I work 8am/5pm at one job and 6pm/10pm at my second job

I need to leave at 10 because I have very little time before I have to go to bed, since I have to wake up at 6:30am

However, my coworker is always 15 minutes to an hour late

I work a job where only one worker is on shift at a time (24/7 store). So if I were to leave at 10, nobody would be in the store. I could lock the doors, but we’d be closed all night (which corporate will chew my managers head off if we are).

Bottom line is, if I were to lock up and go, it would be my fault for not staying 15 or 20 minutes past

All my coworkers act like I’m lazy for not wanting to stay 20 minutes late, or that I’m not a team player for wanting to leave right when my shift ends (because they all do this, it’s the culture here that you stay until your relief shows or you get fired)

If I lock up, I’ll get fired I’m pretty sure. But I like this job, so I’d hate to just get myself fired for locking up

Starting a new job next week. My new boss got really weird and kind of condescending when I asked for clarity on my working hours. She said “8-5” which to me is 9 hours, then told me I’m required to take an hour of lunch every day, and further clarified that the schedule is designed in order to support my team. My understanding of this is that it’s an extra hour to ensure I’m there longer but they won’t pay me for it.

Essentially when I asked if it was flexible and reiterated that I’m normally at work for 8 hours, she got defensive and asked if I “have a problem.” She then asked “is this your first salary position dear” I’ve been salary in the US for ten years and no company has ever required that I spend an extra hour at work, I’ve normally been able to sit at my desk, eat there, and go home when my 8 hours are up. I would rather spend my “unpaid” hour at home.

Thoughts on this? Am I the one being inflexible? She seemed really surprised that I even asked, but in 3 companies in 10 years this has never been an issue for me.

Posted on here about two weeks ago about being an efficient full time houseman who walked over 7 miles a day but never got lunches or breaks.

My new job is in sales - I get an hourly wage, commission, and get five hours of OT each week.

I now sell to clients but also to businesses, which is very new to me but perfect for my personality.

No more picking up trash and cleaning toilets - Now Its time to learn how to sell products. 🙂

tldr: a guy twice my age at fast food job has a one-sided beef with me.

I'm in my early 20s and work part time at a fast food restaurant. I'm new at the job, only been here a couple of months. Most people at work treat me fairly.

But then there's this 40-something year old guy who has developed beef with me, for some reason, and cusses at me and scolds me constantly.

Like dude, I'm half your age, this is ridiculous. Also, like it or not, you have to see me at work every week, you've made it extremely uncomfortable for both parties.

Today for instance the manager told me to clock out earlier at 21:30, instead of the usual time. So at 21:29 I leave the kitchen and go to the changing room. Now while I'm changing, this dude storms into the changing room, all red and fuming, and calls me a p.o.s for not having completed the one order that was there on the screen at 21:29. I know I'm in the right here because the manager had told me to clock out, and had I had tended to that last sandwich I would have clocked out two or three minutes late, which would have been a problem in our system; this is to say what he did was highly unnecessary. Plus, finishing that sandwich would surely have taken him less effort than running across the restaurant to the changing rooms and raging like a crackhead.

Part of me wants to quit the job because this guy is making it worse. But another voice in my head thinks: what if he's bothering me over little things because HE WANTS me to quit? In that case I wouldn't want to give him the satisfaction.

How could I go about handling this?

TLDR: a concierge at my work will come to my office to talk to me for up to 30-45 minutes everyday and multiple times a day and it is getting to be way too much for my work day. Advice for getting her to stop without going to her boss?

Hi all! For context, I (27 f) work at a retirement facility that is not a medical complex. Just older adults living there and I am a point of resource for their challenges (social work adjacent, but again non medical facility). We have two buildings with one of them having three communities and all have a front desk. My office is a little ways away from one of the front entrances (a minute walk i would say, but not right down the hall) and the concierge (24 f) is a M-F 9-5 worker who has been there a little longer than me.

