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This Is The Main Reason I've Started To Hang Out With Republicans More

Sometimes, I want to know where I stand with people.

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Ossiana Tepfenhart
Apr 01, 2024
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Let me tell you how I got laid off from my most recent job. I kept asking for guidance. My editor kept saying “later” or would just say that I was doing fine. I found out I was let go because my time tracker stopped working. No one told me or announced my firing. I got no PIP, no help, nothing.

I literally had to reach out to HR to find out what’s going on. I explained that I was asking for help and that no one was willing to listen to me. I asked for feedback. They kept saying, “It’s a quality issue.”

This is one of my pet peeves. If you don’t confront me, how the fuck am I supposed to know how to improve myself? I can’t. And yet, it’s a common occurrence that keeps getting worse day after day.

Unsurprisingly, this company was notoriously left-leaning. To date, I’ve never had this type of a problem in a company that leaned right. And it just dawned on me today that this is a serious problem in the leftie community.

Perhaps that’s why I’ve started to get along with people who I was shocked to later discover voted GOP. It’s making me rethink my stance on befriending people who vote red—for better or for worse.

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