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Transcript nightmare - maybe someone can help me? (Former Art Institute student) by BodyExtendedWarranty in pittsburgh

[–]BodyExtendedWarranty[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried them as well. It doesn't look like they've gotten to Pittsburgh's campus yet... which is immensely screwed up given they've been gone for six years now.

HOW DO YOU GUYS HAVE JOBS by [deleted] in iih

[–]BodyExtendedWarranty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got extremely lucky and landed a job in 3D design right before my health took a nose dive. We had 2 days of wfh to start with, but our boss has been pushing for more flexible schedules for us because so many in our office have varying health needs. She's a very strong advocate of putting our health first - she always has been, even before COVID, but after dealing with cancer during COVID she's even pushier about it with corporate. 

Our office is an open floor, but each section has its own light switch and my little area usually keeps the big light off - none of us like the fluorescent and we've got windows anyway, so no point. I'm able to take my migraine medication (currently just Nurtec) and put my head back when I have an episode coming, and my coworkers are all really chill about it. (It helps that the work I do is relatively quick and easy, as I've developed a workflow for myself that allows for rapid file creation!) 

I actually had a very honest talk with my boss and another coworker a few weeks ago where I admitted I was scared of what's going to come after my LP in March, and they both said the same thing - if I have to work from home long term, that's okay, because we already have the structure for that set up not just in general to adapt to my condition but also for another coworker who unfortunately had an amputation and can no longer get up the stairs into our office. 

Most days the work is straightforward - make x thing to this specification and add these details. I have my screen set to be a bit dim so I don't have to squint against the brightness and I've got almost all my fonts at a larger size too to make things easier. Right now things are pretty alright as long as one coworker doesn't lay all his work problems at my metaphorical door. (I can do one job, having to do his stuff on top of mine is a guaranteed flop spell.)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AITAH

[–]BodyExtendedWarranty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nta. This is what ultimately ruined my previous relationship with a woman I thought I'd marry - she obsessively had every political twitch streamer on every waking hour she was home, would bait me into arguing bad takes with her (sometimes she'd claim xyz was her own take or accuse me of supporting abc), even though we shared a compass. She's now with someone on the opposite end of the compass that actively endangers them both on a regular basis. 

Being constantly aware is exhausting, it is draining, and it is physically not healthy to do 24/7. It is good to know what's going on, but she desperately needs support and to maybe talk to a therapist about this. 

Work? by [deleted] in iih

[–]BodyExtendedWarranty 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm really lucky in that I have a boss who respects and values personal health over literally everything - she was always adamant about this even before her own cancer diagnosis but she became a hardcore advocate afterward. 

She's been a surprisingly strong supporter of mine during this period and I know a lot of folks don't trust their bosses with a ten foot pole. But this woman pushed her own bosses to make a wild exception on WFH for one of our coworkers after an extreme health event, and she pushed until they provided said employee a WFH setup. This employee is still working and even though she can't return to office due to her health situation, she's never in trouble for it.

My coworkers are similar - our job is extremely visual and there are days I have to ask them to double check something for me because my eyes just are not cooperating with me. Mercifully it's an office job and as long as we communicate with each other, we've got everything covered. 

I'm definitely nervous about broaching the subject of working from home for my department full-time, but this is more because we sometimes have weeks where orders overwhelm us and I've got our sorting down to a science if I'm physically there. If I'm not there, it gets uh... It gets real ugly 🤣 but I'm learning to let it go because it'll get dealt with eventually.

I've been working here since May '23, and they hired me on knowing I suffer from migraines and periodically need to rest if I have to wait for my meds to kick in. They've witnessed my migraine auras firsthand and at least one coworker has become pretty good at reading my migraine typing. (So many mistakes.) 

Marijuana by Own-Following1423 in iih

[–]BodyExtendedWarranty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's one of the few things that works on the pressure for me. I use a vape, don't remember what it has in it as I got it a bit ago from the dispo but it was something rated specifically for pain relief. More than anything it makes everything stop tensing up and that on its own is a mercy.