Dee Nasty

employee: i’m pregnant. due in may. manager: congratulations. have you thought about your leave plans? employee: yeah, i’ll take my leave and be back by the end of summer. manager: sounds good. we just want to make sure the team is covered. a few weeks later… employee: you wanted to see me? manager: we’ve decided to restructure the department. employee: what does that mean? manager: your position is being eliminated. she lost her job just weeks before giving birth. a few months later the company posted the same role under a different title. then the CEO gave a speech about “creating opportunities for women in the workplace.” crazy world.

My dad retired at 59 I will not He had a pension. I have a 401k I can barely fund. He bought his house at 28. I can't touch a down payment at 30. He paid $90 a month for health insurance. I pay $430. At dinner he told me I need to be smarter with money. I nodded. Didn't tell him his entire life was built on an economy that no longer exists. Didn't tell him my generation is paying for his Social Security while ours gets gutted. Didn't tell him the ladder he climbed got pulled up right after him. Just passed the potatoes. Make it make sense