The issue: She has been coming to my office for the last year and will tell me complaints/concerns about our residents. At first it was helpful but then it turned into a one-sided gab sesh where she does all the talking at me while I sometimes just stare at her. My desk is facing away from the door, so I can’t pay attention to her and my work and I am a horrid people pleaser and don’t want to be rude and turn my back but sometimes I have to for her to just get a clue… I have a lot of concerns and one being neither of us are getting work done when she is there and this is a huge stressor for me because my supervisor that shares the office is now on maternity leave and I am the only other person in my department. The concierge will come and spend up to 30-45 minutes with me just talking about nonsense (literally talks herself into different subjects without my input ever) and this is time I can’t afford to waste as I am literally managing my department and we deal with people in rehab and hospital stuff at times. She knows how busy I am and still will come for such a long time at the end of her break or right before or when she “has to tell me something” which I think is her way of getting to come to my office. She also has increased to MULTIPLE TIMES EVERY DAY now that I am alone. It is like clockwork now…

Sorry that was a bit of a rant but lord this is such a stressor for me as I don’t want to be rude but I also want her to stop coming so often and for so long. I get we are similar ages but I don’t like when she comes for long periods of time and it is making me not like her even though she is really a nice person (however rude this is…). Is there a polite but effective way to communicate that she can’t come to my office for such long periods without going to her boss? I suspect she is neurodivergent also because of this (talks about her interests only with intense excitement to many people, eye contact isn’t always there, doesn’t let anyone else talk even in groups (she will get louder to be heard), won’t get social cues or social “rules” like showing pics of her in a towel to me because of her cat in the photo, not taking turns talking, she will keep talking to me even when I say I’m just eating my lunch and it’s well past lunch time (again I’m VERY busy now and will eat when I can)).

Advice is appreciated!! TYIA

So I was meant to work a 7.5 hour shift tomorrow but my manager told me I'm not needed as there has been a "change of plans". I kind of need the money, and he said he can call me to come in earlier on Friday to "top up the hours" but I won't be making 7 hours just for coming in earlier the one day, and also I don't want to come in earlier being honest, I just want to stick to what the rota says, is that too much to ask for? So my question is, can I just say that I want to work tomorrow?

Everyone knows that most white collar only have 5 hours of real productivity. I told them sometimes I read the news or watch my bank account and they were mad business lowered their expectations.

I don’t even answer my managers calls if he calls me before my shift or on my day off because I know it’s gonna be some bullshit “so and so didn’t show up, can you come in?” Or “so and so needs to leave early, can you be here in an hour?” First of all, even if I wanted to, which I don’t, it takes me longer than 1 hour to get fully ready. As a bartender I’m doing a full face of makeup, my hair, finding something cute to wear, etc. no I can’t be there in an hour. In a bar there is also such high turnover and unreliable people who just quit at random after a few days of training. Every bar, restaurant, and club I’ve worked at is like this. And since it’s tip pay, it’s literally never worth it. Like dude, that extra 3-4 hours during the day where no one is there is just a waste of time. Like cool, so I lost 5-6 more hours of my day (time spent getting ready included) for $30 extra? No thanks.

A few weeks ago one of our main bartenders (there was 3 of us as the core group of consistent staff) randomly quit and I worked the entire weekend alone. She never even warned me, apologized, and still hasn’t reached out or said anything. And there was another time where I opened and the closing bartender that day never showed up or called. I had dinner plans.. instead I was forced to stay and work from 11 am to 3 am.

This shit just makes me mad because I literally never call in, I don’t ask to come late or leave early. If I do want a shift covered, no one ever replies. So I made it a point to never cover their shifts either, and I told them that in our group chat. Like “hey I never receive coverage when I actually need it and I never ask off. So do not ask me to cover any of y’all’s shifts because the answer will be no.”

Anyways, just bitchin’ about it because my manager called me a few minutes ago. I know it’s some bs because he didn’t text to tell me why he called, and I checked our Facebook page and the daytime bartender (who always calls in or needs to leave) hasn’t posted a promo for day shift. Like nooooppeeeeeee. No siree I already know that girl is trying to leave or no call no showed and I am not coming early😂

I recently led a project for the first time. It was experimental and being developed in real time, and I probably did 95%+ of the work (including working after hours and on weekends). My coworker, M, was brought in along the way to support on one aspect of the project. Throughout the project, I consistently told her I appreciated her work, and at every 1 on 1 meeting we had I asked if she had any questions or concerns. Yet, she never raised any issues.

