Today, my younger sister, who lives at home and worked 1 day a week at the gym, got her unemployment card. I work at a hospital, on the frontlines, with COVID-19 patients. I don't get hazard pay. She now makes more than me in a week by sitting at home watching Netflix, while I risk my life every day to help people. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, at work, I found out that they are taking all bonus pay away, but giving us an extra $1 an hour due to Covid-19. Last week, they laid off half my department. Those people laid off are making more money on unemployment than I am now. FML
Today, my sister and I were talking about our salaries. She just graduated from university and will start working soon. It turns out that she'll earn more money than me. I have been working for 4 years. However, my earnings are still less than those of a worker with no experience. FML
Today, I have the flu. I had to wash the dishes, cook dinner, take out the trash, and take care of the laundry, all while my wife sat around watching TV, because she was "too tired". I work 8 hours a day. She's a college student. She doesn't see what's so unfair about this. FML
Today, it's been three months since my sister broke her car, meaning she couldn't get to work, and I've giving her money every month so she could buy food and so on. I just found out that her workplace is less than 200 metres from where she lives. FML
Today, my sister started a full-time job with a good pay despite having no prior work experience and being a college freshman. Meanwhile, I've graduated with two degrees, have been working two jobs for the last five years, and still can't get a full-time position anywhere. FML
Today, my sister got fired and I got promoted to her job, got a nice payrise for it. My relationship with my sister will never be the same again. FML
Today, my coworker tested positive for Covid. Here's to working 11 hours shifts for the next 10 days to help cover. FML
Today, I found out that the airhead sitting next to me at work who can't get anything done on her own, makes more money than I do. FML
Today, despite both of us being vaccinated, my wife recently tested positive for Covid and now I'm showing symptoms. Neither my state or job offers any kind of financial support for Covid leave, so my options are infecting others or starving under a bridge. FML
Today, I got demoted at work and had a pay cut taken, all because I got sick from cancer and haven't recovered well enough to do every task. We are not short staffed. FML
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pezvolante 9
I'm making more money on unemployment rn than I did on minimum wage at 40 hours per week. it's equally nice and ridiculous.
tounces7 28
Don't blame the people on unemployment. Blame the businesses who refuse to pay their essential workers any sort of hazard pay for working in this.
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pezvolante 9
I'm making more money on unemployment rn than I did on minimum wage at 40 hours per week. it's equally nice and ridiculous.
awildwhisper 30
I got laid off and, rather than doing unemployment, I found an ok paying night job that I don't like but hired me. My mother actually got upset with me for not going on unemployment and all my friends are traveling and relaxing. Am I doing the right thing or am I a masochist? The world may never know...
tounces7 28
If you're making less money, then you're a masochist. We're talking about money coming from the government here. You can either get it for yourself, or let them spend it on more bombs to kill poor kids in other countries.
awildwhisper 30
K... didn't ask for politics. I for one support and respect our leaders. Be thankful that you live in a country where you can speak against it with no ill consequences.
yousodi 10
Being smart wait til next tax time when all these folks are in the next tax bracket after nearly doubling their incomes then wonder why they’ll be paying in
It_gets_better 20
A bit of a Masochist, but if it makes you feel independent and proud of yourself then that's really all that matters.
tc201002 11
It’s stupid how someone on unemployment is making more than essential workers when it should be the other way around
It_gets_better 20
Yeah, I think the stimulus bill should have been more specific to previous incomes- especially when the IRS has everyone's information anyway...
Tabby Rosas 8
same.... i work for the department of health and am so far behind on bills ill never catch up.... my unemployed friend makes twice what I do.
Colleenfllorida 9
I work at a hospital too No hazard pay, nothing. Our hours were cut though so we're getting LESS pay for putting our lives at risk every day. All while people continue to argue with us about why they cant come in for non-patient reasons (we are closed to the public so no visitors, cant come in to get medical records or go to the cafeteria, etc...) or why they have to wear a mask even though we've had almost 20.000 cases in the last 2 days ( no thats not a typo, I'm in FL)
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Welcome to America
tounces7 28
Don't blame the people on unemployment. Blame the businesses who refuse to pay their essential workers any sort of hazard pay for working in this.
Brightside86 31
Same, life isn't fair though. The important thing is that the safety net is there even if we aren't the ones benefiting directly.
Mooglefox 24
Remember, our government told us that schools were not essential, but liquor stores are.
Win 9
There is a really good explanation for why liquor stores are still open. Many people are alcoholics, or rely on alcohol for soothing even though it’s a depressant... so if the government closed down liquor stores, many of those people who rely on alcohol would end up in hospitals with huge withdraws symptoms that they cannot cope with right now with COVID going on.
RichardPencil 32
You're the good sister and she's the smart one.