#to my supervisor for continuing this work with me

[linguenuvolose]

Doing the last little corrections to the article and I’m 🥹🥹 just getting emotional. This project that started as my bachelors thesis in my childhood bedroom at 21 during the start of the pandemic. How things have changed since then! I’ve moved twice, got another degree, got a job relevant for this degree where I use Italian every day. Presented this research in the most prestigious institution I can think of. Grew, dated, got a loving partner. Cried, hurt, changed, lost and won. What did I know of this four years ago? My research is getting published in a journal this month. Isn’t that truly something to behold?

[septimusmoonlight]

You doing ok?

hi

[helenekuragina]

my coworker who hates me because i dare to ask her to do her job complained to her boss (who is not my boss but is my boss's wife) that i apparently go to the bathroom too much... i literally went to my boss's office and was like. i'm sorry if you want to fire me for having ibs :/ and he called her insane <3

[pochapal]

emails are so fun because they're all about bargaining with things that don't actually exist yet.

[truecorvid]

ohhhhh my godddddd

[chromoluminary]

I cannot stay at this job for a second longer than I have to this sucks so bad holy shit

[agnesandhilda]

there's just something demoralizing about being encouraged to sell customers things that we both know they don't need

[mariesoliver]

I was stressed the fuck out for 2 months worked weekends etc to finish a paper my bosses kept pressuring me to work on so i could meet a journal deadline and now i am almost finished but i feel so drained and i just know this stupid fucking paper is not gonna matter at all it's gonna have 0 impact

[we-dont-talk-about-potato-nonono]

hehe i got the job :3

[clowncloud]

i love being able to realize now that uhh myb i shld say smth in this situation? like myb i shld make an attempt to break the silence n converse with this person but like not knowing what to say so i sit n anxiety over it hehe

[proteuus]

everyone hates our new manager and I dont think thats fair at all but I dont think there's anything I can do about it :-(

[kijagf]

I had such a wonderful day today. I got to take home a leftover bouquet from work and I got on the train and listened to soft sounds from another planet by japanese breakfast and every time I looked at the flowers I became so happy

[andtorturedhandssopale]

underestimated how long it would take me to make this presentation and i will probably need to pull an all nighter to complete it😶

[niteview]

drafting up smth i gotta bring up to my manager 🫡

[faeratil]

If you’re going to hit on a barista, then ask afterwards if she’s a high schooler and what grade she’s in and then say “oh good I don’t have to feel bad cause you’re an actual woman” when she tells you she’s almost 30, you should reflect on why you were okay hitting on someone you thought was a minor in the first place. Also just don’t hit on people who are working because we have to be professional and can’t just say “fuck off”.

[castillon02]

Jason and Tim have similar competence standards and end up swapping employees sometimes.

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"Boss, I'm outta the game with this hip---"

"You're outta the beating-up-traffickers game. I got a guy who can get you into the scaring-the-rich game just fine."

"You mean, like...?" A fist into an open palm, quirked eyebrows.

"Nah, verbal intimidation only unless someone steps up to the plate. Mostly you got good eyes and this Wayne kid values having people around who can observe things that aren't spreadsheets."

"Hey, you said I did pretty good at that Excel thing!"

A pointed look.

"Ohhhh. I'm gonna get to learn spreadsheets and threaten people? Oh, man. Thanks, boss!"

"They've got the same insurance, too, so that'll roll over automatically."

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Meanwhile, on Tim's end of things:

"I noticed that you tend to get impatient with slow results, that you're happy to yell at people for safety violations, and that your plan to remediate the company's incompetence in these areas involves 'firing every single one of them who can't get their head out of their ass.'" Tim smiled.

His employee smiled back. "I mean, that's why you hired me as safety supervisor, right?"

"Of course; your proactive attitude is one of the reasons we chose you. However, I also noticed that a lot of your frustration stems from employees whose work is being impacted by personal issues, often ones stemming from attacks by prominent local criminals."

"Listen, I'm from Minnesota. I know from cold. And I also know that you can't let a little hypothermia from Mr. Freeze screw up your numbers, especially not when those calculations impact lives." Squared shoulders, hands on the hips---yeah, definitely more of a cultural fit with Jason's organization.

Tim nodded and continued his pitch. "And you're competent with a firearm, correct?"

"Hey, I'm not about to go postal just because---"

"No, no, you misunderstand me. You're a skilled employee. I'm just wondering if you might benefit from transferring to a work environment in which you can shoot some of the people who are actually causing these problems."

"I'm sorry?"

"You have a dartboard with Leeds's face on it because he screwed up so many times after that Ivy incident put his kid in the hospital."

"...Okay, I admit that's not my best look."

"The organization I'm recommending you to has a printer next to the firing range; it's sized specifically for target paper."

"Oh."

"It's also an organization that works specifically to keep kids from needing to be in the hospital."

"Oh. You mean---" There was really only one group it could be.

"They need someone with your eye for logistics. Hood's work isn't 'legit,'" Tim made careful air quotes because the dorkiness tended to put people at ease, "but your insurance would roll over to them automatically. And you can rest assured that they take safety very seriously."