Now, after the project is done (and quite successful), my manager told me M expressed that she had challenges throughout this project that were never addressed and wants to do a retrospective discussion. I was completely caught off guard because M never raised anything to me and we dont have a company culture where people go around you and escalate to your manager without making any attempts to discuss first. When I asked M if she would be open to us discussing together ahead of this group meeting, she said it doesn't make sense for her to share her "feedback" directly with me ahead of time. Instead, she wants to bring it to a group meeting with my manager and her manager (who also happens to be the manager of my manager), where she shapes the structure of the conversation. She claims that having this meeting will be a way for our managers to add value and think about better ways to do things going forward (even though the project is already done). And, she said if I have any questions I can ask her after the meeting.

I feel like this isn't appropriate, since M is one step below me, she refuses to tell me what the "challenges" are, and she’s positioning the feedback discussion to happen only in front of my supervisors. She also attempted to undermine me throughout the project in question (I never raised this btw). I worry that this is gearing up to be an unnecessarily confrontational meeting. I'm a low-key person and I prefer to just have simple and open communication. I’m unsure how best to navigate this, and am wondering whether to go along with it, talk to my manager first, or ask HR for guidance.

I think my job is trying to fire me or get me to quit, I am looking for a new job but obviously can’t just quit. I work as a RBT in a clinic and when I first started I was told I could wear joggers, scrub pants and solid shirts or logo wear, my second day on the job I got dress coded for wearing joggers of the wrong material. I learned, and since than have just worn scrub pants. I checked in with my manager asking if my outfits have been fine recently and she said they have been. My hours have been cut drastically so I reached out to her and she wanted to have a meeting. I figured it was about my performance (honestly I’m probably pretty annoying because I check in very frequently about my performance and I’m never told any corrective feedback and if I am I apply it and check back in to make sure I’m applying it right.) well I was kinda flabbergasted when I went into the meeting and their main issue was me not following dress code which had lead my hours to be cut by 20+ hours a week. I know I am following dress code and checked in to make sure the issue had been fixed and I was told it had been. I asked them to give me a an example of when I didn’t follow dress code in recent weeks, they said they had a report of me wearing a shirt with another company’s logo which did not happen. They also brought up that my note conversion is 5 minutes too long. Which I find insane because last week I was told I had extremely high quality notes. They put me on a corrective plan but quite honestly I feel like they are trying to get me to quit with the drastic hour cutting and the wrongfully saying I broke dress code. Does anyone have any advice on what to say about that when I put in my two weeks? Or how to handle this the rest of my time there without stepping on toes? I think the main reason they are trying to fire me is because I go to school 3 days a week and cannot be a “team player” (I am mostly unable to cover shifts when they ask me to or work more than my two days a week, they have talked to me about this but I can’t change it)

I am a contractor who works at the front desk of a large warehouse. I am contracted through a temp agency but the position is expected to be temp to hire.

I like the position. It is a good fit and I spend my time answering calls and emails. There is a lot of interaction with vendors and new hires.

However, there is a janitor who has his supplies right behind my desk. He and I are both full time but he is a permanent employee with the warehouse company. I started a month after him and have been in this front desk position for two months. When I started, he kept asking me if I "need anything" and I assured him I do not. This friendliness turned into daily interactions where he would compliment me on my clothing and hair. I dismissed this as just regular office talk and never said anything other than "Thanks.".

As time went by, he started coming into work and giving me an entire run down of his weekend. He seems very lonely and I listened. He would tell me where he went out to dinner then ask me if I liked that kind of food. I always kept it professional but unfortunately we drive the exact same car. He commented on how it "must be fate" and I did not respond.

He came in the next day and apologized for saying something so random.

The talk about hobbies and food continued and he went to leave one day. He dropped a piece of paper on my desk and said "I don't know if you have a boyfriend but you seem like you want to date me so here's my number.".

I am in a relationship.

