#be job salary

[ao3commentoftheday]

I'm going to start this post off by saying that I write fic, and I know the pain of putting something out there and not getting a response. It sucks and it hurts and it puts a dent in my self-confidence. If I have the choice between posting a work on AO3 and getting only comments or posting a work on AO3 and getting only kudos, I'll probably choose comments let's say 8 times out of 10.

But with that in mind, posts that attempt to shame or guilt readers into commenting don't actually work.

Negative reinforcement (in the form of shame, guilt, or other worse emotions) doesn't make anyone want to do the thing. It just makes them want to avoid the guilt, etc. Rather than encouraging someone to talk to you about your writing, you're making that person want to avoid you so that they don't have to feel bad. That's just human nature.

I've said before that I think a lot of writers are looking for community rather than comments, and I still think that's true. The reason I love both writing and receiving comments is because it makes me feel like I've made a connection with someone. I may never know their real name or what they look like or where they live or anything else but what fandom we have in common, but we've reached out to each other in this text-based medium and we've shared words that made each other feel something.

I know that these posts are written out of frustration or loneliness or needing support or a hundred other reasons I could list off the top of my head. But when I read "you should be grateful for the things I give you and show me proper appreciation" it just reminds me of my parents telling me to clean my room or to follow the rules while I live under their roof.

It's so much more vulnerable to admit, "I don't know if this story is any good and I really wish someone would reassure me right now."

It's much harder to say, "I feel so alone in this fandom, and I want to make friends with someone."

It's difficult to admit, "I worked so hard on this for so long and I'm so tired, but if someone out there likes it then all of that effort will be worthwhile - and if no one says anything, then I'll feel like my effort was wasted."

I'm not trying to shame the people who made those posts, and if that's how this comes across then I'm sorry. I'm just trying to explain why I think those posts will harm more than they help.

I also hope that any readers who see this post will understand that those writers are just people who are feeling a lot of different ways, and they're venting their frustrations. I've been there. I've reblogged those posts before when I was feeling frustrated like that too.

If you're able to comment, those comments are appreciated. If you're not able to comment (for whatever reason), that's okay too. ❤️

#writing fic isn't a job and comments aren't a salary #and if it starts to feel that way then you might be experiencing burnout #and it could be time for a rest - or to think about one anyway #I obviously don't know your situation #but that's what it was for me

[jojo-schmo]

My job is burning around me and I’m only seen as an expendable cog in a giant corporate machine, but at least I have Helpy to lend a brightly colored hand!!! <3

#am I talking about fazbear entertainment or my irl job? nobody knows #what I do know is today I found out we’re getting a salary increase freeze for 6 months at least #which in corporate speak probably means a year or more #and restructuring of the company may happen after that #who needs a livable wage? not me obviously #anyway I just needed my small pink boy to cheer me up and it helped a lil #it was fun drawing his blush that way I may keep doing that. hehe #and he must have pretty pink eyeshadow #I’ll be all good in a few days just processing my life asmkcpjsdklc #my baby bear my little skrunkly guy….. #I need a plush of him to kiss on the forehead… #fnaf #fnaf help wanted #help wanted 2 #five nights at freddy's #helpy #fnaf helpy #art

[3-aem]

the audacity to complain to me that i’m not producing enough new stuff when u don’t even follow or pay my bills 💀💀💀

#u want me to make new art like its my fulltime job u can give me a full time salary #otherwise you can wait like everyone else has no problem doing #like i genuinely feel like these ppl r so insanely spoiled

[blackgirlsreverything]

#jobs #salary #career #money #pay me

[rickybaby]

Money Badger strikes again!!

#I was just thinking about the salary situation the other day #because AT definitely cannot afford to pay Daniel’s usual price tag and if #the supposed 1.2mil he was paid as the third driver covers his racing job with AT or if anything additional is #to be deducted from his McLaren settlement #it seems the ‘on loan’ to AT thing is not only something that pushes the narrative but also allows him to keep his whole mcl severance packa #we winning it all this year #I mean he is

[useless-catalanfacts]

Btw if you come on holidays and stay at an AirBnb instead of an actual registered hotel I hate you personally. Not "I hate the gentrification and touristic massification and the way we can't live in our homes and are forced to move away because of tourism" in an abstract way- No, not just that. I hate you.

#I'm from a seaside town that has become popular with tourists who come for the beach and the mediterranean climate #and the typical whitewashed walls of mediterranean coastal towns #in just a few years the average rent has gone up so much that now the average rent id #*is over 1000€ per month #one thousand! #that's a whole salary! #in the past 2 years they've been building a new neighbourhood. they've destroyed the vinyeards to make a new neighbourhood that will make #the town 1/3 bigger than it is. that's a lot. but all those houses are luxury houses with private swimming pools for rich foreigners (we #already have 2 private British schools high schools and college(in the british sense)/baccalaureate where their kids go and never have to #interact with locals. I teach some of those kids and they're very prejudiced against locals and very bigoted against the catalan language #(which ofc they never bother to learn) #there's a law in catalonia that says that for every certain amount of houses you build you are obligated to build a certain percentage of #affordable housing. so in this new neighborhood they built the bare minumum affordable housing which is still too expensive for us #and since there's so few of them everyone is competing to get them. the city hall and the bank have had to make an official competition for #them but you only classify if the renr would not be more than 1/3rd of your salary which is impossible. my cousins who are in their mid 30s #and have been working a good qualified job for 15 years (and their partners too) are considered too poor to be considered for the #affordable housing #everyone is having to move out to other cities away from their friends and family and current jobs. the only jobs left here soon will be #mostly directed at tourists #and the only way to continue living here if you're a normal person and not rich is if you're an only child who one day might inherit the #parents' house #but we look around at what's happening in nearby cities and we see the next step which will be airbnb taking the houses that are left #in many places (I've posted about thia before) there aren't any flats for rent or sell anymore that isn't an airbnb #I'm still lucky in my town when compared to other places like Barcelona which are already full of the airbnb plague #actualitat #airbnb #tourism #touristic massification #gentrification

[wastingyourgum]

Our Flag Means Death behind the scenes shots of the firing squad and blindfold removal in Episode 9!

