Author: Olivia

Wish me luck y’all!

I work in education somewhere in Europe and I’m already barely making ends meet. Today our boss walked into a team meeting and told us not to get our hopes up too much when it comes to salary adjustments. Consumer price index is up 11% this month. Rents are projected to go up 5% for public housing, probably more for privately owned rental housing. Like the title says, why did I even bother going to school for this? If I’m gonna be broke and living check to check, I might as well do it without the drudgery of a job that takes up most of my time and energy.

I am currently bawling my eyes out in the storage area of my dead end office job I’ve been trying to leave for months now. I’ve must of submitted +200 applications on indeed and had a few interviews. Today, I just got a “Thank you for your interest but we’ve decided to pick someone else” from this one company I had several interviews with over the course of a month that I thought I definitely had. I feel stuck where I am now. I get my Bachelor’s in May but I fear it still wont be enough to get anything anywhere else. I am so sorry for ranting but I am just so tired and sad from constantly being rejected.

Instead of berating your employees about why you can’t pay them a living wage, join the fight against big, wealth-hoarding corporations which ensure you can’t pay.

I get back to work and everyone has taken the rest of the week off, leaving me by myself. I want to just not show up for the remainder of the week as I feel taken advantage of. What would you do?