Here's where it gets weird. I told him I am in a relationship and he basically ran out the door. The next day, he came in and apologized AGAIN for giving me his phone number. His exact words were" You're just so nice I cant help myself. ".

Then, he started asking even more personal questions. He asked if I have any children (I do). He asked if I have a Facebook and if we can please chat on there (no, and I told him no). He asked where I grew up, what year I was born, the street name, my mother's maiden name (?).

I consider this harassment at this point and do not give any of this information.

Since he is asking me VERY personal questions and can't take a hint, what should I do? My company has a boss that will remove me from this assignment and I will have to wait for another. His company may issue him a warning but keep him employed which will result in more apologizing and repeated behaviors.

Help?

Edit: Again, I told him I am in a relationship. His response was to say nothing and run out the door and apologize for giving me his number the next day with the excuse "I just cant help myself.".

I told him I do not have any social media. I told him no, we can not chat online on any platforms ever. I told him stop asking.

I told him no, he can not have any personal information of mine and stop asking for family member's names. I have been documenting all dates and exact times of every question in detail for when I do have to escalate this.

Today when he left he said "you have my number and you still haven't called me". I said "I will never call you" and again, he just walked out the door because his shift ends before mine.

I am going to take this to management and I fully expect to be removed from my job assignment. I do not care about tiptoeing around him. I care about my income and keeping my job.

Human Resources will not help. They will get rid of me.

Or is that not enough time?

I just read someone here that , especially as someone who is more introverted , nervous socially in person and was bullied in school, worries me

"People you work with arent "friends". they'd throw you under a bus to save their own jobs."

So a little on me, I'm someone who really needs to socialize more in life for my mental health and to make up for all the years I lived in a bubble of fear and trauma. I still have these but I am trying to force myself to face them, I'm doing a formation online it's webcam and it finishes very soon, and yesterday I actually cried because I've liked being in this group of people during the lessons, that once it's over I know I won't see them again, and it hurts...I'll eventually have to push myself to get over it, I know my brain is being stupid, and I hang on to things mentally, but that's just life

But when in a job, I don't wanna have to be worried of people trying to single me out or gang up on me. Another difficulty is, on top of being very nervous in person, my hands start sweating like MAD..

Hey everyone,

I recently stepped down from a manager role (completely my choice) and transitioned into another management position. I’m happy with the decision, but my replacement has started coming to me with questions about processes and decisions I made while managing. On the surface, that’s fine, I’m willing to help when needed.

The issue is that while asking for input, they’ll make small digs about how I previously handled things. It’s not outright rude, but more like subtle comments that make it clear they would’ve done it differently, or imply my way wasn’t good enough.

I’m not looking to get into conflict, but it does feel uncomfortable. I want to help them succeed, but I don’t want to be in a position where I’m defending my old decisions every time they ask me something.

Has anyone navigated something similar? How do I set boundaries so I can be supportive without feeling undermined or second-guessed about the past?

I started this collaboration with another department at work cos I found what they do interesting. So we’ve decided to collaborate on a handful of activities. I’m pretty much the only one in my team super interested, my direct supervisor hates the idea, my other supervisor thinks it’s a little interesting and joint work would be good so I proceed with the correspondence keeping sup 2 in copy mainly since I’m a junior, but I’m basically carrying the weight of this entire collab on my back cos no one from my team is that invested.

Now around 6 weeks later, I get an email from the other department, they’re preparing a very important doc, but right now it’s at the zero draft share and they shared it with me and a bunch of other colleagues from different departments for comments. I was the only one from my department copied. They wanted comments within like 2 days, I added a few and told sup 1 that I was working on it and they gave a short time frame. She sort of brushed it off as whatever. Thinking back I should’ve just forwarded the email to them fuck.

Anyway now, a week later, the other department (one senior colleague with her sup in copy) asked me for a meeting date to discuss one of the activities for the collab. I replied with a prefered day with sup 2 in copy and they sent back a meeting link without my sup in copy. My sup then asks today whether or not they sent it cos he was thinking of attending and I’m racking my brain wondering whether this was intentional. I tell him I received it tho, and he’s sort of like cool just proceed and tell him if I need any help. But now I’m even more nervous mind immediately goes to, oh boy, this is an interview, they’ve seen your commitment, they want you! But then I told my dad and he said they might make an important decision in that meeting and will say they involved our department even if it was just me, and that would really light a fire up my ass. So I forward the meeting link to sup 2 and now I’m just waiting to see what happens.