Thanks to crewmember Cody Recker (codyrecker on iG) for these!

Another surreal moment that little high school me would have never believed: working with @rhysiedarby!!! One day on set, I shared with him how I had been a fan ever since seeing him in "Flight of The Conchords" back in 2008. And then I tied this blindfold on him. #OurFlagMeansDeath

#Our Flag Means Death #Stede Bonnet #OFMD #Rhys Darby #Taika Waititi #OFMD bts #Where do I apply for this job and what salary would they like me to pay for it?!

[heich0e]

BREAKING NEWS: sukuna and yuuji parent trap!au

#sorry it would be so funny #yuuji goes to live with mom (kenjaku) and kenny is like son you've barely touched your (malevolent evil energy) are you alright :/ #sukuna goes to live with dad/grandpa and unlocks his inner old person while also raising hell #picturing sukuna in a wife beater slouching on the couch with grandpa watching a sengoku era period drama that's def not for kids #Jin comes home from his little salary man job and is like ummmmMMMMM ??? #jjk hcs

[jakeperalta]

thinking about how I went with the "do something you enjoy not just something well paid" path when choosing my degree but now I've ended up with dire career prospects and a job that is neither enjoyable nor well paid

#i've been lowkey job searching for months and it's sooooo depressing #i have a masters degree and 2 years experience how is there nothing that wouldn't require taking a pay cut from my already modest salary #talking

[littlecutiexox]

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#i dont think i got it #i had another call today too about a different job and the salary is too low for me to be commuting an hour and a half every day on the tra #n with #i have another call in an hour #for a different one #and applied to more places today #so ive applied to i think more than 200 jobs now in the past week and a half #i do have an interview for a different kind of role though in 2 weeks booked in #which is something #im so stressy besties #theres been so much noise today too my sensory overload is screamingg #i gotta be social after work too #and i just wanna lay in bed #but i cant #thank you to everyone that wished me luck #this silly little blog makes me feel so loved and cared for from the people on here #my friends and partner have also been super supportive and its the only thing keeping me from freaking out right now

[hibernationsuit]

sleepy lil guy. he went to the work cafeteria for a quick snack break but fell asleep. what working overtime does to a guy (get him out of there)

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#my art #my ocs #oc: tobias #long hair toby being sooooo excited for that first job of his. and then it turned out to be a nightmare bc he was just spending soooo much #time at work. with small salary. :((( poor guy

[timemachineyeah]

the fact that I cannot simply quit my job. there’s plenty of food and space and skilled people in the world. things could function so much better with a tenth the labor if we were efficient about it. but we aren’t. and under capitalism I love my job - I am incredibly lucky to have it and even find it fulfilling in its way. but also I am disabled and my life would be 1000% easier if I just didn’t have to find miracle jobs to make what still comes to below poverty wages given how few hours I can manage. but even though the amount of money I make is play money to other people, it’s the only thing giving me dignity, both the dignity of privacy in spending and the false dignity of being a “productive member of society”. plus, like, I gotta eat and feed my cats, even if I’m currently rent free. but sometimes I think about the ways money and my job (and their relationship with my health) play as such large factors in my decision making and I just think, ideally, those would have less weight. ideally I could just quit my job and somehow still have money. not because I don’t love the work, but because of the limitations having to maintain both a work schedule and my fatigue put on me.

#timemachine wuz here #I do love my job though #like couldn’t ask for a better one. genuinely always anxious they’re gonna fire me even though they’ve given zero indication #and have always been really understanding and also complimentary #I think because I realize how much I enjoy the work compared to almost any job I’ve had #it just ticks so many boxes. and even the driving isn’t that bad (except when there’s snow but we are encouraged to call out #if we think it’s unsafe) #it’s just that at my level of fatigue. I feel like #ideally I wouldn’t need a job at all yk? #like on a straight financial level my job costs more than it’s worth #as in if I had 100k a year I would spend *more than my salary on a pill that eliminates my job’s impact on my health if such a pill existed #meaning like on some level I think my job isn’t objectively worth it #even though I think it is valuable work and I enjoy doing it and am able to maintain a remarkable work/life balance given its flexibility #relative to my level of disability #like pragmatically it’s an invaluable job that I love but idealistically i could just quit to write and play with my cats and clean the bat #idk I feel whiny

[fatenumberfor]

cix | save me, kill me (2023)

#cix #save me kill me #bae jinyoung #kim seunghun #kim yonghee #yoon hyunsuk #lee byounggon #bx #kflops #kpopccc #kpopco #ultkpopnetwork #malegroupsnet #dailybg #gif:cix #gif:mine #mine:cix #siced #this recolor job deserves to be salaried

[spearxwind]

Pleaseeee please please please let this place hire me ooohhh you want me to work for you full time sooooo baddddd 🌀🌀🌀🌀🌀

#thunderclap #PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CAN I GET A JOB PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE #AUUUUHHHHHHHHHH #jobposting #im withering away please. imagine having. a constant salary. pspspspspspspspsps please please #im going full turbocringe mode ill pray to The Lord i swear

[reactionimagesdaily]

#my brain cells @ me when I've been working a salaried job for almost a year #reaction image #reaction meme #daily reaction images #image mood: w h a t