Why does capitalism make life just seem like a meaningless rigged game? What’s the incentive to continue?
Author: Olivia
Long story short, first boss now gives me one weekend of on call (clinical healthcare). I agree when I took my new job (admin in healthcare) that I'd ONLY do one weekend a month and if that's not what it was going to be then I'd reconsider taking this new position which is 40 hours a week and just stay at my clinical position. Well one month in and they put me on two weekend call shifts a month (on top of my already M-F 8-5)! My clinical boss told me I'd have to do every third weekend while my second boss told me I'd only have to do one weekend a month. So I'm about to tell both of them I just quit entirely. They aren't respectful of my new position which I'm very valuable to them in. So f it. I'm just going to do no call at…
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