I used to work in student loan servicing and here are the top things I think people need to know about their federal student loans and how to make them manageable if you’re really struggling to pay them. A thread: First of all, any time your loan changes status for any reason (in school deferment to repayment status or repayment status back to in school deferment), your interest capitalizes (gets added to your principle balance).

My male coworker and I both asked for raises in 2022 and were told we’d be notified in April. In April, performance reviews were suspended indefinitely. I just found out my coworker still got his raise and was told not to tell so they could get away with not giving me mine. We were both asked to submit reviews from our managers and told we’d have to wait for the review cycle to close in order to receive a decision. Decisions have not been given out since the cycle was suspended due to “market conditions”.

My company just listed on LinkedIn a job posting for what I’m currently doing (so we’re hiring another UX writer) and now thanks to salary transparency laws, I see that they intend to pay this person $32k-$90k more than they currently pay me, so I applied. I don’t want to hear one more peep out of them about diversity, equity, and inclusion. I don’t wanna see any more of our C-suite execs recommend books for women’s history month. There were tangible actions they could’ve taken and they chose to perform these values. No thank you.