Author: Olivia

I want to leave my job making 160k because I’m not happy with it, but in a way I feel like I should just buckle down due to how many other people are getting screwed at much worse jobs.

I would rather smoke weed and just chill and watch YouTube videos all day. I don’t care judge me. I am happy.

This was just the final straw in a day filled with small jabs to my soul. I've been at work since 4 in the morning and doing all my chores like a good little employee only having thirty minutes on the clock before I go home. Of course I stand for 5 minutes with the other coworkers in the back room and have to have a meeting about “There's always something to do” a few minutes later. “You're not here to have a little pow wow”, etc. It's not like any of us are incompetent, we've been doing our jobs the entire time. I know it's directed towards “everyone” but how can you say that after I helped up front every time it was needed…? Idk sorry for formatting issues and wack typing. It's been a long day and frankly it's mentally and emotionally draining.

Hi, First corporate big-boy job. Got hired as IT for higher education company under the parent company. Get there, day 1, told I'm to support all universities under the parent company. Suddenly, salary makes no sense. Told it will be rare that I am asked to step in and help other companies because we have 3 total colleagues who are dedicated to each one and they're finding another. Sold to me as a “we all help each other out” type of deal. Ok, I stay. Spoilers: It wasn't. Week 1: Fired the guy who recommended me for the job and was to be my colleague. I start regularly doing other universities' IT responsibilities. I am being told it's because we can't find an IT guy for the other 2 universities. My colleague and I (which is the whole IT dept + our manager) are being asked to do more than…