Author: Olivia

I make 17.50 an hour, just worked an 88.25 hour paycheck and my take home is less than a grand. My gross was nearly 1400 usd, and 30% of that goes into taxes. My job doesn’t even offer benefits I pay into. I’m a dependent filer, so I don’t get much back come tax season, but I’d be beside myself if I made 1400 a paycheck and left people I worked with without their social services and benefits my tax money pays for. I’m just devastated that there are so many avenues they could be paid through, funded in their entirety through taxation of people with millions in passive income that are able to skirt the legal requirements of taxes and pay nothing while I’m taxed at 30% for being paid less than a liveable, independent wage. I’m lost and confused and angry and even with 8.25hrs of overtime, full…

We have zero chance of becoming billionaires. Nor even millionaires. It’s all a hoax. A farce. A myth. Designed to boost the working class’s spirits.

I’m currently writing a book where the seven deadly sins are a core theme. Each chapter (or episode) of the story is about one of the sins, and I’m trying to incorporate a subject that I can satirize. For sloth, I’m trying to satirize the “nobody wants to work anymore” mentality. For context, the story of the chapter takes place on a tropical island (which is a mix of Key West, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii) where the workers of a fruit plantation have all gone on strike. They’re all pissed off at their boss because his treatment is horrible and he makes the working conditions awful. Of course, the boss just thinks the workers are lazy bums and that they don’t want to work anymore. I’m looking for some inspiration for this chapter, so I’d like to hear your stories about how you’ve been treated by a bad boss or…

So my sister is possibly going to try and get a position with a company called Brainnest. What are opinions on this company? And we thought there was a place to view a breakdown of many companies income but couldn’t find the resource as a whole does anyone know what it is? What is the best way to determine a companies legitimacy?

Hi, I got a new job in the next few weeks. They're paying me $28/hr., with benefits, PTO, and more. I am very happy to get this job, as it sounds much better than the current job I have where I will be resigning. The only trade-off is that the commute is 60-90 minutes every morning. I am very grateful to have this position, but admittedly I do wonder how this is going to affect my health long-term. What's been your experience with long commutes?

And went to target today and saw the starting pay at $17 an hour for a new hire. I make $18 am hour troubleshooting network and computer issues. Everyone deserves living wage but I'd like to hear from the capitalist supporters how this is good for the “free market?”