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@workingmomma.bsky.social
She/Her. Sandwich generation member. Wife. Corporate drone.
You know how old coworkers promise to keep in touch, do lunch, etc? So often they don’t. Even though you know life has gone on for all of you, it can still hurt.
November 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
You know how old coworkers promise to keep in touch, do lunch, etc? So often they don’t. Even though you know life has gone on for all of you, it can still hurt.
When I worked at the old place, I repeatedly asked for help and was denied. You said you’d given me all the tools I needed. But now that I’m gone, you’ve hired 4 people to do what I did. Make that make sense.
October 6, 2025 at 9:56 AM
When I worked at the old place, I repeatedly asked for help and was denied. You said you’d given me all the tools I needed. But now that I’m gone, you’ve hired 4 people to do what I did. Make that make sense.
I know the world is on fire but I just learned that the person my former employer replaced me with is leaving. They barely made it 90 days.
June 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I know the world is on fire but I just learned that the person my former employer replaced me with is leaving. They barely made it 90 days.
Sigh. Now the old company didn’t change the credit card on a job board so the ads were placed on my personal card. I’ll get the money back but c’mon! Their screwups would be comical if it wasn’t so pitiful.
May 13, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Sigh. Now the old company didn’t change the credit card on a job board so the ads were placed on my personal card. I’ll get the money back but c’mon! Their screwups would be comical if it wasn’t so pitiful.
My former employer has screwed up my medical and dental insurance and now my severance. So ready to be done with them.
May 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM
My former employer has screwed up my medical and dental insurance and now my severance. So ready to be done with them.
Not to mention I had a bad dream about the place and departure. Work up pissed and hurt. Took me a long time to work through that. I truly have been so relieved to not be there anymore and my stress level is much lower. That dream took me right back.
April 30, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Not to mention I had a bad dream about the place and departure. Work up pissed and hurt. Took me a long time to work through that. I truly have been so relieved to not be there anymore and my stress level is much lower. That dream took me right back.
The one bad part of having severance is I have to answer any questions the new person or old boss has during the period. They’ve asked the same question 3x. It’s to the point that I get nauseous seeing her name pop in my email.
April 30, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The one bad part of having severance is I have to answer any questions the new person or old boss has during the period. They’ve asked the same question 3x. It’s to the point that I get nauseous seeing her name pop in my email.
No one removed me from the company chat. Very surprised at who has also left. But can’t ask without letting people know I’m still in the chat.
April 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM
No one removed me from the company chat. Very surprised at who has also left. But can’t ask without letting people know I’m still in the chat.
For the first time, I’m getting anxious about the job search. It seems roles are drying up and I’m not getting bites. I know it’s cyclical and I know something will happen. I’m just unaccustomed to this downtime.
April 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
For the first time, I’m getting anxious about the job search. It seems roles are drying up and I’m not getting bites. I know it’s cyclical and I know something will happen. I’m just unaccustomed to this downtime.
Oh and I am already angry because the fucking idiot in charge of the country is running it into the ground.
April 4, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Oh and I am already angry because the fucking idiot in charge of the country is running it into the ground.
Quick check-in. What’s our stress levels rn?
Me- home 7/10; work 8/10; world 9.999/10
Me- home 7/10; work 8/10; world 9.999/10
February 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Quick check-in. What’s our stress levels rn?
Me- home 7/10; work 8/10; world 9.999/10
Me- home 7/10; work 8/10; world 9.999/10
Explain why someone who doesn’t know my workload is shifting work to me. And it’s not my skill set. At all. It’s such an obvious attempt at a constructive discharge.
January 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Explain why someone who doesn’t know my workload is shifting work to me. And it’s not my skill set. At all. It’s such an obvious attempt at a constructive discharge.
I miss my mom. She hated Dump too so we’d be ranting about tomorrow. Sometimes the weirdest thing triggers grief.
January 20, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I miss my mom. She hated Dump too so we’d be ranting about tomorrow. Sometimes the weirdest thing triggers grief.
Tell me I’m being petty and it’s not a big deal. New manager starts in July. My birthday in early December gets no acknowledgment - fine. Two other staffers since then get lunches, decorations and treats for their birthdays. I realize we’re adults but there’s a lingering hurt.
January 14, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Tell me I’m being petty and it’s not a big deal. New manager starts in July. My birthday in early December gets no acknowledgment - fine. Two other staffers since then get lunches, decorations and treats for their birthdays. I realize we’re adults but there’s a lingering hurt.
