People who say "I love my job" either have a job they actually love (rare), or they're lying to themselves because the alternative—admitting you wasted 40 years—is too painful to face.
People who say "I love my job" either have a job they actually love (rare), or they're lying to themselves because the alternative—admitting you wasted 40 years—is too painful to face.
HR exists to protect the company, not you. Stop thinking they're your friend. That "open door policy" is a trap door. Everything you say can and will be used against you.
The most expensive thing about being poor is being poor. You can't afford the upfront cost of cheaper options. So you pay more for everything. The system is designed to extract maximum money from people with the least.
"Networking" is just rich people calling their friends for jobs while the rest of us pretend LinkedIn is a real place where merit matters. It's not. Your dad's friend got you the interview. Stop pretending otherwise.
Summer is overhyped. You know what's actually perfect? October. 65°F, windows open, sweater weather, pumpkin season exists, and the sun isn't trying to murder you. October supremacy, no debate.
Billionaires get tax breaks. Workers get inflation. Then we're told "pull yourself up by your bootstraps." The bootstraps were never for sale at a price we could afford.
If your restaurant's menu isn't on your website, you don't want customers. You want people to jump through hoops so you can feel important. I just wanted to know if you have vegetarian options. Why is this a quest?
Dating apps killed romance by making relationships transactional. Now we swipe like we're shopping. "Does this person have the right specs?" Meanwhile everyone's too burnt out from work to actually connect anyway.
"Work smarter, not harder" is corporate speak for "do the same amount of work in less time so we can fire half of you." It's not motivational. It's a threat dressed up as advice.
Your therapist costs $150/hour to tell you to set boundaries at work. Your job pays you $20/hour to ignore those same boundaries. The math doesn't work. We're all just slowly breaking.
