#just quit

[ratfc]

Someone please tell Iker to stop doing these random ass ads

[cartoonscientist]

[yoihino]

So the author of a webcomic I really really love stopped updating after a seasons finale 2 years ago and the last post in any of his social media is in instagram stating that season 3 was in production and that it would not be long until they started updating again. That was a year ago. So.

[berserkchip]

I see a lot of work/job bashing on Tumblr, which is fair, but...

I feel like an enormous chunk of why jobs, working, and specifically bosses and employers suck so much is because no one quits. (in the US anyway) And look, I’m sure there are small towns in the Midwest or food deserts where there aren’t a lot of jobs available and not a lot of options, but even in areas where that ‘isn’t’ the case, people still don’t quit.  Like, guys, it’s okay to quit your job. It’s okay to say fuck you and leave. 1000%. You don’t need to go out of your way to find another job before quitting, either. You don’t have to balance job hunting or interviews with your current job, and you certainly don’t have to temporarily work 2 jobs while you finish up your two weeks of your other job. You can just quit first.  I was stuck in a horrible, terrible, awful dead-end job for 5 years of my life. It was supposed to just be a part time gig while I finish school, but then they promoted me, and I decided to focus on them more. it was the biggest mistake of my life. They took up all of my time, they exhausted me and beat me down emotionally and mentally with impossible tasks and insane hours, (working till after midnight then coming in at 6AM sharp the next day) all the while allowing the building to slowly fall apart and endanger both customers and employees without care for either. And despite all of that hard work and dedication, I was never given any raise or even so much as a sign of appreciation for anything I did. They treated me as nothing more than a cog in a machine, and I started to think of myself as such. I lost track of weeks of time. I got nothing done and hung out with none of my friends. I lost sight of who I was as a person. I was a zombie.  The way they failed to handle the pandemic was the last straw, and I should have quit years ago, but I was genuinely painfully scared to confront my boss and put in my two weeks. Despite how much I hated them and how much stress and anger that job was causing me, actually telling my boss that I needed to leave was like tearing off a limb.  Why, I ask you? Why did I feel this way? And why were there so many people there that had been working so much longer than me, who had it much much worse? Why did they never quit? After over a year of being jobless, I finally got the courage to start applying again, and my current job has been amazing. They’re flexible with hours, understanding, and incredibly uplifting with praise and appreciation. The work that I put in is met with actual positive reinforcement and gratitude. It’s like night and day.  Anyway, the point I’m trying to get across is that there ‘are’ good and bad jobs. Yes, overall, capitalism is... well, you know. But there’s also bad companies, bad staff and bad employers. And these people will continue to exist so long as we allow ourselves to believe we can’t just quit and find somewhere else.  I promise you. You can quit your job. You just can. Fuck whatever anyone else tells you. If you’re going home crying or screaming in anger every night, quit. If you feel like the building you’re working at is like a prison, leave that building and never go back. If you feel like you’re punishing yourself by staying at your job, stop staying at that job. 

I think there are also people who stay jobless for long periods of time because they’re afraid of getting stuck somewhere they hate. But like, if you hate it, just quit, so there’s nothing to be afraid of : ) If you’re reading this and you’re working at some shitty job that you hate to the point of tears, get up right now, call them, tell them you quit, do NOT put in your two weeks, just fucking don’t go back. And start applying elsewhere. You don’t need the referral of a toxic job. Start from scratch if you have to, resume-wise. A good employer/boss will recognize experience day 1.  If everyone did this, maybe we could make a dent in how many toxic shit hole jobs their are, because maybe these companies and bosses will finally get a clue that they’re the ones who need to change. 

[severidekelly]

CALLUM IS SO DUMB

[bereft-of-frogs]

urgh, one of my absolute least favorite bad manager behaviors is presenting brand new procedural information as if you’re scolding the entire staff for...doing it the way we had always been doing it and had no way of knowing you wanted it done differently until you told us...in this email...where you’re scolding us for not doing it the new way

[swan2swan]

Some weird double standards I’m noticing in this Nielsen thing...

1. She’s really insistent that she not provide estimates of numbers when she’s asked about how many unfilled jobs there are in her department, but when she has a...oh wow, the next representative (Rep. Titus) is asking exactly this, because when Republicans ask “how many people do you think you could save?”, she says “hundreds of thousands.”

2. Republicans are really excited to share stories about sexual assault from coyotes and migrants, but when it comes to any executive or appointee “how dare these women seek attention!” NOTE: I believe the stories from the border, I’m not questioning the fact that women are assaulted, but the manner in which Republicans weaponize and cherry-pick these things is disgusting.

3. She’s really up in arms about that southern border but not concerned about the much-larger northern border.