Monday’s thoughts:
-rain on Monday makes it worse
-unhappier than ever at work
-Americans will sacrifice themselves before they give a black woman power, no matter how qualified she is
-middle school hasn’t gotten any easier than it was when I was there
-I’m still pissed four years later
-rain on Monday makes it worse
-unhappier than ever at work
-Americans will sacrifice themselves before they give a black woman power, no matter how qualified she is
-middle school hasn’t gotten any easier than it was when I was there
-I’m still pissed four years later
January 7, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Monday’s thoughts:
-rain on Monday makes it worse
-unhappier than ever at work
-Americans will sacrifice themselves before they give a black woman power, no matter how qualified she is
-middle school hasn’t gotten any easier than it was when I was there
-I’m still pissed four years later
-rain on Monday makes it worse
-unhappier than ever at work
-Americans will sacrifice themselves before they give a black woman power, no matter how qualified she is
-middle school hasn’t gotten any easier than it was when I was there
-I’m still pissed four years later
Came to the conclusion that my time at a place is over. Trying to shed things, places and people who no longer sit well with my soul.
January 4, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Came to the conclusion that my time at a place is over. Trying to shed things, places and people who no longer sit well with my soul.
I’m having to do an awful lot of work and put up with an awful lot of bullshit on what is supposed to be a blow-off day.
December 31, 2024 at 6:21 PM
I’m having to do an awful lot of work and put up with an awful lot of bullshit on what is supposed to be a blow-off day.
May not be the most mature response but I need to protect my peace. 6/6
December 23, 2024 at 1:12 AM
May not be the most mature response but I need to protect my peace. 6/6
I was around him for an hour and got so frustrated, I needed to leave the house. Because he isn’t involved in Dad’s care, he doesn’t understand his limitations. So I know how his choices will end. And who has to deal with the fallout? So I am just abdicating any and all decision making. 5/6
December 23, 2024 at 1:11 AM
I was around him for an hour and got so frustrated, I needed to leave the house. Because he isn’t involved in Dad’s care, he doesn’t understand his limitations. So I know how his choices will end. And who has to deal with the fallout? So I am just abdicating any and all decision making. 5/6
Yet it is so unbelievably hard to have him here for the holidays, acting like everything is normal. He’s never acknowledged how hard it is on me and my family. So when he’s questioning my decisions about the holidays, I tend to overreact. 3/?
December 23, 2024 at 1:08 AM
Yet it is so unbelievably hard to have him here for the holidays, acting like everything is normal. He’s never acknowledged how hard it is on me and my family. So when he’s questioning my decisions about the holidays, I tend to overreact. 3/?
I have a younger brother who lives 15 hours away. He worked remote during 2020 but never once came here, even when Mom spent 30 complicated days in hospital. Or Dad’s 10 day stay that year. He barely calls, even when Mom was alive. I acknowledge that I have a ton of resentment. 2/?
December 23, 2024 at 1:05 AM
I have a younger brother who lives 15 hours away. He worked remote during 2020 but never once came here, even when Mom spent 30 complicated days in hospital. Or Dad’s 10 day stay that year. He barely calls, even when Mom was alive. I acknowledge that I have a ton of resentment. 2/?
I caretake my dad. Check on him daily. Take him to medical visits. Deal with his financials. Handle all sorts of things. I’d nursed Mom through her cancer battle-2+ years of docs, TPNs, chemo. Started in 2020. All while working FT, raising a kid, tending marriage 1/?
December 23, 2024 at 1:02 AM
I caretake my dad. Check on him daily. Take him to medical visits. Deal with his financials. Handle all sorts of things. I’d nursed Mom through her cancer battle-2+ years of docs, TPNs, chemo. Started in 2020. All while working FT, raising a kid, tending marriage 1/?
Birthdays just aren’t the same since my mom passed. It’s my birthday tomorrow and I know my husband will try. I miss her more then than any other day.
December 1, 2024 at 10:39 PM
Birthdays just aren’t the same since my mom passed. It’s my birthday tomorrow and I know my husband will try. I miss her more then than any other day.
Work not going well. Teenager teen aging. Now have another abnormal mammogram. And it’s the anniversary of last time I took Mom to hospital. Bad day to forget my antidepressant.
October 30, 2024 at 12:10 AM
Work not going well. Teenager teen aging. Now have another abnormal mammogram. And it’s the anniversary of last time I took Mom to hospital. Bad day to forget my antidepressant.