Author: Olivia

Back in late spring earlier summer of 2022, I was hired at a local car dealership. I went through the interview and oriantation process and everything. I was actually looking foward to making this my career. Well on my second day of work, the topic of wages came up. I told them how Me and my wife had to be careful cause we had been battling our county for food stamps, since me and my wife had been out of work for a while. And truthfully, I was planning on working my way out of that constant cycle of going around in circles ans trying to finally get a stable income. But my manager insisted on cutting my hours in half so that we could keep our benefits. Since i was only a parts cashier, and she was the one that offered, I figured that would be fine. Well that…

I just got hired as a trash truck driver and life has never been better, after several years in the glue factory I have finally moved on. Making $12 an hour has never felt better and the hours are phenomenal! I get anywhere from 40-60 each week and feel so relieved to actually be working for a company that cares for me. Just thought I would share an actual good job amidst all the bad jobs out there!

is the idea of JOB 9-5 /40 hr+ work week just really outdated and what should we replace it with?

Yesterday a recruiter found my old resume on some career site and cold called me/ texted and I got to do something fantastic…I got to turn HIM down. I had nearly forgotten what self-respect and dignity feel like and how we take them for granted so this brought things right into focus for me. You see, just a little over a year ago I was unemployed, depressed, injured and down on my luck. Life fucking sucked and some days I just wanted it to end. I put dozens of resumes out and had a bunch of companies waste my time, reject or ignore me until out of the blue the best job i've ever had dropped in my lap thanks to an old work friend (keep those contacts. folks!) My first full year+ at the new job is done and i've never been happier. I'm respected and have a high…

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