Author: Olivia

So I have been at work for about 2 years part time as I am a full-time grad student. My old coworker left about a year ago & taught most of his jobs to me when he left. We eventually hired a new worker a month later & I spent months teaching him how to do the job. Now that I am graduating, I requested my manager to hire me full time but she is hesitant about it. Even my coworker is like “We don’t have the budget and bla bla bla.” He was also super mean to at work one day for no reason & apologized to me later. I told my manager I need offer letter for visa renewal process & she was like “I will sign whatever you need.” How am I supposed to make a contract? I need a contract from you duhhh. Also, I fixed…

I was accepted and 3 weeks later I haven’t received any update since and am still rostered to work my regular shifts. However, I’ve taken it upon myself to use up my sick leave I’ve accumulated over the years until they give me my last day. Will this effect anything going forward legally? I have provided a medical certificate each week I’ve taken off (Only work a few days a week) so therefore, is it my right to use the sick leave I’ve earned as I’ve provided the appropriate documents everytime? I think I am, although friends and family have me second guessing. Would love other peoples input. Thanks!

I should be in bed trying to sleep right now but I'll kick myself next month for not having the extra money

I know this is antiwork and there are more subs like depression, anxiety or whatever that deals with this. Yet I can't help but feel that work is what's causing this. I'm trying my best to get where I want to be. I want to be living in a place with my girlfriend and it just seems so impossible these days. Between the high rent, high housing and 15 dollar an hour jobs that doesn't cut it. We are supposed to just know what we want, but I can't figure that out. I'd be fine with just a generic job, but those can't afford a place to live.

So I have been with my current company for a year. My boss and a senior coworker has recently been giving away my daily duties and some month-end duties away to others because one of my coworkers would like to get more involved within my area (treasury). My performance review is soon, is this a red flag? A lot of the things I was doing seemed to be grunt work my senior coworker didn’t want, but gave to me when I onboarded since a lot of the items are admin type things such as checking bank deposits, reconciliations, copying & pasting bank statement line items and analyzing the transactions. When I started, my boss thought I didn’t have enough experience since I only had 3 years, so I was given the admin duties of treasury. Over the past year, I have proven that I know what I am doing, but…

I got a random call last week, that I probably wouldn't have answered if I didn't have my bluetooth headphones on and auto answered. The guy on the end identified himself as a Mike or Mark, (I'm positive that's not his name, btw) and says he's a recruiter for one of those aerospace darlings. I'm gainfully employed, but he's offering me a $5 raise, and so I entertained him. Here's the problem: I haven't been able to get back to him promptly and he's been BLOWING UP my text, email and calling me like every 2 hours. Like i said, I don't really need the job and it would require relocation or some accommodations for a 1 year contract. This recruiter must be desperate for this bid, but its offputting. Should I take this as a red flag?

Obviously, the unemployment rate is NOT at 3.5% or whatever dumb low percentage they erroneously claim that it is. I don't understand how they come up with these numbers. It's almost like they have an incentive to lie to you just to shape your perception that “everything is fine.” I wonder why that is, regarding the incentive to maintain a sense of calm/peace and order? Possibly because the Federal Reserve controls the money supply. If everyone figured out that there's really no jobs and it's all fakery and lies… They would have a serious problem on their hands. It's almost like how Janet Yellen over the past week has repeated multiple times how the banking system is “stable.” They need you to maintain your faith in the system, even if IT IS TOTALLY BANKRUPT. Because if not, the whole house of cards would come tumbling down with a quickness.

“I knew a woman who had a remote job and hated it. She felt that she didn’t really have a purpose.” “Unions are awful. I did more work and got paid the same while paying into the Union fees?” “When I was working in the 80s. I was only making $8/hour. (Which is about $29.21/hour.) “Science is just what people find out from the Bible later on.”