#former supervisor

[youjustgotlawyered]

When people ask me about my former supervisor who’s now opposing & makes $, but’s evil:

[dragonomatopoeia]

where's the support for lesbians who are golden retriever boyfriends

[savage-rhi]

.Magenta.

[deadendtracks]

anyway you really shouldn't hire pathologically insecure people to head a large organization.

she's driven out a bunch of good people because she saw them as threats to her i guess. i took her by surprise because a) she wasn't targeting me because she barely knew who i was and b) she didn't realize i was kind of a lynchpin to the whole operation because she barely knew who i was or what i did until i gave notice and it was suddenly like "everything will now stop because we have no one else to do it" and c) i guess she didn't expect people to look at what she's doing and be like "i'm out of here" if she didn't already want them gone.

[lieutenantselnia]

I've been very busy the last days but I'm happy to say that my project group and I finished our semester project and handed the main part in today. A few documents and such are still left to be finalised and submitted, but thankfully another guy from my team offered to take care of that😌 Next week we have project exhibition at our university which requires a bit of preparation but I think it will also be fun! I'll still have to work on my dreaded thesis so I might occasionally be absent or slow to respond but it feels good to get such a big thing out of my mind.

Honestly I've been feeling all over the place during the past months because even though it was fun, the project was a good amount of work. Also the thought of my thesis kept freaking me out and on some days I was feeling just straight up awful. I felt like I had barely time left for my hobbies like drawing or cosplaying which made me sad, on top of that guilt because I sometimes felt like I didn't have enough time for my friends. But I feel like it's going uphill again and things seem more manageable, I just need to stay on track now💪

[boisei]

i have got to do something about my inferiority complex. it honestly just feels like i am never good enough and am always an afterthought. idk whatever fuck this fuck life fuck it all

[an-aura-about-you]

also I got ambushed by a performance review at work today and the consensus is they all still want me

[ducktracy]

Dropping by to say that after loving daffy for years but not rlly having the time to delve much into too many old shorts thanks to ur blog im considering writing abt daffy duck for my thesis (im a communication doctorate student) so thanks for sharing your journey with us!

WHAAAAAAAAAT THAT’S SO STINKIN COOL!!!!! AWWWWWWWW what an absolute honor!! thank YOU for leaving such a considerate ask!! it is always my pleasure to spread the gospel of the duck—especially given he’s such a fascinating, varied character that often gets so misconstrued… even by the very hands that made him!

I WISH YOU LOTS OF LUCK, whether you do decide to make that your thesis or just completing your doctorate in general!! that sounds like such a fun thing to major in what da heck.. EITHER WAY! this is incredibly considerate of you to drop by and say such a thing—thank YOU and everyone for giving this journey some legs and a drive to keep going!

[betweenheroesandvillains]

so turns out the people from my old workplace love me and miss me and want to see me again... i am genuinely so touched...

[st0rmyskies]

How do the HSH boys handle getting unsolicited dick pics? Just asking for no reason. Certainly not because I was just reminded why I stopped using dating apps 🥲

Bruh, major fucken props to you for putting the effort into a dating app. If anything happened to my husband I would simply adopt more cats.

Warriors - Passes said dick pic around the group chat and sends the offender screenshots of the boys' commentary and ratings out of ten.

Sky - Sends one back. Usually gets him blocked. On one memorable occasion, the offender simply replied, "You win." They're still a 'match.'

Wind - He has a special feature on his streaming Saturdays where he shares said dick pics for the amusement of the chat.

Four - Bold of you to assume he uses a dating app.

Hyrule - "Wow, that mole there on your thigh looks a little suspicious. Have you gotten it checked out?" Blocked.

Legend - Sends back the most horribly composed oh-shit-I-just-opened-the-front-camera double-chinned up-nosed skeevy fucking grinning face like he's going to bite it off. Blocked.

Wild - "Oh hey! You like Monster too? What's your favorite flavor?? Mine's watermelon. Second is strawberry lemonade, but if I drink enough of those I kinda get a headache and my heart speeds up real fast. Hey, what's that on your desk back there? Is that a--" Blocked.