I want to cover my ass, but at the same time I’m actively looking for another job and I REALLY want to work with this other department. But sup 2 has been nothing short of an angel and his is the last work relationship I would want to sour.

Ps - please be nice, this is my first real job, hence me calling my dad about emails ffs

I am the single parent of a young adult with several disabilities, including autism. I always work, on weekends, holidays, vacations.

I take all of my leave, usually four days following a holiday. During this time, I clean, organize, coordinating, take care of the yard, do home repairs, drs appointments, errands, I provide support for my son. I work 24/7. I never go anywhere.

When I ask my supervisor if I can take time off, I can tell she resents it. Lots of other folks at this organization take time off even for weeks at a time. A VP and one of the accountants just took three weeks off each.

AND our team's coordinator gets two weeks off for moving into a new house, which is great, more power to her and she has this other seasonal job, which my supervisor gives her time off for. I am like she gets time off for that???!

Anyway, I feel guilty taking the time that I need to keep my household afloat.

I’m 23M who recently started a temporary contract at a hotel as a customer service agent (nights). The job was set to last from July 24th (induction) to August 29th. I struggled as the job included cleaning, baking and general hotel knowledge I have absolutely none of these beyond the very basic things I make/clean at home. I messed everything from mopping a floor by using too much water to not wiping down tables enough and the product used made them sticky and burning a whole pack of pastries to eventually get slightly less burned pastries. I feel I’ve revived barley any training other than where some basic things are and what time to set ovens and a little admin. Everything felt like a struggle and today I basically gave up. Nothing was going right, I had walked 25,000 steps in 24 hours at work and I just vegetated for an hour depressed at the expense of my other temporary colleague. I feel horrible and today was the first day I basically just gave up. It was just too much…

a drunk guest vomited on the bathroom floor and I spent 30 minutes trying and failing to mop it up, I saw a rat in the trash store area, and a high pitched alarm we couldn’t turn off and no answer from my manger when l tried to message or call trying to frantically open and close the fire exits in vain. I just decided it was above my station at this point.

I did practically nothing today half assing cleaning some not all surfaces and basically spray vacuuming rather than doing it with full effort. Idk if this is learned helplessness but I basically just gave up, my mindset right now is “What’s the point in trying now?”

Yesterday I was told I won’t be offered a permanent position (no surprise).

For extra context my work history is mainly customer service and administrative call centre work which I wasn’t exactly the best at either and I’m seeing a pattern of my giving up a lot.

Anyone willing to give advice or insight would be greatly appreciated thank you.

I lost my job earlier this year, and after some time I was hired at a local private organization that provides one-on-one support to autistic children. They provided the training (though it was unpaid), and after that I was supposed to be set up with clients.

It's been over a month and I've been on "hired - waiting for client assignment" the whole time. No contact, nothing.

In the meantime, I applied for and was hired for a different job, a state funded position for better pay and more consistent hours. While I can TECHNICALLY do both, at this point I honestly don't want to. I want to quit the first job, which I feel as disrespected my time.

However, I'm not really sure how to go about it. It's mostly online, in that the main office is in-state but like an hour away and I've spoken to people mostly via webex and the phone. So there's not exactly a desk I can slap a letter onto. And what do I even say in my resignation letter? "Delete my info; I don't feel like I owe you a two week notice so consider this effective immediately"?

