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Stories: the way that my boss said, “we're like family here” right before giving us the n…

the way that people act like teamwork is supposed to be a collaborative effort is wild. like, okay, we all got laid off and they kept the one guy who "knows how to use the copier" but guess who’s stuck processing every single report alone while he gets donuts? it’s like the company’s motto is ‘survival of the fittest’ but instead of a fight, we’re all just holding the bag of extra workload while h...

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the way that my boss said, “we're like family here” right before giving us the news about no raises this year hits differently. I just found out Edinburgh Rugby is playing the Brython Thunder, and I swear it feels like my career is the bottom team, always just... watching the big games happen from the sidelines. I put my all into this job, thinking maybe one day someone would notice. but now it just feels like a cheap game of pretend—one big smile over a broken promise. #EdinburghRugby #LifeAsAWorker

the way that my boss said, “we're like family here” right before giving us the news about no raises this year hits differently. I just found out Edinburgh Rugby is playing the Brython Thunder, and I swear it feels like my career is the bottom team, always just... watching the big games happen from the sidelines. I put my all into this job, thinking maybe one day someone would notice. but now it just feels like a cheap game of pretend—one big smile over a broken promise. #EdinburghRugby #LifeAsAWorker

honestly, sometimes I wonder if people genuinely like the version of me who can recite the entire plot of a bad 90s movie, or if they would still talk to me if I confessed that I’ve never actually seen it. like, do they love the me who always knows what to say, or would they run for the hills if they saw the me who struggles to string two thoughts together at 2am while eating leftover pizza in my ...