Author: Olivia

I did some part time work for a Bitcoin mining operation moving computers. Long story short: my buddy who got me the job ended up getting fired, and once he was fired the owner told him he had to fill out a 1099 form, basically applying to be an independent contractor. He sent him a non-disclosure agreement, and told him he wouldn't be paid until signing those forms. My buddy was under the impression that he was an employee and not an independent contractor. The owner owes him $2,500, but told him he would settle for $1200 because my buddy took lunches and breaks when working. The owner owes me $250, but hasn't paid me in a month, and he seems to be ignoring my messages. What am I supposed to do? It seems like he's trying to avoid paying taxes for his employees.

So I'm 40 and currently stock shelves for a living and have worked with quite a few old people over the years who didn't have to be there, they have money, they retired and came back to be a janitor or stocker just because they didn't know what to do with themselves without someone giving them an order. How do such people exist? They kind of piss me off because they have the freedom I so desperately crave but they don't appreciate it. In all the years you've been alive you're telling me that you've found NOTHING that you like to do with your time? You're so bored that you'd rather scrub toilets? WHAT THE HELL?! Sometimes I wish I was like them because this world was made for them. There is no way in hell that I would have a job if I didn't need the money. There is…