Itβs my birthday, and Iβm going to the dentist. Boo. On the plus side, Iβm taking today off so will go op shopping afterwards.
EDIT: Thank you all so much! I have my eye on a few things at the local Sacred Heart β¦
Happy Lemmy Daily Thread Anniversary: https://aussie.zone/post/13234, for real this time.
Thanks. I got home around mid day yesterday (a few hours before schedule), and Iβm feeling like Iβm on the mend. Iβm still struggling to deal with the new kid, rhough
Hi everyone - thank you again for all your good wishes. This means a lot to me.
Home again after a marathon opshoppery - haul includes: two (two!) gucci sweaters in my size, one black one blue. Some tailored winter wool trousers in black. All in good nick. Am sorted this winter and probably next. A rather beautiful carnival glass ashtray which I will use as a housekeys dumpspot. Some nice costume jewellery - a brass chain necklace of thin ceramic plaques hand painted with autumn leaves, a brooch made from a small turtle shell (sans turtle) with I think gold fittings and a couple of rock crystal necklaces that I am going to repurpose at some point in the future. I do like Reservoir for opshoppery, and Essendon is stupendous - I had no idea the opshops were so good there. Definitely worth a trip out to that part of town. Fitzroy & Collingwood and Thornbury were all a bit disappointing.
Nice find! Very jelly of the sweaters and trousers.
Fitzroy through to even Preston these days has gentrified to the point that the op shops arenβt worth it. Essendon is much more of a hidden gem that way, hipsters never think of it! Reservoir is still scungey enough but I think itβs basically the next Preston
All too true. The hipster-proof fence that used to run along Bell St has well and truly vanished now.
Coburg North most definitely has been breached and I think Pascoe Vale has too. The M80 is the new fenceβ¦ based on the style and pattern of the developments in the suburbs beyond though, I would be very surprised if the hipsters (in itself an outdated term now, againβ¦) made it there. Much more car dependent and fewer mixed use/retail spaces compared to the postwar areas.
I am feeling quite lost and down with recent work developments. This is my first βrealβ job and itβs quite hurtful how little senior management values me (and everyone else). Have been unable to sleep well recently with ruminations re: future prospects, the whole negotiating new role, and nowβ¦ leaving this employer. They literally donβt give a fuck and are dispensing with good staff just to maintain this power of βno we wonβt give anyone a raise, doesnβt matter whatβ. Weβre paid significantly below average for our roles and it fucking sucks. Our brand means there is a horde of new applicants just waiting, and everyone is viewed as dispensable. Idk I just want to rant about it. First time looking to leave a long term role too π now Iβm going to bed because I had three hours sleep last night, and the last week my sleep has been fucked in general just overthinking
Most senior management anywhere are sociopaths. They arenβt worth your hurt feelings, and I can assure you they certainly arenβt losing sleep.
Iβve been through a number of job losses. Over time you will learn to take it less personally knowing that management are fucked everywhere.
I am bummed out on your behalf too. That sounds like such a disappointing turn of events. Sadly, companies like that will always exist, even in the fabled Nordic countries, to churn people through.
I hope you are able to quell any feelings of βis this the best I could get for my first real jobβ and instead see it as a stepping stone you can look back on as some kind of formative experienceβ¦ I appreciate that itβs hard to secure permanent jobs in some sectors but from everything youβve mentioned it sounds like if youβre not concerned about needing a perm job for mortgages/family, then it might be best to cut your losses and go somewhere youβre more appreciated.
Is there a mentor or anyone in the industry you could speak to for advice?
Having been through something similar recently- get out soon, for your own sake. It wonβt get better, and if they write you off as βdifficultβ for not playing along it may get worse. Start looking around while you try to care a bit less.
Also, exercise is great for clearing your head, reducing stress levels, and making it easier to sleep.
Take care. There are better places out there.
I know exactly how you feel. Itβs like being completely blindsided by what they really think about you as a person.
Corporate is full of people who are there to enrich themselves at any cost, and will fuck you over at the drop of a hat.
Iβm sorry youβre hurt, but try to see it as a learning experience. Give them what they pay you for and not a minute more.
And if you feel like you donβt want to be there, start looking elsewhere. Just donβt quit until you have something lined up.
I feel so sorry for the girls that are victims of the ai generated images at the bacchus marsh school. How horrific. I suspect fake sexual images are gonna be the new normal of harassment and abuse in the ai era. Schools and the law need to catch up fast.
I dunno how you police this shit. Back in my day (jesus Iβm old) I had aβ¦ I dont wanna say βmateβ but acquaintance sharing videos of him screwing an ex via Bluetooth off his old Nokia. I never saw it, never wanted to, both other horny 17 year olds did. This shits been around since the dawn of tech. Does make it right, and of course I feel horrible for the victims! And the bloke who did it should be shot into the sunβ¦ but I dont know how you stop this.
