Author: Olivia

Basically title. At the moment I make decent money and I’m trying to save… but I know my job is pretty much useless. I have been thinking about doing something more useful (teacher/social work/nurse or smth else) but honestly it’s so low-paid where I live that I have no balls to change, at least not right now. Am I alone who thinks like this?

I am a privileged person as a generality, but I did get laid off today (only me and my boss strangely). I realize that I am lucky as hell to have a severance offer and at least some savings to tide me over. But mostly… I feel fucking elated. I no longer have to fake it another goddamn day at that soul-sucking cesspool of futility. My attitude may change a month down the line if I haven't found anything new, but I think I will be okay. My boss happily offered to let me use him as a reference, a friend can have a job for me basically tomorrow if I wanted, but I think I may at least take a week or so to enjoy this newfound sense of freedom. I feel optimistic, hopeful. I didn't realize just how drained of hope and optimism I was working for this…

Hey just thought I share my little gem of a story. So for the past couple of months I had been working at law firm, no Im not lawyer but I generally did office work and some quasi-laywer stuff (typing out payment orders , lawsuits etc). So for the last couple of months the firm got this big project , that was not only alot of work but also had strict deadlines that had to be met. So they put me and this Other Guy on the project ( total newbie that got the job because he was college roommates with one of the lawyers). Along with one lawyer that will be overseeing us. It soon becomes apparent that I have to pull most of the weight on this project. Other guy is slow, doesn't really know what he is doing and in general needs alot of reassurance before going…

Well like the title says. I discovered I’m massively underpaid. I have not confronted my boss about it because I do not have another offer yet. I don’t want to ask for a raise and be jerked off with ‘we’ll see what we can do in a few months’ bullshit, I’ve played that game before. So I’ve decided to do less work and take multiple and longer breaks. I work for an it support team for a massive warehouse. I’m usually the one that goes anywhere on-site first if there’s a call. So I just make up a call , leave my desk , go to my car ,smoke a bowl , get on indeed and come back about 45 mins later after I freshen up. Everyone else is so busy that they don’t follow up and I always have documentation on the ‘issue’ I was working on. Hell ,…