Month: September 2023

Hello there. Spoiler: this is a long rant. To preface, I have been reading on r/antiwork for a long while now, and seeing some of the shit other people are dealing with made me want to share my story. It starts with my first, real, full time job. I was excited beyond belief, corona was just starting to disappear and I was going to finally prove my worth and start making some proper money. The pay is alright – most would be happy with it, but I am severely below those who work in my field, with almost 1500-2000€ a month. I wanted to rectify that, so I, naturally, began proving myself. My first year, I ran. I was producing shit left and right, improving the quality of the work and even earned an employee of the month title – five months too late, in my opinion, but I digress.…

TW for eating disorders: My boss made a very public comment about my body. A colleague had mentioned I ‘look vegetarian’ (found this funny – it’s something a lot of people say and I AM veggie so it’s a running joke in the office). I made a comment as I was leaving that I needed to ‘do a deep dive on why everyone thinks I look vegetarian because she hadn’t been the first to say it’, and without missing a beat my boss said “It’s because you’re giving off that malnourished look”. I was absolutely shocked at this because I’ve had to be open with my boss about my history of eating disorders. She knows I’ve been hospitalized in the past for my eating disorder. She knows everything because I’ve had to turn down work meals etc because of it. I then said “you can’t say that” because I was…

Long story short I’m in my last semester of working towards my bachelors degree. I am required to complete a 400 hour internship (unpaid) which is.. I'll spare the words. Not only that, but my professor (supervisor) is an overweight, miserable little guy who does not want to sign off any hours and is constantly on my butt because I left early a few times because I have a life, three other classes, and a small business that I work on the side. I also have online classes with him once a week. I’m not doing 8 hours every day of this crap – there is no way in the world anybody can do that for free. I want to somehow safely sabotage and make other people’s lives around me at that office hell. It's been only a week and I'm already starting to be treated like I'm some kind…

I have to say firstly, I do love my position as a foster care specialist. However, I am over qualified and over worked. I finally got to take some PTO after months of working well over the 80 hours per pay period at my salary rate, which is lower than state average. My team is made up of 3 case workers and 0 leadershipssince May. Our supervisors and program manager left our location because the company is petty. As I said, I’ve been over worked. So even on PTO days for others, it seems like we are expected to work. So I pop in to a meeting to get an update and the program director, located hours away at a different site, told me to get off the call cause I had PTO. She said, “better yet, I’m going to kick you off the meeting.” The whole reason I wanted…

So I had some major changes in my life that resulted in me needing to relocate to another state. I wanted to see if getting a transfer with my current company would be a possibility, so I immediately got to work getting in contact with someone who could get this process done. I had one month until the move. I work at a retail auto parts store that specializes in commercial and unique parts. I started calling locations in the new town and eventually got into contact with their HR person. This person speaks with me and takes my information down. I then cannot get in touch with them for the next two weeks, as whenever I call I get a voice mail, it informs me they will be out of office for two weeks. They finally get back and I speak with them again and they take some more…

I'm carrying a lot of mental baggage, scars, and trauma, from various types of social abuse for the past few years after 2020. I was let go from my job after being placed on the bullshit “PIP”, but was hired a month immediately after. Even though I'm employed again, same pay, got a promotion, live closer to work instead of an hour commute, and my job even offering to PAY for my student loans, I don't feel as enthusiastic as I should be. I think it's a combination of things. My last job told me that they were this “equal opportunity” employer that valued employees. I was starting to buy into it, but then I got my PIP a month after my radiation treatment for my cancer. My current job also made similar claims and tales, and I guess I'm jaded by it. I'm kind of afraid I'll get fired…

Left college, 6 months unemployed… bliss. Job for 6 months… Unemployed for 2 years. Then worked at a supermarket for 4 years only part time. Then I joined the Army and spent 6 years there. Covid was bliss again, managed to get about 3/4 months off before being dragged back in. Yet there was lads there who volunteered for work because they couldn’t stand being at home doing nothing. I left the Army half a year ago. I had about 3 months of just being at home and not having to do a single thing. I rediscovered my love for gaming. I was going to the gym, because I wanted to and wasn’t being forced to. The weeks felt like they were going by at a normal rate, didn’t feel fast or slow. I felt happy for the first time in years. Now I’m in my second job since leaving…

Yesterday my boss and I got into a tiff because I had been using the bathroom frequently that day because I had to pee and poop a lot that day. Shit happens. I went before my break because I couldn’t wait, I went during my 10 minute break because I had to pee, but then after my break a couple minutes in I had to shit so bad that my stomach was starting to churn and I knew if I waited any longer then it’d be an emergency. So, I asked the person in charge on the floor if I could use the restroom, which she permitted as long as my boss, who was working on the floor with us that day, covered my position. So I went to the bathroom, and granted yes I DID bring my phone with me this time but it’s because I wanted to text…

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