Okay so, I am struggling at work. I struggle to stay organized. I struggle to keep up with my work load. I also struggle to think critically. I am in my first year in an administrative job. I am techinally a material planner/buyer but I am also be customer service representative, a production planner, shipping and receiving clerk. I am overwhelmed. I have so many projects and so many things that I need to do, but I just feel like I dont have the time to do it. I also dont feel like I have the experience for what my company needs. I lack so much knowledge in so many areas and I just keep making mistakes due to being overworked and having a lack of knowledge. I am getting to the point where I keep feeling like I am going to be fired. Some weeks I work 60+ hours a week because I just can't get everything I need done done. I was never really properly trained and now I feel like there is so much I truly don't know. I love this company and the people I work with. I started out on the production floor at this company and somedays I get really close to asking my plant manager if I can just go back to the floor. I would make less hourly, but I would have overtime opportunities and I would have a lot less mental stress. I also feel like when i make suggestions or speak up at work no one listens to me. Has anyone else ever demoted themselves? If so how did it go? Did you regret it?

Im just tired of being consumed by my job. Even on the weekends I can't relax because I'm just thinking about work. All I do when I talk to my family is complain and stress about work. I feel terrible but it's the only thing on my mind these days.

Any advice on how I should handle this situation?

Any advice on how i can juggle multiple roles at work?

Thank you!

So can anyone offer advice I feel so angry and struggling to get past it

For the past 18 months I’ve had some severe symptoms vomiting daily intense nausea diarrhoea and abdominal pain I’ve had multiple tests and they couldn’t find anything however the consultant I’m under suggested it may be my gallbladder I’m still awaiting a tests for that.

A few weeks ago I was off work due to haveing dizziness severe pain and sickness I ended up collapsing at home and being taken into hospital with gallstones and a infected gallbladder during this time my aunt phoned work who honestly weren’t happy I was off and were quite snappy at my aunt who gave it back I know the manager she spoke to and I was already expecting her to be pissed off I was calling in sick.

I was meant to work the Mon Tues Wednesday and Saturday Sunday however I was booked on holiday weds sat and sun and only called in sick for the Mon and Tuesday no one from work contacted me all week and I stupidly thinking it would be okay I have holiday booked thought I didn’t have to get in touch with them. The day before I did go back to work I got a email basically saying they cancelled my holiday and they want a sick note and any other hospital letters confused I questioned why a sick note they explained about cancelling my holiday I did try to fight them on this but they said oh it’s policy that you signed I’ve since looked at the policy I signed it doesn’t say anything about it I let it go even though I was upset I let it go.

I came back to work and have been told because my Bradford factor score is 1078 they can dismiss me and they suggest I bring in hospital letters bear in my mind every hospital appointment I’ve had I’ve brought in a letter for. I’ve been sat at home stressing and crying and more sick then ever due to this stress I’m now under. I do suffer with nasty flares where I litreally can’t get off the toilet and I’m too much pain to go into work and stand on my feet for 12 hours which is how my Bradford score has climbed I’m on a stage 1 already.

I’ve since been told I’ve got a colleague who’s been off sick for the first half of August then had holiday booked that she’s been on holiday abroad for the past four weeks I’m angry and so livid and upset I questioned if she was getting her holiday paid they said yes she is I asked why when it’s the same circumstances as me I was told we can’t prove she’s lied about being sick even though there’s photos of her abroad all over Facebook I’m so angry and upset I can’t stop thinking about it it’s made me hate my manager who I’ve worked for the past 6 years and never had any issues how can I get past this? I’m even at a point I don’t care if I’m dismissed I just want it over with I’m not sure how I’ll be able to keep working here with everything that’s happened.

Sorry for the long post I feel like I’ve needed to get it all out if I’m honest.

Hello.

I work in an very repetitive role and WFH 5 days per week. I find I'm getting quite bored and really struggling to find the motivation to continue the job. BUT the lifestyle and flexibility is too good to give up, alongside the pay.

How do I keep going everyday?

Feels like half of my day goes into meetings and taking notes. I barely have time left to do the actual work. Luckily, I started using a tool (Dadan, found it on AppSumo) that records, transcribes, and summarizes automatically, and it was honestly the first time I left a meeting without a headache.

I'm already burnt out… do we really need this many meetings, or do we just like hearing ourselves talk?

Something I have been ruminating on for quite awhile now. We haven't had a workplace revolution since 1940, when we finally got the 40-hour maximum for most workers and establish overtime pay for hours worked beyond that limit.

It's been admitted that many office workers don't do more than 5 hours of work in the average day. Why do we need to be milking out the clock for the rest of the day? It's asinine. We lose overall productivity this way. We could use that extra time for SO MUCH MORE!

