Would not having your income be a real hardship for your family if you can't find other work right away?
Would not working make you feel better or worse than you do now?
Love isn't brains, children, it's blood, blood screaming inside you to work its will.
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Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
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-t - Jun 24, 2020 5:54:00 am PDT #22725 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
-t - Jun 24, 2020 5:58:49 am PDT #22726 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm in favor of not putting up with being treated badly by higher ups. Sticking it out for your coworkers and immediate supervisor is the kind of snare I would fall into, I get that feeling, but you do have to look out for yourself.IT's definitely not a failure on your part to care about stupid decision making and disrespect. If you can talk about your reasons either in your resignation or an exit interview, it might even help make things better there in the future
ETA - my $0.02; please keep talking through your thinking!
aurelia - Jun 24, 2020 6:00:56 am PDT #22727 of 30019
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
My industry is taking this moment to publicly air ALL the grievances. Is that something that could happen in your org? Could there be a critical mass of people with the same complaints?
Cashmere - Jun 24, 2020 6:03:23 am PDT #22728 of 30019
Now tagless for your comfort.
flea, there is such a huge disparity in how libraries are operating. It really comes down to effective leadership and respect for the employees. In a library the size of yours, in a city like that, I couldn't blame you at all for saying to hell with it. Your safety and the health and well being of your family comes first.
Jessica - Jun 24, 2020 6:26:47 am PDT #22729 of 30019
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Sticking it out for your coworkers and immediate supervisor is the kind of snare I would fall into
This is how I stayed at the BBC three years longer than I should have. When one of my co-workers was the first to quit, it gave everyone else a much needed kick in the pants to start looking elsewhere, and within a year everyone in the department had moved on and left Toxic Asshole Manager on her own.
And if I didn't get a new job I would be better positioned to hard-carry my children through whatever the 2020-2021 school year ends up being.
This is pretty huge too - if I couldn't work from home, I'd be seriously considering if my household could get by on one income.
flea - Jun 24, 2020 6:38:31 am PDT #22730 of 30019
information libertarian
Oh god, the only job posted in the metro area right now is for a children's librarian, a position requiring a masters degree and 3-5 years of experience. Guess how much it pays? $17 an hour. Don't go into librarianship, people.
bennett - Jun 24, 2020 6:56:36 am PDT #22731 of 30019
The library market, being primarily government funded, is going to seriously suck for the next few years. Is there something else you could do, at least part-time, to help cover bills and still be there for your kids?
Trudy Booth - Jun 24, 2020 7:44:26 am PDT #22732 of 30019
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Toddson, you're giving me flashbacks!
Just as I was moving six years ago this week about ten square feet of my oft-patched living room ceiling wound up on my living room floor. My Super was apologetically taking photos at the landlord's request and we joked about my long-game... how I'd managed to sneak upstairs for ten years and spill water on the floor
Hang in there - you're in the home stretch.
-t - Jun 24, 2020 7:50:32 am PDT #22733 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
a position requiring a masters degree and 3-5 years of experience. Guess how much it pays? $17 an hour
That is appalling
Jesse - Jun 24, 2020 8:27:26 am PDT #22734 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That IS appalling.
Also it's admitting I've failed. I should be able to just not care about stupid decision making and disrespect.
And that is not failure!
flea, you're in a brutal situation because it doesn't sound like there is another job out there you just have to find. But it may still be worthwhile to quit this one.