With more people being brought back to the office that includes my mom and she's obviously struggling with it. She's an introvert and was clearly thriving in the WFH environment (she did it once before when raising me when I was younger) but now she has to go back.
I quit my awful fast food job over a year ago not being allowed to sit down on 9 hour shifts and getting yelled at by rude customers all the time. I was only able to do that since I dropped out of college (mental health didn't handle a pandemic well) and live with her. We'd be homeless if she didn't work so we're firmly under the boot but I feel guilty seeing her struggle when I got off the ratwheel myself. I don't know what to say to her when she complains because having been in it and now from an outside perspective I'd say “Yeah, this is awful and you're getting cheated.” But I don't think that's helpful. Any advice?