So I joined this sub Simply out of curiosity after watching that mod get on Fox News and basically make a fool of himself. But after reading through peoples posts and stories about BS as work I realized how relatable everyone on here is to how I felt working for dog shit pay and dealing with absolute bullshit.
I was doing the daily grind, working under unreasonable artificial deadlines, given projects with no clear objectives, berated for things I didn't do. But I was used to that. Then I had a health emergency that resulted in 2 hospital stays and a month on short term disability when work legally was not allowed to contact me. The hospital time (and the really good drugs I was on) and the enforced time away from work woke me up to just how bad things were. I was still part of the group text chats on our personal phones and was seeing the situations in a new way. That's when I realized just how much employers take advantage of slow changes to make them the new normal. That's also when I realized I was done playing that stupid game. I have no doubt my attitude put me on the list to be…
I just quit my job at a grocery store part time with no benefits making minimum wage after only 2 weeks of working there. At the time I was trying to make money doing freelance web development and a bit of marketing, so I took a shitty job while I was trying work out how to get clients. I started seeing a lot more success the last couple days, so I called out 3 hours early one day when I decided helping a client would be more profitable, and then decided to quit the following day without a 2 weeks notice because I had two more clients to deal with and the job was starting to become a liability more than anything. My boss was still pretty angry that I quit after such a short time period, and also that I walked out the previous night without “giving a reason”.…
How would you mathematically formulate the equation for a fair wage. I wonder if anyone has ever done this. I would think it easier in some cases then in others but most labor is broken down to units. either units served or units made or units recorded etc.
So, just to preface, I have 2 bachelor's degrees and a partial masters, but have learned from various attempts, that I really don't like doing the things that use my degrees. So, I've spent most of my adult life doing manual labor, which I enjoy. Before I got my current job, I applied and got an interview for a job at the local post office. It was advertised as full time, $30/hr with full federal government benefits. Sounded pretty good. I show up fifteen minutes early for the interview. Wind up waiting about an hour. Once I finally get in the room with the local Postmaster General, he asks me to tell him about myself. Following seeing my resume, cover letter, etc. I am uncertain what else he would need to know. So, I said a few things from those and asked 'what would you like to know?' He responds…
I sprained my ankle last night playing sports and today i came into work a few minutes late. After a backhanded comment from my boss “good afternoon, maybe work on getting here on time tomorrow” that I ignored I asked my boss if someone could replace me today because I shouldn't be walking on it and after some guilt tripping I was sent home -after they made it very clear how inconvenient it was to them and how it's selfish I did it during a hobby I loved. I find it so infuriating that workplaces offer sick leave, but don't have the personnel infrastructure to use it. In an ideal world I would take the whole week off and rest (I have like 2 months of sick leave) but I know that I can't because everyone else will be overworked in my absence. I'm worried that when I get back…
I pay $800 a month towards a 54 year old’s $1200 mortgage in South Florida for a room in a house he can’t afford, which he picked up just before the 08 crash. You know, back when anybody working part time at 7/11 could qualify for a mortgage. I am financing this old fuck’s lifestyle and retirement just in order to have a roof over my god damn head. He eats out all day, then comes home and eats my food. I don’t go out to eat, because I can’t afford it. I’m sick of these old fucking parasites man. They’ll just suck our generation dry until their livers fail. There’s no end in sight either, because as a nurse, there’s no way I’m qualifying for a home anywhere outside of a god damn slum, or putting half my income towards a shitty $1800 shoebox studio apartment. Fuck this shit.