WORK – DeadSplinter

Coffee Break [15/9/25]

Another work week ahead of us. Is there anything you’re looking forward to? I have — potentially — two interviews this week. I would love to have a solid solution

Deadsplinter Up! All Night: Labor Day

1/9/25 MemeWeaver 7

It’s Labor Day in the U.S., so as is the tradition (MemeWeaver and Mondays), I am wishing you the laborest Labor Day ever. . . As always, thank you for

Photo of coffee cup and pad of writing paper with pen

Coffee Break [14/7/25]

14/7/25 MemeWeaver 11

I’ve spent a lot of time over the past week or so doing job search stuff, but not stuff that would actually get me a job. Instead, due to the

Coffee Talk [16/6/25]

16/6/25 MemeWeaver 6

It’s my last week at work. I am currently skipping the weekly staff meeting because I need to plan my future, not the rest of the group’s. I am being

Deadsplinter Up! All Night: All The Maintenance

23/10/23 MemeWeaver 7

I spent a large part of the weekend working on little home projects that just needed to get done. Furniture assembling, yardwork, fence repair, appliance repair, car cleaning, dog cleaning,

Vintage photograph of coal miners posing before starting their day in the mine.

Deadsplinter Up! All Night: Labor Day

4/9/23 MemeWeaver 8

Happy Labor Day, from the glorious workers’ paradise of Idaho, a right-to-work state. Starbucks workers here wouldn’t even THINK to unionize in our little red state. How are things where

Deadsplinter Up! All Night: May Day

1/5/23 MemeWeaver 12

It’s May Day. Should be a bigger deal in the US and Canada, but of course, we can’t have nice things. Your feelings — in song — regarding labor, worker

Vintage photo of office personnel at their desks.

Deadsplinter Up! All Night: Working Man’s Blues

6/3/23 MemeWeaver 7

Let me start by saying that if you still have to go in to the office, you have my utmost sympathy. I hated working in CubicleLand, and remote working has

Deadsplinter Up! All Night: We’re All Just Resources

7/11/22 MemeWeaver 13

Last week, darn near my 20th anniversary at Amalgamated Trauma Tech, Inc., the company informed me that my choices are to transition from full-time/salaried to contract, or transition right outta