Workplace
My Journey through Traditional Publishing
September, 2018. I had been part of this writing group for about nine months at this point. I had been part of the secret, paid sister group that was all about really pushing writers to understand and love ourselves as women and writers but it felt more for the newbies than for someone like me who had first put pen (crayon) to paper during a “quiet time” session in the first grade.
By D. Gabrielle Jensen4 years ago in Confessions
Commission Machine Honest Review – The Truth Behind Commission Machine
Making money as an affiliate isn’t quite easy as it seems whether you are posting on Facebook, shooting videos for Youtube or creating content on your blogs, it is an enormous amount of hard work and not so much money to gain. The question is how do they manage to do that? Just a couple of minutes walking through this review about Commission Machine with me, you will make affiliate marketing your main income.
By Vanesa Markova4 years ago in Confessions
The Fall & Rise of a Working Girl
Have you ever had a job where you know for a fact you're being taken advantage of but just couldn't say no? Well that was my life for a solid 7 years. It all started when a clueless girl (being myself) walked into a production company looking for a job, not realizing my worth just yet. I landed my very first job in the amazing NYC, I was excited and eager to learn. "Look mom I have a salary now!" Which was BARE MINIMUM for everything I was doing.
By Brianna Baez4 years ago in Confessions
two weeks installing security cameras and card readers
For two weeks I worked this job which required me to install security cameras and card readers. The objective was simple: install the cameras and readers. However, security cameras need cabling to work, so we had to run cable across the drop ceiling with poles called 'glow rods'. The idea is to run the cable across the drop ceiling from where the camera or reader is going to be installed to the utility closet where the power box is, or vice versa (from the box to the camera). Either way, you’re going to be in pain. That's why they hire idiots like me.
By Jaybird 4 years ago in Confessions
Brain Fog ~ Short Temperament Getting You Down?
When I mentally and physically shut down, there isn’t any way that I can be productive. I am a one-person small business, and I pride myself on doing quality work, working through client issues, & being accessible.
By Judy Musgrove4 years ago in Confessions
A Very Unprofessional Resignation That I Still Don't Regret
After years working in for-profit healthcare and seeing all the issues that the profit-driven policies bring, I moved to work in the non-profit sector with an eagerness that I didn’t know at the time was naïve.
By Izzy Writes Everything4 years ago in Confessions
Thinking About Gig Work While You are Dealing With a Disability?
Let me start off by saying, I'm a delivery driver for a delivery gig platform, it's a pretty fun experience - but it's still not for everyone. I decided to sign up one day to deliver for this platform because their ad popped up on a website, and I really needed to grow my work ethic. I am a disabled individual, and I am tired of living without things that I need - and want. I had been sitting in a depressed state for quite some time, but I found this gig helps me get out of my depression for a little while. When I go and deliver people their food on my own schedule I am optimistic I will not fail.
By Haley C.4 years ago in Confessions
Employment for Persons with Disabilities
In the United States, do you know of any person with disabilities in leadership or management positions? Chances are there are not many of them. Disabled people generally tend to occupy vocational and/or volunteer jobs. I have seen some fold paperclips or sharpen pencils at the local library. Seldom do we see them in upper management or leadership roles. If many can be considered qualified with or without reasonable accommodation as provided by the American with Disabilities Act; then, why don’t they hold meaningful jobs? Is this not a form of disparate impact in hiring practices across the board? Take for example, Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Echazabal, 536 U.S. 73 (2002), where the plaintiff with liver issues wishes to return to work at the risk of direct threat against himself. There are a lot of questions to be asked such that do persons with disabilities have so limited opportunities for employment that they would be willing to engage in work that puts their health at risk just to have employment and pay the bills? In this sense, the ADA has not gotten very far in providing equal opportunity and meaningful access for persons with disabilities. It shouldn’t be so hard for anyone, even for a person with disability, to find work that he or she is qualified, for with or without reasonable accommodation. But, sadly, it is. So that when people with disabilities find whatever small opportunity to earn, they do so even at the risk of harm against themselves, because there are no better options. In a society that prides itself in equality for all, there must be better options. Discrimination is not only the inability to provide reasonable accommodation or the ill treatment of those associated with persons with disabilities. Discrimination is also when a person with disability settles for a poor choice because there is no other choice – or society makes it hard to choose an alternative. Ultimately, persons with disabilities should have the responsibility of being their own advocate and guardian for their rights to equal opportunities in employment and to quality of life. What, therefore, is the threshold of meaningful access? Should it not be expanded? Who determines reasonable accommodation vs. undue burden; and why are there not enough benchmarks for this? This leads me to the larger question: why are there no opportunities for disabled people to have meaningful access to work opportunities in leadership and upper management?
By Sarina Pasricha4 years ago in Confessions
