Month: May 2022

Bringing in my personal laptop to work and putting on airplane mode to play offline games passing time. (Not picking up any wifi from company) Then proceeding to plug into HDMI for a work monitor. (Company provided) In an office so no one could see what is on my monitor, but could the company somehow tell what was being displayed on the monitor?

I’ve quit my regular morning cleaning job to work for an agency in a factory as I got 38 hours in my for my first week. But the second week I’m not getting hours. If I get another job now I’ll get taxed as if I have two jobs. I’m basically jobless now? I live in my own flat so running out of money means no electric or food wtf have I done ?!

r/Antiwork I could use your input. Preface: I’ve learned lessons, I’ve made mistakes, and I am not a smart man. 5 years ago I was between jobs. I quit one that made me miserable and was affecting my mental health when this amazing opportunity came along to join a tech startup in the field I wanted (career change). Needless to say, I was unbelievably excited and best of all, I was working alongside one of my closest friends. The future was bright. I was offered an hourly wage for 3 months until payroll could be setup and I would go on to be a salaried employee making more than i had ever made. I ended up not getting on salary for about 6 months after it was stated in my offer letter but I was so excited for the role, I looked past this first warning sign. When I finally…

Warning: text wall. Not really here asking for advice, because I know what I should do. I am turning 30 this year. I started working at my current workplace at 15. Worked summers and winters while in high school, and beyond the Septembers to Aprils for my 4 year university degree, I have spent my time here. So, basically half my life. My job has mostly been physical, but I suffer from some medical conditions that make me uncoordinated and not built well. So my entire life I have been mocked and belittled at times for my physical prowess. Naturally I developed severe anxiety and a perfectionist compulsion. It's not easy to explain to blue collar types that I am simultaneously a perfectionist trying to correct the little things they miss while also being slower and weaker than them. Sometimes you just look lazy or stupid. I never stood up…