Category Archives: Work Sucks!

I was raised to believe that hard work and patience works. Everyone get their rewards in due time. But I am over 40 now and working my ass off – but I am still not financially stable. My parents were poor and so were my grandparents. On the other hand, my cousins and friends withContinue reading “Money attracts money…and poverty bears poverty”

I work in a media organization. We are into business reporting. My boss has a media background but his specialization lies in film reporting and politics. He doesn’t know a thing about ‘business’. He keeps blocking my ideas because he is afraid that I may supersede him one day. If I do amazing work someContinue reading “My boss knows nothing about business!”

My office is rife with favoritism, nepotism, and is fueled by a popularity contest and not by work performance or results. It appears as if the people who just sit at their desks pushing papers around and idly updating their Facebook or checking their personal emails every hour are more favored than the people actuallyContinue reading “Admin and favoritism”

I made the mistake of getting two master’s degrees. On one had, I didn’t get specific training in anything useful like accounting or engineering but on the other hand, am considered “overqualified” for entry level jobs. I always feel stuck in a rut and am continuously turned down for jobs over people much younger thanContinue reading “Overqualified but going nowhere”

I have obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). It got so bad that I would wash and bathe for hours, scrubbing myself raw, and found it difficult to step out of the bathroom. I eventually sought treatment by a psychiatrist and currently work as a student admin (basically a sales job where I have to convince studentsContinue reading “I have OCD. How to earn money?”

I hate being an unpaid intern. It is free labor that is taken advantage of and bosses feel they can dump all the shitty work on us that the people getting paid don’t want to do. Instead of appreciating our free labor, they treat us like shit and give us no appreciation whatsoever. Can’t waitContinue reading “Intern abuse”

I can tell the administration of my job is targeting me. It seems like I am always disciplined for doing something wrong and am being nit picked and that nothing—and I mean nothing that I do is right. I don’t see my coworkers being harassed in quite the same way as I am. They areContinue reading “Being targeted”

I am over educated but underemployed. For years I have worked hard to get a first degree and then two master’s degrees all from good schools. I have only had shitty low paying high stress jobs which I keep getting fired from every few months or have to quit due to hostile working environments. PeopleContinue reading “Chronically unemployed”

I work in a media house. I have spent 15 years in the field. I am still in the age range which is compatible with technology. But the kids joining the company think they know it all. With Internet on their fingertips and good marks on their report card, they think they should be madeContinue reading “Newbies in my office are entitled brats”