with the manager in that 2+hours… Then all the questions he asked me was pointless, I'll explain it in a simple way cuz of the technical words he used: Question 1: Do you know how to cook? Me: Yes Question 2: Do you know how to cook Chinese food? Me: Yes but maybe just rice Question 3: Do you know how to cook Kung Pao Chicken? Me: No Question 4: Do you know how to cook lo-mein? Me: NO Question 1: Do you know how to cook fried rice? Me:…

Disclaimer: I don't mean to discredit any other worker who's currently being underpaid and overworked in any other industry. I just wanted to be a voice for childcare/aged care workers as I haven't seen many posts acknowledging this. The wealth gap keeps growing and growing. The working class need to stick together and hold CEO'S and other higher ups accountable. It isn't right. CEO's wouldn't be anything without their workers. Idk if this constitutes for an anti-work post, but I just find it disgusting how grossly underpaid and overworked these workers are. They're literally the backbone of our society, but are treated like jokes. Honestly, how tf are CEO'S of aged care and childcare facilities paid so much? Shouldn't that money go into the pockets of the workers? Or into new equipment? You'll find that most childcare and aged care facilities are using out of date equipment. Hoists are typically…