I thought I would feel more.. free and happy? But I feel anxious because I don’t know what is in store in the future. Is it normal to feel like this after quitting your toxic workplace, that made you get physical and mental complications (hairloss, severe anxiety, heart problems, stress, burnout).
I work as a waitress at a small town diner and my manager (who is the owner's daughter-in-law BTW) asked us to pitch in and donate money for the owner's birthday last year which I declined but several sheep—-oh I'm sorry “people” that I work with all decided to donate anyway. This is scummy because my manager's FIL owns not one but two restaurants in town so why are we having to donate to his birthday fund when we only make $2.15 an hour plus tips. What's even more mind-blowing is that just the other week, she was selling Nascar themed t-shirts with our diner's logo on them for a whopping $24 because our town's most famous attraction, which is our big Nascar race, is happening during Mother's Day weekend. I don't even like racing! Just like the birthday fund, I declined. Sorry not sorry but asking for $24 for…
My dad is of the boomer generation but isn't a “boomer”. I realize many people in that generation are “boomers”, but I only call people boomers when they have the stereotypical boomer mentality. My dad fortunately understands the shit we go through. I talked to him today and he told me before he retired in the year 2000, he was making $15/hr at a rubber hose factory. Just a factory worker, nothing supervisorial or in management. With inflation, that's $25.55 an hour. Now my dad had been there 30 years, and so I'm sure his pay had been increased a couple times…but my dad's neighbor's son works at this same factory my dad worked out and even today only makes $17/hr, and has been there about 5 years. My dad retired with a pension, which is only a paltry $800/mo..but they did away with pension plans and just do 401k…
