Author: Olivia

To be fair, drastic weather change like this typically gives me a terrible headache, which I do currently have. So, calling in “sick” wasn't a total lie. In most cases in the past though, I typically just power through whatever ailment/illness I have because it's not worth playing 20 questions with my jerk boss. We're a small business and chronically understaffed, so no one is ever “sick” enough for him. Most people come to work sick to avoid getting flack from our boss. To make matters more complicated, our area is supposed to get uncharacteristically bad weather (hurricane level winds, flooding, and high risk for tornadoes) in the coming hours. Bad weather like this makes me incredibly anxious. I'm not afraid of storms, but I don't f*ck around with tornadoes and high winds. Short of an emergency, I prefer to be close to home in rare instances like this, so…

My boss gave me a panic attack this week. He's been oddly dismissive about some rather important things. Like hardcoded passwords and a laptop that won't charge. Day 1, a coworker had warned me that he was bad news. After his conduct, I thought I would take a healthy course of action and schedule some PTO on the official calendar, and even voluntarily setup a meeting with HR. Doing my best in a bad situation. Cut to HR firing me on the day of, by email. I don't know what to do. I've had trouble finding supportive managers at most every job I've signed onto. Do they even exist anymore?

Welcome to the world, baby boy, I'll paint you red and white and blue The indoctrination starts as soon as you come out the womb Pretty quick we'll make you stupid with curriculums at school And if the classroom doesn't do the trick, we'll make you watch the news Pick your team, right or left, pick the red pill or the blue You can vote, but even if you win, still everyone will lose Don't forget to buy designer because Gucci makes you cool We prioritize material belongings over truth Get a job that you can't stand so you can buy some cans of food Go overseas and die for freedom, there's some oil we could use Our democracy exists so that you think that you could choose But our algorithms make you do what we want you to do What's the problem, you're depressed? Society has you confused? We…

Or do u slack off a bit… maybe read reddit, eat food, maybe not do as much work as in the office? Or am I just a lazy pos?? 🤣

Hey, I don’t want to go into too much detail as to not compromise my employment just in case I have co workers or managers on r/antiwork, but I’m being threatened a write up for refusing to use my personal vehicle for business errands without the federal minimum mileage reimbursement rate. The duty I’m being told I have to do is outside of my job duties as it’s transporting large amounts of cash, which historically has been a manager responsibility. They want me to take on this liability and are offering far less than the federal rate of .65 per mile. When I asked for a company policy I signed stating this is my job duty they failed to present one and said it was just the rule. What I need help with is this: can anyone spare some time to help search Washington state laws on mileage reimbursement when…