Things are clearly untenable as things currently are, with articles and opinion pieces left and right claiming we're all fatigued, exhausted, quiet quitting, quiet cracking, job-hugging( if we're one of the lucky few to actually be employed). Some are working more than one job over on r/overemployed, and this has got make it more challenging for active job-seekers. A company (Coinbase) is implementing AI in such a manner that the CEO admitted that he mandated employees use AI, and if they didn't use it immediately, they were fired one week later.

I know I'm not the only person feeling the stress. I also know my grandfather would be so angry to be required to fill out stupid little personality quizzes for the most menial jobs. This isn't what our forefathers and union workers fought for.

So, if we are able to suspend our belief for just a moment, could we imagine a Universal Basic Income (UBI)? With a UBI, Real-world UBI pilots are showing promising results, from cutting poverty to improving mental health and employment.

Credit u/Several-Profile-318 for this:
The evidence for UBI is stronger than most people realize — why aren’t we talking about it more?

I’ve been following the Universal Basic Income (UBI) debate for years, and I’m surprised how little attention some of the best real-world evidence gets — especially outside policy and research circles. Here are three important examples that deserve more discussion:

✅ **Stockton, California Pilot (SEED)**:

125 low-income residents were given $500/month in a pilot program.

**Results:** Full-time employment went *up* (not down), anxiety and depression went down, and financial stability improved.

(Study by University of Pennsylvania, 2021)

✅ **Canada’s National UBI Study (2025)**:

Canada’s budget office modeled how a basic income program could work for the whole country.

**Findings:** Poverty could drop by around 40% for a modest net cost of $3–5 billion per year (once savings elsewhere are factored in).

This result showed a major impact for a relatively low cost.

✅ **U.S. Child Tax Credit Expansion (2021)**:

For one year, most U.S. families with kids received monthly payments under an expanded Child Tax Credit.

**Result:** Child poverty dropped by about 46%, one of the biggest poverty reductions in U.S. history.

Sadly, the program expired.

These examples prove that UBI isn’t just a theory; real programs have shown it helps people not only survive but also build stability, work more, and plan for the future. Yet, despite the evidence, the public debate often relies on old assumptions like “won’t people just stop working?” — even though data suggests otherwise.

Of course, there are real concerns to address:

- Could successful pilot programs work on a larger, national level?

- How can we fund this long-term?

- How do we avoid inflation or political resistance?

Right now, though, it feels like the conversation is stuck, and we’re not seriously considering the potential of these programs.

**Would love to know:**

- How can we shift the public discussion around UBI?

- Could UBI work politically, or is it still too ambitious?

- Are there other programs or studies I should learn about?

**TL;DR:**

Real-world UBI pilots are showing promising results, from cutting poverty to improving mental health and employment. Maybe it’s time for smarter, more hopeful conversations about making this a reality.

I think I know the answer to this, but I need to get it out.

My job is toxic. Overwork, micromanagement, impossible deadlines, gaslighting, you name it. I am supposed to have a counterpart in my role - I'm currently training the tenth person in that role since I started in March 2024.

My mental health is absolutely the worst it's ever been. I don't recognize myself. I have had actual nightmares about my job. I'm actually a little scared for myself, because I've never been this depressed. Not to be dramatic, but I think leaving this job might actually be life or death.

My skill set is a little narrow although I do have some transferable skills like sales (sadly no tech sales experience otherwise I'd be employed by now). If I raided my savings account, I could survive for 8-9 months on a tight budget.

I do technically have a contract for a new job - however the corporation needs to get registered with the industry regulatory board so I don't have a start date yet (and the lawyer handling it is dragging her feet, long story), and the long-term viability of the business model worries me a little so I'm not sure if it's a great long term plan but it's something.

I'm a super risk-averse person, I like to be safe. I support myself completely. The thought of quitting with nothing lined up terrifies me, but I think that it's the only way forward.

Is this crazy? I know the job market is nuts right now, but a lot of the info out there is American-based and I'm in a major city in Canada. It's not that much better here but I think it's a little better?