American here.
My boss just called to let me know that he's so, so very sorry, but he forgot to approve my hours this week and I might not get paid! BUT it isn't his fault, as he shouldn't have to approve hours and “they” shouldn't have put it on him. I mean he's been approving them for months, but that's besides the point.
This is on top of the fact that I was hired at 32 hours with the promise of 40 hours once another part of my job became available (a part that hadn't been active for two years, but they were hoping I'd revamp). Instead, they've kept me at 32 hours, switched me from salary to hourly, and brought me on for “just a few weeks” to help complete the part of my job that was supposed to get me to a full 40 hours.
I work for a large West Coast University. My boss is a Director. They should have this shit together.
I'm so tired man. I'm a single woman, and I have zero hope of feeling like my feet are under me. All the women in my family have men who make more and provide insurance. It's so hard to talk to anyone, because very few people know what is like to be a single, self dependent woman who isn't, like, tough and proud about it. I'm single and trying to just get through it all.
I just have no hope. I can't see a future outside of my little office, where I have no power. And I know, the problem is the system. I get that. But as one little, lonely female, this system is so much bigger than me. I just don't know what to do for tomorrow sometimes.