Somehow they can afford to hire all those celebrities for that commercial (which also aired during the super bowl), but not provide better pay and benefits to their drivers. It's like they are purposefully flaunting their money and rubbing it in the face of the “contractors”. It's disgusting.
“Thank you so much for taking the time to meet with me and for the offer. I was excited to get into the pace of things. Regrettably, I cannot accept. Cost of living and housing qualification standards have made working at that wage unaffordable, stressful beyond necessity, and ultimately, unrewarding. I wish the numbers panned out differently, but these are our community’s material conditions and I cannot negotiate with reality. I would be really grateful if I were in consideration for other positions with higher compensation, I’m certainly qualified. It has been wonderful getting to know you and I hope we cross paths again soon!” I know, I’m way too nice to these people.
Those who have come before us were able to have well paying jobs, take a few vacations a year to Disney world or wherever, and still be able to afford shit on top of all that. Now it’s like we’re just living to work and that’s it. I’m a 28 year old man. I wanna be able to travel and do fun things and see the world and experience other cultures. I wanna go to school again and learn more than what I have. But there’s just not enough time and money in the day to do jack shit. Don’t get me wrong I like my job. I worked and fought to get this well paying job. But where does it end? I can’t be the only one thinking that the normal human experience now is just work and die.
When I was 19 I started working part time for Hallmark in the design & embroidery section of their warehouse. I was pretty excited about the opportunity as the job paid a few dollars over minimum wage, and at the time I was a dishwasher making min wage. I was working nights as a dishwasher and mornings at Hallmark, and I told my boss I put in my two weeks at the dishwashing joint to work fulltime for him. Well, they weren't stoked about my performance – and I get it, I wasn't catching on very quickly, I had a direct manager who didn't really like me either – but I was trying. Anyway, the day after I finished my previous job, my new boss fired me via email. Not even. The recruiter emailed me to tell me “I didn't need to come in anymore”. Left a…
