Author: Olivia

The job market is insane. I’m being laid off in the next three weeks and have been on numerous interviews and just when I thought I would get the role the selected someone else. I’m putting so much energy into finding a job and I feel as though I can put that energy in building a company of my own around something that I’m actually interested in like fitness and coaching people. I get that I have to pay my bills and it takes money to build a business but I just feel like it would be a lot more fulfilling. Has anyone done this before and seen success?

Sorry if this is the wrong place for this. My philosophy has been that I try to pay the debt I owe a creditor but that if a third party comes along and “buys” my debt then what they did was generously pay off my debt and I owe them nothing. The debt agreement wasn't between me and them it was between me and the party they just paid off. Thoughts?

I have been a contractor working in the project coordinator/junior PM realm for about 2 years with a major company in the US. The workload isn't too bad- but I dread that as a contractor and being expendable, I will be given the boot someday soon or at the end of this contract. This isn't even the biggest concern of mine, however. I have tried to get out of the contractor role for a while now by applying to permanent roles and, as many of you have noticed, it's rough out there. If I get interviews, I am turned away after the second one for a better candidate. Honestly, I am just done and unmotivated to work. Even applying to these jobs, I am not excited at the idea AT ALL. Not like I used to be when I was younger (I'm hitting 33 now). I just think “more time…

This could be because of tech changes, challenges with learning new skills, as well as changes in the job market and economy

I was promised a promotion and raise for months as a reward for working my ass off and taking on many more duties than those for which I was hired (because I care about the work — I know, first mistake). Today, I was told that my new salary would be 8% higher, and that raise would be in lieu of a COLA or merit increase. With the social security COLA for inflation this year at 8.7%, it doesn't really feel like I'm getting a raise at all. Am I wrong to be pissed about this?