Author: Olivia

I got into the aquarium hobby over the past year, and it's been rough, it's a lot harder work than most people would imagine. There is a stigma in the aquarium community (just check over at r/Aquariums) where big chain stores like PetCo and PetSmart that sell aquariums and fish have staff there have *NO* idea what they are doing and are beyond incompetent and in being so, are promoting animal cruelty through misinformation. That wasn't true for the PetCo I went to, the manager there had been an aquarium keeper veteran for 20 years, there were two others in the department with equal or more experience (one was a young lady who's father was an aquarium keeper and she upheld that tradition), needless to say, these people were exceedingly knowledgeable and I learned a lot from them. I come in one day to buy some more supplies and see…

Homelessness is on the rise, if the housing and rental market stay at this rate with no change then it'll only get worse from here. What are some thoughts on what the ppl or the gov can do to drive the prices down?

I have a week long vacation coming up in May (already approved PTO at my current job) and am working with recruiters looking for a new job. Should I let them (recruiter, or potential new employer) know it would be best for me to start after my vacation, or do you think it would be ok to have a week off at a new job?

There's no delusion or confusion or misunderstanding anywhere. They know they need to raise wages immediatly. It's simple: the people making those decisions don't have to worry if their company fails. We're in a highly monopolized economy so there's little threat of competition. Even if these companies do collapse they will take their severance pay and just go elsewhere. That's it. That's all there is to it. WE are not real people to them. We're office equipment. Period.

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Title says it all. Started with company almost three months ago. They said they were hybrid during the interview with one week on and one week off. Day one at the job they say remote is after probation. um ok. The job itself is a breeze and the actual office is stupid close to my house so im happy about that and the pay is acceptable. But that remote bait and switch leaves me with a bad feeling. On the other hand I got an offer from the state job I interviewed for MONTHS ago and though financially its basically the same(negotiation with a state position is like talking to a brick wall). My state has a regular remote schedule. THAT office is 40 mins away. Part of me wants to leave out of spite just for lying but Im kinda lost here.

Minimum wage is a wrong goal for people that wanna target the current work system. Wait. Sit tight and here me out on this. THE FAILURE OF TRICKLE DOWN ECONOMY The main problem in US economic system and in a lesser extent in all the other capitalist economies is a very uneven distribution of wealth. In the same production chain you can have a CEO amassing more money than some actual nations on Earth, more money than how 100 generations of people could actually spend in their entire lifetime, and workers at the bottom who struggle to survive. Why is that so? How can it be possible for a successful and productive business capable of generating so much money to leave their workers at the base in worse conditions as days go by? We can ironically point the finger at the failure of the trickle-down-economy philosophy, but the reality is…