Author: Olivia

I live in a small city in Europe. Since the university here is one of few that offers a certain course of study and it's a lovely place to live, there has always been an excess of people looking for a job in my profession. This has changed in the last months for several reasons. Suddenly there aren't enough applicants and employers are complaining that “no one wants to work”. Still, it's unbelievable with how much disrespect you get treated. I applied for a job a few weeks ago. Didn't get any response at all, but after two weeks I decided to give it one last try and called them, asking if they got my applicationand there were any news. The employee on the phone told me she didn't know but would ask the boss as soon as he arrives. In the next morning the boss sends me an email…

If I’m gonna rent my whole life, I should say what the rental price is.

I have been working at my company for more than 10 years. I am in accounting and have risen up through the ranks to a mid management position. There were a series of org restructures and my team ended up reporting to a person who is a really poor people manager and needs everyone to say yes to them. I have never been a yes man and through a series of events, I ended up openly going against this manager. Much of it was against how the person expected me to have my team work unnecessary longer hours and say yes to taking on more work. I slowly started to get sidelined and he bypassed me to to get a manager reporting to me to get things he wanted done. Then I was labeled as a troublemaker and the senior folks were all given feedback about me. I had been…

Quick story about some sweet sweet revenge I got on a bad employer who screwed me over unfairly. I started working for a tree removal / arborist company with no experience as I just needed the money to get on my feet. I soon found out this is not a job for the faint hearted. It's ball breaking, heavy duty, devastating physical exercise 8-10hrs a day lifting chopped up tree trunks and dragging branches into a giant wood chipper. It's also super dangerous because if one branch catches your glove or clothing it can drag you into the chipper and you'll literally be spat out the other side in a million pieces, there was actually a few close calls with it catching and dragging me until I ripped away. Regular near death experiences for $20 an hour. Anyway, after months of this and getting up to speed where I was…