31-year-old girlfriend making $100K expects boyfriend to pay her $40K in credit card debt, $60K in car loans, and $20K in student loans: ‘You’ll take care of my debt.’

She’s going to spend her boyfriend out of house and home. There’s a significant stigma surrounding marrying someone for money, but I believe that one can’t marry someone without first considering their financial situation. It matters much less how much someone takes home at the end of a pay period than how they manage that …
Seguir leyendo 31-year-old girlfriend making $100K expects boyfriend to pay her $40K in credit card debt, $60K in car loans, and $20K in student loans: ‘You’ll take care of my debt.’

Couple making $400K a year pays $6K in rent and spends more money than they make every month: ‘My wife makes $220K and refuses to keep a budget’

Having a six-figure income doesn’t mean you’re rich. Many high earners should be wealthy, but are actually poorer than those who earn less money. They think that because they have a seemingly endless stream of cash flowing into their bank account, they don’t need to budget and ensure they’re saving as much as possible. They …
Seguir leyendo Couple making $400K a year pays $6K in rent and spends more money than they make every month: ‘My wife makes $220K and refuses to keep a budget’

Employee quits when company downgrades salary and refuses to give raises, prompts mass exodus of former coworkers: ‘I undervalued myself for so long I didn’t realize how important I was’

Rule no. 1 (or at the very least, 2 or 3) of running a successful company is to appreciate and value your employees. They are the ones doing the groundwork to make sure that everything runs smoothly, and so long as they know their worth, they expect to be properly compensated. When businesses, especially small …
Seguir leyendo Employee quits when company downgrades salary and refuses to give raises, prompts mass exodus of former coworkers: ‘I undervalued myself for so long I didn’t realize how important I was’

Fresh college grad lends a phone charger to an older woman at the airport, earns the mentorship of a lifetime: ‘It’s wild how small things can snowball into something way bigger.’

We know it’s not easy out there right now when it comes to job hunting. It’s a dog eat dog world. Your career is important to you, but that’s you and everyone else… You’re not the only one reaching out to that job that’s a «perfect» fit for you. You have to work your way …
Seguir leyendo Fresh college grad lends a phone charger to an older woman at the airport, earns the mentorship of a lifetime: ‘It’s wild how small things can snowball into something way bigger.’

26-year-old girlfriend forbids boyfriend from accepting a job that’d double his income to $60K because she doesn’t want him working on weekends: ‘We have lived together for 8 years and she said we are done if I accept this job’

It’s extremely common for couples to break up due to one partner getting a new, life-altering job. If your boyfriend of three years gets a job across the country and he wants to move, but you don’t, that’s a highly valid reason to reconsider continuing the relationship. Sure, you could wait six months after he …
Seguir leyendo 26-year-old girlfriend forbids boyfriend from accepting a job that’d double his income to $60K because she doesn’t want him working on weekends: ‘We have lived together for 8 years and she said we are done if I accept this job’

30-year-old employee gets paid $27K a month to sit around and do nothing for 7 hours a day, asks how to deal with the boredom: ‘A good paycheck doesn’t cancel out mental burnout’

Where are all these jobs where you sit at a desk all day and do nothing? I’ve known so many people who have full-time jobs where they barely do anything, and are able to get away with it for years at a time. It’s normal for a company to have busy seasons where employees have …
Seguir leyendo 30-year-old employee gets paid $27K a month to sit around and do nothing for 7 hours a day, asks how to deal with the boredom: ‘A good paycheck doesn’t cancel out mental burnout’

‘Lady I work 3 jobs, I serve dozens of customers…’: 20+ Baristas share times random strangers demanded they were ‘regulars’ and how they dealt with them

We all our the main characters in our own journey—this also goes for people working service industry jobs. I know for some people coughKARENScough, they think baristas, servers, hotel staff, etc. are all just born to be NPCs in their entitled little world where the sun revolves around them, but that’s just not how it …
Seguir leyendo ‘Lady I work 3 jobs, I serve dozens of customers…’: 20+ Baristas share times random strangers demanded they were ‘regulars’ and how they dealt with them

23-year-old daughter lies about income to keep her parents from taking 40% of it for living expenses: ‘I’ve gained thousands in credit card debt to keep up’

There is some level of stigma about living at home. Some feel that it’s a sign that you are «giving up» on your adult life or have failed in some way that has led you back to the doors of your home. However, most people who have ever tried to make it on their own …
Seguir leyendo 23-year-old daughter lies about income to keep her parents from taking 40% of it for living expenses: ‘I’ve gained thousands in credit card debt to keep up’

Girlfriend making $40K insists that boyfriend making $75K pay for all of their expenses and dates: ‘She said that since I make more, I should just cover it all. She even brought up how her friend’s boyfriend pays for all their trips.’

Paying for things in the early stages of a relationship is always tricky. It feels pretty unromantic to have to Venmo a date $16 for sushi, even if it’s technically paying for precisely what you ate. Many couples have a «I’ll get you this time, you’ll get me next time» dynamic that is usually pretty …
Seguir leyendo Girlfriend making $40K insists that boyfriend making $75K pay for all of their expenses and dates: ‘She said that since I make more, I should just cover it all. She even brought up how her friend’s boyfriend pays for all their trips.’

Employee pleasantly surprised after she thinks she’s getting fired but actually gets promoted, sparks others to share similarly misjudged meetings: ‘[I] got a $5K bonus instead!’

It’s not easy knowing what you might be getting into in the workplace these days. We all have been so traumatized by workplace culture past that it could literally be anything. Are you getting fired? A raise? A promotion? A mug that says «thanks for all your hardwork»? Who knows?! But, it is easier to …
Seguir leyendo Employee pleasantly surprised after she thinks she’s getting fired but actually gets promoted, sparks others to share similarly misjudged meetings: ‘[I] got a $5K bonus instead!’