Author: Olivia

Whenever some boomer try’s to lecture you about how their first job in the 60s they only made $3 an hour, just remember, $3 in 1969 had the equivalent buying power as $25.01 today.

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Post date February 3, 2023
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The joy of experiencing the truth of the old statement of how being “overqualified” is near enough as bad as “under”

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Post date February 3, 2023
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I'm a licensed teacher. Postgraduate professional licensure. Two Master's degrees: My first thesis an excerpt of a novel that ended up being represented and requested for consideration for publication by HarperCollins Children and three imprints of Penguin Random House. Despite the rejections that followed, having written something that editors at imprints of the biggest publishing conglomerate in the world would consider worthy enough to take the time to read is still an accomplishment (I'm working on editing based on their feedback and trying again, btw). My second Master's thesis was formulated on a theory I created that impressed my department so much that it is now being used as teaching material for a number of classes at my alma mater. I spent two years as an Adjunct English Professor. The rest of my history basically affirms to me how I was antiwork before I even knew what antiwork was. I…

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Amazon put workers at risk at CO warehouse, five others nationwide, OSHA investigation finds

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Post date February 3, 2023
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Stuck in a shit job, in a crap jobs market, how do you keep going?

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Post date February 3, 2023
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I am 31, I have been applying for work for 3 months, after my gardening business got destroyed by the rate interest rises. I found nothing, I ended scraping the bottom of the barrel and taking a chance on a reasonably paid merchandising job. I ignored the red flags, the usual bullshit, “need you to be a fast learner”, reviews about past employees saying they werent trained and had loads of expectations put on them and management got pissed when someone who hasn't been trained didn't finish all tasks. I'm sitting here in a Cafe, with the pink Floyd song money, blarring on the speakers, the universe is taking the piss haha. When I had no work I was depressed, I had time to ruminate. Now I'm working at a crap company I'm feeling worn out and pissed off, I'm not even getting trained. I fucking hate how 2-3 jobs…

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Boss is upset I took my lunch at 5pm to get to another job at 6

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Post date February 3, 2023
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Not sure you can read this. I went to babysit at 5pm and made $100 for 2.5 hours while my day job pays $13 and commission. Why does it matter if I was still number one on the team??? I shouldn't have to communicate any of this with her as she is never working herself and gone doing “errands” or “lunch” for hours.

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Accommodations for disabilities

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Post date February 3, 2023
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Hello I have a few different disabilities. Hypoglycemia, adhd, and ptsd. Whenever I get a new job my employers refuse to accommodate my disabilities. I ask to put in an accommodation request and give them physical documentation but they still refuse. I’ve had to quit all my jobs in less than a year because my health became so poor I’d fall asleep standing up and have to sit so I didn’t faint. At one point my hair fell out and my clothes wouldn’t fit because of malnourishment. It’s not even hard to give me a 5 min break every 2-3 hrs to eat. If I put disabilities on my application they won’t hire me so what should I do?

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