I’m a full-time student who is struggling to finally finish college and get her life together, and since I don’t have enough time/am not well enough for a job, I’d like to try my hand at earning money through commissions.
The buyer, of course, receives a watermark-free version. The watermarked version may go up on tumblr to show people what I’m up to.
I AM WILLING TO OFFER MORE THAN WHAT’S SHOWN HERE. If you’d like to see more examples, or sift through my art for something that you might like better, you can check my art tag that I can’t link or this won’t show up in the tags. Show me an example of something that matches your vision more if none of these do it and I can price it for you.
And I’m more than willing to do fandom art!
WHAT I WILL NOT DRAW:
-nsfw -mechs -animals -anthros
I simply lack the skill to do most of those, sorry. I also reserve the right to decline any request I want.
Shoot me a DM for further discussion if you’d like to buy something!
Do Not Let HR do this to you. It is not illegal to talk about wages in the work place. I did and got a 12% raise!
True info. Now let me add something: The power of documentation. (I was a long time steward in a nurses union.)
Remember: The ââEâ in email stands for evidence.
That cuts both ways. Be careful what you put into an email. It never really goes away and can be used against you.
But can also be a powerful tool for workplace fairness.
Case 1: Your supervisor asks you to do something you know is either illegal or against company policy. A verbal request. If things go wrong, you can count on them denying that they ever told you to do that. You go back to your desk, or wherever and you send them an email: âI just want to make sure that I understood correctly that you want me to do xxxxxâ Quite often, once they see it in writing, they will change their mind about having you do it. If not, you have documentation.
Case 2: You have a schedule you like, youâve had that schedule for a while, it works for you. Your supervisor comes to you and says âWeâre really short-handed now and I need you to change your schedule just for a month until we can get someone else hired. Itâs just temporary and you can have your old schedule back after a month.â A month goes by and they forget entirely that they made that promise to you. So, once again, when they make the initial request, you send them an email âIâm happy to help out temporarily, but just want to make sure I understand correctly that I will get my old schedule back after a month as you promised.â Documentation.
[Image ID: Text reading: In the middle of a busy clinic at our practice, I got pulled in by my manager to speak to HR, who must have made a special trip because she lives several states away, and told I was being 'investigatedâ for discussing wages with my other employees. She told me it was against company policy to discuss wages.
Me; Thatâs illegal.
Them: (start italics) three slow, long seconds of staring at me blankly (end italics) UhâŚ
Me: Thatâs an illegal policy to have. The right to discuss wages is a right protected by the National Labor Relations board. I used to be in a union. I know this.
HR: Oh, this is news to me! I have been working HR for 18 years and I never knew that. Haha. Well try not do do it anyway, it makes people upset, haha.
Me: people are entitled to their opinions about what their work is worth. Bye.
I then left, and sent her several texts and emails saying I would like a copy of their company policy to see where this wage discussion policy was kept. She quickly called me back in to her office.
HR: You know what, there is no policy like that in the handbook! I double check. Sorry about the confusion, my apologies.
Me: You still havenât given me the paper saying that we had this discussion. I am going to need some protection against retaliation.
HR: Oh haha yes here you go.
I just received a paper with legal letterhead and an apology saying there was no verbal warning or write up. Donât even take their shit you guys. Keep talking about wages. Know your worth. /End ID]
At one of my old (shit) jobs my boss would continually come have these verbal discussions with me and would never put anything in writing I took to summarizing every discussion we had in email. Like âjust to confirm that you asked me to do X by Y date and you understand that means I wonât be able to complete the previous task you gave me until Z date - 2 weeks later than originally scheduled - because you want me to prioritize this new project.
The woman would then storm back into my office screaming at me for putting the discussion in writing and arguing about pushing back the other project or whatever. At which point I would summarize that conversation in email as well. Which would bring her storming back in, rinse and repeat ad nauseum.
Anyway I cannot imagine how badly that job would have gone if I hadnât put all her wildly unreasonable demands in writing. Bitch still hated me but she could never hang me for âmissing deadlinesâ because I always had in writing that sheâd pushed the project back because she wanted something else done first.
Paper your asses babes. Do not let them get away with shit. If they wonât put what theyâre asking you to do in writing then write it up yourself and email it to them.
If you donât have this kind of job but someday youâd might: start practicing.
After a casual conversation with friends, write up a brief synopsis of what you discussed & agreed to. (âŚDo not email this to friends unless you have their agreement that this would be a fun group project.) Get practice with,
âA, B, and C had a brief meeting about food options after the big game. We decided on pizza, with A&B agreeing to contribute X dollars each, and C agreeing to contribute Y dollars and also bring soda. A will call for pizza on the day of the game and schedule it for delivery at 8:30 pm.â
âA, B & C discussed movie options. A wanted something lite and fun; B wanted something scifi; C was fine with anything but horror. Nobody wanted superheroes. Decided on Lost Space Wanderers which opened last weekend; C agreed to research theatre options and report tomorrow.â
âŚand so on. Practice describing the results of âmeetingsâ with friends and youâll be ready to sum up âboss told me to set aside Project A to focus on Project B for the next two weeksâ - because whatâs likely is that boss didnât say anything that clear; boss talked about how important Project B is and how the company needs parts X and Y done asap and you have the best skills for that, and when you mentioned how much time Project A was taking, boss said âeh donât worry about that right now; marketing is breathing down my neck so we really need part X by Friday, okay?â
âŚat no point did you get a direct instruction.
Which is why anyone who is not the screaming-drama boss mentioned above would think it was perfectly reasonable for you to say, âI want to clarify the discussion we had earlier - you told me to focus on Project B to the exclusion of Project A for the next two weeks, even if that means Project A will miss its deadline; is that correct?â
I can feel The dryness of those markers in my bones
Fun fact those dry markers were supposed to have water put into them to make them work. You take off the bottom thing and pour water in and bam, instant marker success. Only learned about this four years after Iâd lost my set đ
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Hey. Reblog to save some poor kid lots of grief.
Fucking what?!
Every â90s child on Tumblr raises their head in outrage.
I just stood up so fast and snatched mine out of my closet brb going to the sink
