Author: Olivia

Remember an entire year of being rented is still less than a brand new truck.

New York, contacted a lawyer who wanted $18,000 and 1/3rd of the winnings, which I don't have considering I was just fired. This was a first-offense. HR already didn't like me due to a previous argument, and I'm trying to figure things out here. The person I had spoken with was a new employee and I was just having a civil discussion and asking questions, but the person who reported me was listening in and claimed that I said I wanted to “get the company”, whatever that means.

There is a lot of things that are posted in this sub that resonate with me, but I can't help but notice an income disparity in many of these posts that make me uncomfortable for reasons I don't know how to fully articulate. Like, people will post about quitting their jobs and getting a new one that pays 20k more than their previous salary. I've never even made 20k/year (after taxes) and can't even wrap my brain around that being an addition to what I was already making. I have done all the services job that the working poor does in the U.S; fast food, restaurants, catering, retail, etc. I'm in my late 20's, a black woman. I always have, and always will, have to work twice as hard for half as much. On average, black women make 63 cents for every buck a white guy makes. I find it…