Tag Archive: workforce

How my job screwed me over… again

Dilbert (Uninspired)

An update to the job situation at work: I am apparently so far low on the totem pole of importance that you’d have to dig 10 feet under just to get to me. So there were all these openings resulting from union concessions and people retiring that I basically had the pick of whatever assignment…

Invest Two Dollars, Get Back One!

I’ve been spending the weekend exploring ways to bring more traffic to my site, which took me into the brave new world of domains. There’s an industry out there built on the notion that if you purchase enough old domains that once amassed a ton of backlinks and redirect these domains back to your website,…

Countdown to Showdown

I won a small victory at work, but it may not be over just yet. Tomorrow I go back to my job for the first time in a month since this whole debacle began. Even though my union called and let me know the Devil Woman would be moved back to her old section, my…

Part Time School, Full Time Idiots

The law school I was accepted into part time is already starting to get on my flippin’ nerves. I emailed an admissions counselor to see if I could request that my class schedule be set up so it doesn’t interfere with my work schedule, since I work a late afternoon shift. “In your first year,…

Now I Remember!

After weeks of despairing over whether I should attend law school or not, I eventually began to forget why I even wanted to become a lawyer in the first place. Then a few things happened this week: A friend and co-worker of mine is currently dealing with an out of control boss who recently got…

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