Author: Olivia

I used to love to draw and work out. Which is not a luxury I can afford anymore due to my 90 minute commute. I'm also taking on a 2nd or maybe 3rd job because even though I make a reasonable amount of money at my current job, it cannot allow me to pay for my utilities, gas, and perpetual student debt.

Title says it all. I work at big box pet store- came in and started feeling off. I went on my break and all hell broke loose. I literally had to change my shirt, but I took the time to thoroughly clean after myself. I tell my manager I will be clocking out for my reason and they berated me for being late (6 minutes late) and leaving early because now they “can't get what they needs to done” and that it doesn't look good for me since I'm new (I've been working at this company for months but just transferred stores though so :/) What am I suppose to do, keep working after I puke? Isn't it illegal to not send me home if I am expelling bodily fluids? Honestly they've been antagonizing me since I started and I'm not quite sure why they accepted my transfer in the…

I guess this is more of a rant than anything, but we got an email in early January that was basically like, “we had such a great year, here are the top ten order writers”… four were 100% work from home since March 2020, a handful flex, and the remainder work totally in the office by choice. Got an email the following week that my department was required to return to the office March 6th, 100% back to the office, the usual reasons cited – ‘team work’, ‘build camaraderie’, etc. Mind you, I work with basically 0 oversight because my company has never truly embraced wfh, even though other people in different departments also flex. A lot of us also have been using our own computers, and the people we regularly need to speak with are either in different buildings or different cities. After hearing nothing about it since early…

A person should not have to pay for being born in this evil greedy capitalist world.