Champion - Simply responds, "Amateur." Blocks them.

Twilight - Gets mega fucking uncomfortable, the poor thing. He's just a baby gay trying to make his way in the world. Blocks, but still feels really yucky about it. Doesn't tell anyone because he's embarrassed. Four miles away, Time's Murder Instinct is activated and he has no idea why.

Time - Bold of you to assume he knows how to download an app.

[caterjunes]

well management has taken a hard heel turn from good faith bargaining to sudden union-busting, including but not limited to

forbidding me to speak to my coworkers about the last bargaining session on the clock (illegal; if you are allowed to talk about your weekend plans you are allowed to talk union)

holding two captive audience meetings afterwards, forbidding my coworkers to talk about union stuff on the clock (ditto)

in an unrelated grievance meeting with the CEO, he brought up my talking union in a way that implies it will affect his decision on my grievance (illegal; retaliation)

as well as suddenly digging their heels in on bargaining, rejecting 6 proposals out of hand and deciding they can't find any compromise on our wages proposal (aka re-proposing their initial one from september with no edits). as well as clearly failing to understand the reasoning behind some of our non-economic proposals (so their counterproposals are laughably off the mark). which is what i was talking about with my coworkers in the first place.

AND today the ceo emailed all staff with his summary of the bargaining session, which is carefully written to make us sound unreasonable & divisive. (so he gets to tell everyone his side when they're on the clock, but we don't, apparently)

[a-lil-strawberry]

A place I'm applying to work at (which I actually really want to work at) says for the references "don't use former employers or relatives".... Who am I supposed to put down then?? My friends??

[tacobellebandit]

I've gone from just generally hurt and crying to angry. How is it my fault that I "don't know what I don't know" if I'm supposed to get trained in the first place. If I get incomplete information, if I'm told one thing one day, then another thing the next day, if I'm never even told what my mistakes are, how is it my fault that I make them? I get anxious sometimes and I take a second to breath before pushing on, but is it that bad to feel anxious if I do my job anyway?

Obviously I'll be anxious if I'm not given full information! Most people are anxious when they're new and they don't know anything.

[alienthey]

true test of friendship is asking them to help you lie on a job application

[corpsoir]

took out weeks worth of recycling, did 2 weeks worth of dishes, cleaned my windows, hoovered the rugs, put away all the cans and bottles for recycling later . the horrors was just the gunk all around me who wouldve thunk

[culmaer-sideblog]

so searching for a new job is about as much fun as you can imagine.

the main issue I'm running into is that most positions are offering substantially less than I currently earn, which I feel is already too low for a decent life in this city so less is unacceptable. and other positions I find intriguing require at least a masters degree. and fair enough, they're looking for specialists, and at least on paper, I am not

I never did a masters because my degree in International Relations was depressing and disillusioning and I didn't want to continue in that field. instead I started over and did a second bachelors in French, which was fun. And so the thing is, if I go back to uni now (besides the enormous expense that would be) I'm not going to do an MA in IR, that would be insane. and I feel like French was fun but....not what I see myself doing for the rest of my life. So I will have to pivot again !!! although, I could *in theory* start again at honours level (i.e. 1 year before entry to masters) rather than starting a whole new BA from scratch. and then proceed into a masters in curating and archival studies from there. in theory.

I was kind of panicking when I started writing this post. but the above now seems like a fairly reasonable plan. the only thing is the cost of studying (South Africa is like the US in this sense. education is expensive) and the fact that while studying I could only work part-time at best,, and I've become so accustomed to having an income so that might not be fun

but like, what are my other options realistically ? do I just keep looking for work and hope something decent turns up ? I mean, i don't technically need to enjoy my work, I just need to be good at it and use the income to fund hobbies and joy in my private life. so I could just take any position. or should I actually start over from scratch, academically, to ensure I really do have a solid theoretical basis ? but then I could pick any field, not just one I can easily pivot to. although that will be a financial risk, so maybe not that. and part of me just wants to make art, like, should I keep taking short-courses and workshops, rather than investing in another formal degree ? practical experience is valuable too right ?