Author: Olivia

Wonderful, today's the day we got our pets ashes back. They died only 8 days ago. What do I get the same day? A write-up for not being at work the day after they died because I had to help my mom as we were both mourning. Sure feels great, having told them directly to their face that I couldn't come in to work due to what happened. Feels great to be another number in the system. Just to make me feel like shit, they say how it affects the district, the customers, and makes it harder on my employees. You think I don't fucking know that already? I'm a damn good person, so I already feel horrible for making it harder on them, no need to rub it in. Fuck retail. Fuck this heartless bs. Will follow up with lots of food and drink on my days off to…

The nationwide “raise” Walmart stated they’ll do to “invest” in their employees….. Was 30 cents at my store. .030. A quarter and a nickel. 30 pennies. 6 nickels. 3 dimes. The article stated that the average wage employees would make would be $17 an hour. Far from livable but def something that would help me. I know that “average” doesn’t mean that’s whats guaranteed but still felt f*cking tricked.

My grandmother was a hardcore conservative. However, she let her sons live at home without working for decades. One of my uncles lived at home until 70. She worked and he didn't! She also demonized and insulted my mother for staying at home as a caretaker for a few years, while her adult sons slept in until noon and refused to even cook for themselves while not working. She was a republican politician (held office into her golden years) and found a way to fire some people who worked for the city so that the city could save money. This is the type of evil soulless person that votes, while the young and apathetic stay home. This is how trump became president and this is how we lost roe v wade. Whackos like her vote, become politicians, and enact hypocritical laws.

So I know it’s less work and less people bothering me with questions while I’m making the same amount of money as the other trainer. But I’m starting to get offended. He and I have the same degree, from the same University, graduated the same year, he started this job 6 months before I did but we’ve both been here longer than everyone else Everyone: the boss and my coworkers walk past me and ask the other trainer for help or a question They really only come to me if he’s unavailable. It just makes me feel inferior

I told him I spent the last hour thinking about what could possibly be a bigger waste of my time

https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=4.00&year1=197409&year2=202301 This is an inflation calculator. My mom got her first job at a local ice cream shop in September of 1974. She made $4.00 an hour. $4.00 in September of 1974 is equal to a whopping $23.65 in today's money, meaning my mother's minimum wage was more than DOUBLE what is the minimum wage today, which is $11.00 in the state of Florida, which is where we live. That boggles my fucking mind.

I lost my job last month and have been trying to find anything from work at home to flipping burgers to shoveling cow shit. If the job is within 20 miles, I've applied. The, “No one wants to work” Bullshit I hear every day and the countless times I've seen people comment about if you don't like your life change it, get a new job etc. WELL???? NOW WHAT? What the fuck? I've been trying with easily 200 jobs applied, and at this point I don't even know why I try anymore, GG corporate America I guess you win.