Author: Olivia

This happened to me back in 2016 so it's been a while. I applied for a job at a fast food Restaurant; Landed the interview next day. Well i pulled up to my 4:30pm interview at 4:15pm so plenty of time to spare. So i decided to walk in an figure out where to go; because the interview manger directions were to show up at 4:30pm he would be at the front waiting. I walk in to long line, I don't think it professional to just cut the line at a very busy moment; so I stand in line as if I am a customer to patiently get to the front. Well the line moves very slowly and by the time i have reached the lady. it's 4:28pm so barely made it IMO. I inform her I am here for my 4:30 pm interview with “Chad” she smirks, says “One…

The title might sound a little weird as a solution to my problem but the thought occurred to me today, so I have to ask. At my job in manufacturing, we are often asked to pull unpaid overtime to finish up tasks and meet deadlines. I’m usually good to work a little over my 8 hours if I can finish up that particular task I’m working on and call it a day. But that’s where the problem starts when it comes to manufacturing and the deadlines that management agrees on. Finishing up your task is never the end of your day, because the question will inevitably be asked, “Why didn’t you stay longer to finish the entire job?” Now to my current problem. Production is slowed down right now due to some supply chain issues (read as incompetence). Due to this and our upcoming deadline, my boss is threatening that…

Its become more text than expected, but please bear with me, For the last 15 years Ive been working in the field of security in different capacities which were high stress and have demanded a lot of me mentally. From 2015 onwards I focussed on analysis of (islamic motivated) terrorist propaganda and because of that I was exposed to a lot of material containing extreme violence. This eventually caused me to collapse, during the covid pandemic which was the last straw, with ptsd and a burnout in 2020. I got back to work in early 2021 and started doing volunteer humanitarian work for Ukraine (driving goods to Poland, getting refugees out etc.) which quickly demanded a lot of me again. The adrenaline of the work kept me going, but in May of last year I realized it was way too much too soon to take on so much work again.…