Author: Olivia

I'm incredibly sorry for this long message and for any formatting issues or typos, I'm just a bit upset… I have been working for this company for a few years and I was waiting for a while to be qualified for a transfer. I spoke to one of my co workers who transferred to the department I wanted to go to and he told me to not be surprised if I don't get it right away and to keep trying. He also said that he thought I should speak with my manager and let her know I want to switch departments because she is very well connected and it could be highly beneficial. I didn't reach out to her because the internal transfer mainly required I inform my direct supervisor. My manager is the one who signs off on it but usually if the Supervisor approves it I'd be okay.…

A coworker asked whether they could comment on potential downsizing or layoffs. The Director of Sales answered: 1) I can’t guarantee there won’t be any layoffs 2) I don’t expect there to be any layoffs 3) You don’t have to work, you get to work Went back to my desk and immediately got on LinkedIn.

I manage a group home with one of the toughest patients I’ve ever worked with. He’s mean and terrorizes staff and his housemate basically everyday. I would say roughly 90% of the company refuses to work with this individual. By a miracle, I have finally managed to get a dedicated and responsible staff. I would do literal back hand springs to make them happy. They are great people and even better caregivers. Need a day off? No guilt from me! Can’t handle our difficult resident alone? I’ll be there. Need me at 4am? I’m guaranteed to answer the call. Dude beats us up constantly and the least I can do is be there for them. Regardless, I’m left up almost every night worried about how I’m doing. I’ve expressed safety concern after safety concern to upper management (my bosses). Staff have gotten really hurt here. I have been literally bitten…

Explain it to me like I’m 5.

Two months off work… hell make it a year. It’d be tough for us, we’d have to make a lot of sacrifices, lean on loved ones. But just imagine. We are plumbers and electricians. Food service workers and engineers. Health care workers, fire fighters, janitors, cashiers, flight attendants, factory workers, delivery people and everything in between. At the risk of sounding too Tyler Durden: We run this god damned country. If we decide it’s not working for us, and just stopped working, the world would stop turning. Literally. The wheels of commerce would come to a screeching halt. The billionaires and entrepreneurs who have crowned themselves “owners” of the products of our labor would be bent over, bare-assed and begging. The narrative would change very quickly, and I’m betting our complaints and ideas, which until now have been written off as fanciful idealism/pure evil, when it’s not fallen on deaf…