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Got canned during wartime
Little background: I'm a Ukrainian dude, working as a freelance web designer on Upwork. My wife is Russian, we used to live in Kiev, but 1 year ago we moved to Russia cause of personal reasons. So here I was working with a nice Indian guy from US, building their website of a cool tech they have. Then the bombs on Ukraine dropped and everyone started saction Russia. I have family in Ukraine, which I'm supporting all this time after I moved to Russia, and since everything was sanctioned to oblivion, Upwork was the only source for me to keep supporting my family in Kiev. Then Upwork imposed sacntions of their own kind: they just blocked all accounts associated with Russia or Belarus. And it's kinda hard for new freelancers to build their account from the start to make decent money. The CEO wrote a very heartwarming letter about this:…
My work doesn't offer paid maternity leave but I opted to take an unpaid leave for 12 weeks under FMLA to care for and bond with my newborn. The past 3 months have been the best of my life. Once my leave started, I quickly realized that work is the ONLY thing I talk about in therapy, and suddenly had nothing to discuss. I was living my best life and enjoying motherhood. Now that im set to return to work Monday, every fiber of my being is screaming no. I've been on edge this entire week, dreading the verbal abuse and manipulation tactics. I do plan to look for a new job, but for the time being the bills are really piling up and I don't have much choice. Not really looking for advice, just figured u all would understand!
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idk what to think
The past couple months have been rough trying to find a job. After being frustrated by countless rejections, I decided to update my resume with fake experience from a company that no longer exists. Not even an hour, now I have offers for jobs. I'm not proud of lying. I do have the skills to do the jobs I'm applying to, so thats not an issue. It just feels fucked up that the second I do that everything changes, I didnt even put that great of experience tbh. I'm not sure if I'll continue.
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hustle culture at its finest.
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praising ‘Resiliency’
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‘just get a better job’
I’m in tech and my company makes us fill out an arduous portfolio with references. Wondering if this is normal at other companies, especially tech, or complete bs.
