Author: Olivia

Brain is in meltdown mode and I know I’m being lowballed. My friend said to stay 3 months. Replenish savings and move to another place that actually pays. It’s a career change too. But I was burned by my last employer and I’m scared. I don’t know how to protect myself while still being friendly and pretend like there’s nothing wrong.

Spent my youth working retail, fast food and public facing laborious jobs and now I’m facing middle age with no retirement no savings and i’d have nothing without snap, wic and medicaid, why should I work hard ever again? i’ll have no retirement, probably never own a home and my body is starting to fail after several health problems, if I wasn’t poor I’d have no healthcare. My husband hasn’t realized that he shouldn’t work hard and still gives his all to a guy who will take and take and act like he’s poor, he’s a slumlord that wants to have a million dollars in savings liquid cash and he does this by paying nothing and taking everything and I can’t say a word to him because i’m supposed to feel lucky that we get 2,000 a month for my husband working full time… my husband who’s in need of…

Thank you so much, Applied Data Marketing Solutions. I completely forgot I applied to you and confused your generic company name with several other companies I've applied to over the years, but it's thoughtful of you to remember me and reach out like you did. On a Sunday. At 7PM.

I don’t know if this is the right sub to share this in but on a whim I quit my permanent salaried position where I’ve worked for almost a decade. Tomorrow is my last day and I have no idea what I want to do with my life. The pay has never been great but the trade off was that I used to really enjoy my job. In the last year things have changed and I’ve become unhappy and it’s been extremely physically demanding. I just couldn’t do it anymore. I don’t have a clue what to do next and I feel too burnt out to make a plan. Haven’t told any family or friends yet so I am sharing with all of your fine redditors.

The title says it all. I usually don't rant b/c I know I have it better than 99% of people on earth. But I'm also tired of life stress and it just feels like life keeps getting harder. Out of all these stresses work is the most vexing for me. I am a software engineer and all the news of layoffs stresses me out. I don't have any specific reason to be worried but sometimes it feels more like luck and I don't know when mine will run out. Throughout my life with all the hardship like horrible workplaces, divorce, living paycheck to paycheck to the recent challenges like lockdowns, covid, forced vax, finding another job, etc I somehow managed to do better than before. Now I'm dealing with uncertainty about work and thinking about what I can do next and not becoming obsolete. Sometimes I worry the best days…

I've read a few pieces where people are really going out of their ways to hide the fact that they are looking for other jobs while having one. I can get looking for another job while being at work isn't allowed, and I get that it can put you in an awkward spot would it come to your current employer's attention, but are you prohibited from seeking employment elsewhere?