Author: Olivia

Then everyone will have a job and there will be enough work to go around, right? Everyone wins, right?

I should start off that I used to be a truck driver. This was many years ago but everyone I tell the story to just loves it. TLDR at the end. I worked long hours away from family. I almost never got my requested home time approved therefore I'd be out for weeks if not months before I was able to get home. I would come home if I ran out of time and I was close enough to get picked up by someone and just leave my truck wherever I was. Well, lo and behold I developed something called a pilonidal cyst, directly on my tailbone in my early adult years. It essentially fills up with blood and pus, and then will burst. But in between that there is a lot of pain to experience. I couldn't sit, I couldn't stand upright, and I couldn't lay down unless I…

I used to work red lobster. barely pay rent. Now I got a entry level office job, and suddenly my rent went up, gas, food, and its like I’m still working minimum wage???

After my own personal experiences and the shared experiences of many of our fellow workers in this sub I propose a strategic and targeted boycott of all Lowe's stores. For those who wonder “why what did they do?” Allow Lowe's workers current and former to explain below on what their business practices are.

Since most of you guys may be Americans, this thread may not apply to you, however I want to share my personal experience after I left my job and started to work the German state. My last boss wasn't a dick as most of your bosses are, but I hated the job nontheless. Shitty work and shitty pay. I quit and was unemployed for quite a while. Months later I applied for a job at a German state administration – basically I'm one of the guys who decides whether a refugee is allowed to stay in the country or not. It's emotionally quite demanding to listen to all of their stories, but on the plus side there are big benefits: – great pay (compared to working hours, etc) – 39h a week, meaning 7:48h a day + 30 min break you have to take – 30 days of (payed) vacation,…