Author: Olivia

My parents are currently pleading with me to get a job while also in college. The only problem is the paychecks I get from minimum wage jobs I feel personally aren’t equivalent to my work ethic. The companies don’t view you highly, so when you think of yourself highly and you have this company viewing you as a number it hurts your confidence a bit. Any thoughts on what to do?

(or, if you're not American, insert the largest socialist org in your own country here) People quitting their jobs en masse is nothing more than an economic trend and it will fizzle and die the second the economic winds change, if it is not coordinated and organized at a mass level in a socialist organization. DSA is still the largest socialist org in the US, and its orientation and fate is not yet set in stone. Locals around the country are doing incredible work, despite the problems with national leadership. It is very possible for motivated people to contest and create the future of the org. Every day that ideologically committed people like you, the person reading this, waffle and come up with excuses for why you aren't involved in a national socialist organization, DSA drifts further toward being a non-profit for the democrats. the iron is still hot, strike…

TDLR- I most likely have the flu and my work tried to force to me to come in and care for literal babies while barfing and sick. I can’t name names because unfortunately I still work here and don’t have the money to leave right now but I’d still like to get this off of my chest. I make 9.25 an hour and work in the infant classroom, my youngest is 2mo and my oldest is just under a year. We’ve had a lot of people quit in the past few weeks, so we have no one to cover if anyone gets sick. Nearly everyone I talk to that works with me is planning on quitting as soon as their probationary period is up, and right now I’m right along with them. Most of the teachers work the morning shifts and work 8hrs straight with no breaks, they’re lucky if…

I am a GenX'er that fell off the “standard job path” over 20 years ago and have finally decided to stop lurking and start posting. Remember that your management isn't necessarily evil they are just 1) absolutely clueless as to what it is like to be a worker 2) all of their incentives often run counter to worker health, wealth, and well-being 3) aware that sociopaths get promoted first Advice: have something else lined up before you eject. I was struggling as an engineer with the same moral injury/injustice that many of you feel and did not have anything lined up when I was rif'd. Now I am looking at 50 with multiple degrees and I have not worked a job since that I was not desperate to have. Let me repeat: for the last 20+ years I have sat in the few interviews I could get, knowing that I…

Buying stocks and getting rich off them is basically stealing the gains of the workers who are paid a wage instead. So is having a 401k the same as participating in this system?

How do you manage the anxiety related to the working and living conditions? I am fortunate that I (22) live with my fiancé (21) who has a well-paying job and that I make a decent amount while studying, but I get so anxious thinking that when our lease is up for renewal at the end of the year they might hike it up hundreds when we are just somewhat living comfortably as is. I am very picky with the types of jobs I seek out but I am nervous that when I graduate that these jobs that brag about paying a “high wage of $15” will be unlivable and that living more than paycheck to paycheck will be an unattainable dream. It’s hard when you are just one person who can only do so much. How do you manage this anxiety? Based on historical patterns is the rent ever going…