Chris0nllyn
Well-Known Member
This 25 year old girl "Talia Jane", wrote an open letter to the CEO of the company she worked for, Yelp.
English Lit major who doesn't want student debt.
Goes in to debt right away.
A whole year!
Wait, you get snacks at work?
Wait, you get bread and snacks?
....
I left college, having majored in English literature, with a dream to work in media. It was either that or go to law school. Or become a teacher. But I didn’t want to become a cliche or drown in student loans, see.
English Lit major who doesn't want student debt.
found a job (I was hired the same day as my interview, in fact) and I put a bunch of debt on a shiny new credit card to afford the move.
Goes in to debt right away.
Coming out of college without much more than freelancing and tutoring under my belt, I felt it was fair that I start out working in the customer support section of Yelp/Eat24 before I’d be qualified to transfer to media. Then, after I had moved and got firmly stuck in this apartment with this debt, I was told I’d have to work in support for an entire year before I would be able to move to a different department. A whole year answering calls and talking to customers just for the hope that someday I’d be able to make memes and twitter jokes about food.
A whole year!
So here I am, 25-years old, balancing all sorts of debt and trying to pave a life for myself that doesn’t involve crying in the bathtub every week. Every single one of my coworkers is struggling. They’re taking side jobs, they’re living at home. One of them started a GoFundMe because she couldn’t pay her rent.
...He brought a big bag with him and stocked up on all those snacks you make sure are on every floor ...
Wait, you get snacks at work?
Because I can’t afford to buy groceries. Bread is a luxury to me, even though you’ve got a whole fridge full of it on the 8th floor. But we’re not allowed to take any of that home because it’s for at-work eating. Of which I do a lot. Because 80 percent of my income goes to paying my rent.
Wait, you get bread and snacks?
....