humanity
The real lives of businessmen, professionals, the everyday man, stay at home parent, healthy lifestyle influencers, and general feel good human stories.
The Essential Grocery Worker.
Are you by chance an “essential” worker? Of course, you have what some people consider Doctors, Nurses, and EMTs at the top of the list when you hear those two words. I however would like to talk about another type of essential worker. The Grocery store worker. Yes, there are several more types of essential workers, and yes, I see you too neighborhood postal workers. The food can not stop we all have to eat so unless you live on a self-sustaining farm, you likely get your food from your neighborhood grocery store. It has not been easy for us who work in grocery retail. In the happening of COVIID We have found ourselves short staffed, Over worked underappreciated and blatantly disrespected due to many company policies changes, state laws and corperate policies. These changes are out of our control as cashiers and department workers. Simply asking a customer to put on a facial covering upon entering the store can lead to customers becoming irate with us. So, in this article I would like to remind others in these times to remember we are all in this together, we are all frustrated, we are all a little scared and just like you are putting yourself in the possibility of harm’s way, so are we. Some of us for minimum wadge with little to no benefits.
By Casey Ann Patterson5 years ago in Journal
“Is it Acceptable to have a Work Wife/Husband?
“Is it acceptable to have a work wife/husband apart from your significant other?” There are many avenues companies explore to find ways to optimize their employees performance on the job. In fact many companies go out of their way to administer personality tests to match work team combinations to enhance work performance. Trying to find the right chemistry to break the high cost of turnover rates, lack of initiative in the workplace and stale interactions that result in a boring place to work can be the objective of a company. With all this being said, one must evaluate whether the “perfect compatibility” of who you can work with on the job that is suggested by a test would in fact be just as complimentary for the employees home life. Especially considering how the significant other could be effected by the work demands of that team suggestion. I’m not saying that the company has an agenda. In fact, some companies have no fraternization policies.
By Calvin Smith5 years ago in Journal
Choosing a Coding bootcamp during the Covid-19 Pandemic
From swinging a hammer to swinging a keyboard Jacob Wazydrag wondering if he'll be swinging a hammer all his life August 2001, the story begins when my father fell from the roof of his work and left my mother raise me (8), my brother (2), and sister (12), and my now quadriplegic father. My mother being that tank she was, continued to work hard at her job, all us kids eventually got jobs when we got older, and everyone pitched in going as far as learning how to clean my fathers trachea and turning him every hour to avoid bedsores.
By Jacob Wazydrag5 years ago in Journal
I Want to Be a Director, But...
I know I’ve been saying for a long time that I will do something lifestyle based and so, I am doing a lifestyle blog about things that happen on a day-to-day basis. I will be talking about my experiences with various things, some things will come back over and over again because my days are very much similar. If something else happens then it happens. Hopefully, you and I can get along and I can go along and tell you a little bit of a story about this experience I’ve had and then we’re going to talk about it. I’m going to discuss my reaction and my thoughts on the experience afterwards. Not only am I thinking about getting a dialogue going, but I’m also looking to make friends with people who have probably had similar experiences to me. Not only that though, maybe we can have a bit of a laugh and rethink this shit - maybe our minds can be changed and enlightened together. Or, you can just be here to enjoy the story and listen to me ramble on. If you want to read this in my voice then I kind of sound like a cross between Freddie Mercury and Scar from the “Lion King”. So get the full ‘experience’ there. So immersive.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Journal
Past, present, future potential
Coming from being taught one thing for a whole entire 20+ years of going to a college, earning a degree, to having that "job" is obsolete now a days due to the fact that equation for a person, does not equate to job security. Now a days post 2020, where that parent (whoever decides to work), has many challenges to bring home the necessary income to be able for both short-term and long term sustainment. This life in itself is so dynamic, that the information that a person get's right now, is obsolete. What can a person do exactly? Here is what I have came up with several ways of enduring the financial pressures of the upcoming futures. These are just my opinions in the matter.
By Peter Cila5 years ago in Journal
Home Working
In today’s world anyone and everyone can get a job. People are no longer turned away for race, gender, or religion. Yet there are still people who need jobs, but aren’t able to get ahold of ones available to their schedule. I’m talking about moms and dads who can’t afford daycare, don’t have family to babysit their babies, and desperately need money.
By Summer McQuiller 5 years ago in Journal
Women in Psychology:. Top Story - October 2020.
It is no secret that woman have never been portrayed as equal in society, let alone in the workplace. We have all heard conversation around the gender wage gap. Women haven’t persevered since the first gathering of women devoted to equal rights in 1848, only to be paid .81 cents for every dollar a man makes (uncontrolled study,) or .98 cents earned for every dollar that a man earns (controlled study.) To put that into a different kind of perspective, 25 percent of working women have reported receiving less compensation than a man doing the same exact job. For good measure, I’d like to add that 42 percent of women have said that they’ve experienced some form of discrimination in the workforce, while 20 percent of men said the same (payscale.com.) Are you still wondering why we might be angry?
By Lauren MacDonald5 years ago in Journal
Racial Sensitivity Training
I have always been very into politics but never vocal about it; we all know that its taboo to talk about, well it was previously. After looking into social justice topics, racial sensitivity training in the workplace stood out. According to a study by Research Roundtable on Gender and the Economy held, states that diversity training could be not as practical for employers. It also noted that racial sensitivity training could be due to more harm in the workplace than good.
By Nia on Air5 years ago in Journal
Hi There Vocal - I Just Want to Write
I've been itchy lately. It's the phrase I say when I get in that writing mood. My husband has heard it over the years and sometimes gets frustrated with me if I'm saying it, but not doing anything about it. I am itchy. And his response to my most recent utterance is this: So write. Just write something.
By Sandra Lynn5 years ago in Journal
Cut the Bull
Do you know what I hate more than almost anything else? Fake positivity posting on Linkedin about your job. When I got laid off from my last role, I was really upset. However, the work culture at that company was one of really intense gratitude and positivity, and I made a post about how grateful I was for the opportunity. I feel kind of gross about it now because what essentially happened was the company laid off 85% of its staff during a global pandemic. That is not empathetic human behavior, that is capitalist knee-jerking. I realize now in hindsight, and with a lot of time between now and then, that really what I did was respond to gaslighting.
By Paige Graffunder5 years ago in Journal
