{"id":1954,"date":"2019-07-10T22:30:30","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T04:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenenorth.com\/writings\/?p=1954"},"modified":"2024-04-22T02:46:11","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T02:46:11","slug":"erosion-of-the-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/2019\/07\/10\/erosion-of-the-soul\/","title":{"rendered":"erosion of the soul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/arid-clouds-cloudy-531415-cropped.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1955\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/arid-clouds-cloudy-531415-cropped-1024x650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"629\" height=\"399\" \/><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>erosion of the soul<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>a disposable cog in the machine<br \/>\nyou have no value<br \/>\nreplaceable despite competence<\/p>\n<p>favoritism<br \/>\nbullying<br \/>\nnepotism<br \/>\never changing expectations<\/p>\n<p>no work-life balance<br \/>\nwage slaves<br \/>\nsoul-depleting labor<\/p>\n<p>can I have a raise<br \/>\nyou&#8217;re paid industry standard<br \/>\nthat&#8217;s not true<br \/>\nit is<\/p>\n<p>turnover<br \/>\n25 in 5.75 years<br \/>\nshort-staffed<br \/>\nburnout<\/p>\n<p>push yourself to the limit<br \/>\nthey get rich<br \/>\nyou die trying to exist<\/p>\n<p>bust your balls<br \/>\nfor management bonuses<br \/>\nanother quarter of a point<br \/>\nin stocks<br \/>\nyou are not a priority<\/p>\n<p>sweatshop slavery<br \/>\nno loyalty from above<br \/>\npush for better conditions<br \/>\nand you&#8217;re replaceable<\/p>\n<p>thank you for your work<br \/>\nwe value what you do<br \/>\ndo more<\/p>\n<p>thank you for your work<br \/>\nthere are no more raises<br \/>\nwe need you to do more<\/p>\n<p>thank you for your work<br \/>\nyou are the best employee we have<br \/>\ndo more<\/p>\n<p>thank you for your work<br \/>\ndo what I say or dust off your resume<br \/>\nwe need you to do more<\/p>\n<p>thank you for your work<br \/>\nwe don&#8217;t want you to leave<br \/>\ndo more<\/p>\n<p>thank you for your work<br \/>\nwhy are you leaving<br \/>\nwe won&#8217;t fight to keep you<br \/>\ngood-bye<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[254,284,285,322,354],"class_list":["post-1954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","tag-nebraska","tag-poem","tag-poetry","tag-scottsbluff","tag-stress"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1954"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3750,"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1954\/revisions\/3750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}