I think this is an interesting article because, just before I clicked on it, all I could think about was how do I, as an employee, find the best way to "speak my truth"? I have a BA and MIA from two elite institutions. While in school and during my internships, I thought that I would be writing my ticket to stable…

It's not even solely in the US. I have been working for a huge bank in Germany for 8 years. They gave me bonuses, but at the same time they told me I had to get my sales up or else. when I asked for a rise, they told me that If I am not happy, I should leave. I had the best grades (98 of 100) for my banking bachelor,…

It also cuts when apply for a job as well.

This, this exactly. How fucking delusional do you have to be to think that a job like data-entry MUST make a person proud to be part of the company?! This is the very definition of a job you take for the moolah. That's not to say that there aren't any people out there who do take pride in it and that's great. Tangent:…

As a young-ish teacher who gets laid off almost every spring due to "projected enrolment shortages" of students (and then re-hired a few weeks later) I increasingly struggle with loyalty to my employer. I love teaching and I love my students, but I hate never knowing if I will have a job from one semester to the…

"Would I ever leave this company? Look, I’m all about loyalty. In fact, I feel like part of what I’m being paid for here is my loyalty. But if there were somewhere else that valued loyalty more highly, I’m going wherever they value loyalty the most."

lol @ thinking businesses in America have to follow laws

I've a friend who's planning on leaving his job without notice. He's almost fifty and has never not given notice to an employer. It's killing him to do it, but the shitty company he works for will fire him if he tries to work out a notice and then not have to pay him his bonus.

It depends on whom the loyalty in question is owed to.

I'm an academic. My loyalty is to my students first, my department second, my division third—and my institution has every right to determine its primacy as and when it chooses to serve the interests of the students and not the damned administration.

I don't do what…

At 26, I walked away from a good paying, well-positioned job. And by walked away, I mean I got up from my desk, sent a terse letter of resignation to my boss, and left. My department director apparently stood in the lobby shouting "well FUCK HER." It was at an "independent" school for girls ages 12-18.

It's just American culture that promotes our slavish view toward those of a higher class than us. This view is the reason for our wealth inequality, tax system, poor vacation and maternity leave systems, and a host of other things. American culture promotes a slavish devotion to those in power.

If the ability to comprehend logic was in their arsenal, then they'd be pro-choice.

They must get so confused when pro-choice use him as their argument too then.

I would suggest "Doughy Pantload" but that name has already been taken for Jonah Goldberg. In my mind they are both pretty much the same guy, intellectual edge going slightly to Erick Erick Erick Erick because he knows how to troll. Jonah is just stupid.

ERICK SON OF ERICK is my favorite #jerkconservativeviking

Erick Erickson:

And if Wendy Davis is Abortion Barbie, then what is Erick Erickson?

Abortion Barbie's accessories include pink tennis shoes, a power suit and point enhancing gesticulation action arm! Asshole Pundit Ken sold separately and has no dick.

So you're saying the usage of Southwestern patterns in clothing is akin to depictions of blackface and racial stereotyping? Do you feel the same way about patterns like Indian paisley or Scottish plaid?