Month: September 2023

Has anyone been successful in navigating around a third party recruiter for a “contract” job and gotten directly with the employer? Apple has a contract job posted here in Central Indiana that I am perfect for. I've had about 25 phone calls and emails from recruiters trying to get me to pick them to “represent” me for a contract job. It's been a month, they haven't filled the position, they've raised the pay being offered, and I'm still getting 2-3 phone calls a day. I just don't want to sign up for another contract job. I've been burned by it before in the past and I already have a full-time, decent-paying job. This is a high(er)-level position and I feel like it doesn't need to be a contract position, especially when I have 8 years of experience under my belt. Any tips for getting around this BS contract wall?

I wanna preface this by saying: I don't want to come off as me bragging or anything. I absolutely hate the fact I'm expected to work for my whole life to be able to afford the basic necessities of life. I don't think its possible to enjoy the concept of work. With that being said… …I've recently graduated from Uni and landed a job in the healthcare industry at the hospital I was born at. I rotated through here and enjoyed my time here. I have everything I could ever want from a job; the commute is under a half-hour to and from (unless the occasional accident causes a traffic jam), I have co-workers my age who I can talk to and relate to. I have benefits, the workload isn't too much and the hours are alright. A tangent: One coworker is vegan and drops little hints to push people…

I'm almost 18 just started my senior year of high school. I work at an organization that is basically a paid training program (to learn job skills). And you have to work a minimum of 20 hours a week. This was fine during the summer, but now that school has started I'm not sure I can do it. I'm already getting sick from the stress. My parents don't want me to quit. But I've found multiple studies proving that working 20 hours a week has negative health effects if you're a high school student. It is affecting my relationship with my boyfriend as well My parents said I could do it and I'm dad got upset when I suggested quitting. I've already talked to my supervisor about lowering my hours and he said they really can't so that. I like this job in the aspect that it's easy and I…

Maybe just a rant, but I got a new job 5 months ago and was never told that the only co-worker in my department for this small business would be graduating from her two year degree and looking for a new job. I wouldn’t have accepted this job in the first place if I had known that I was her replacement. The thing is, I have applied to hundred of other jobs since then and even got to the second interview with another company and was ghosted. I will be traveling early next year for three weeks so I don’t feel like I should look for a new job at this point. But what is so annoying is that meanwhile, my co-worker is constantly allowed to come in whenever she felt like and do her homework on the job and then look for a new one all while working the…

Hi all. I have a diagnosis for three different chronic illnesses that cause muscle and joint pain. Also, two years ago I went through a cancer battle that left me with nerve damage that causes flare ups of shooting pain down my legs. I work a desk job, and I usually cannot stand to sit at my desk for more than three or four hours, otherwise I'm almost in tears due to pain. Through the pandemic, my position was remote so I was able to take the necessary pain medication (that I wouldn't take at work because I don't like to drive with it in my system) as well as partake in high CBD marijuana (manager knows and is fine with it because I've never had a lapse in quality in my work) on really rough days. When the pandemic was over, we transitioned into a hybrid office/remote situation where…

I mean, we work and are addicted to spending money. On my days off when I don’t do much I can get really depressed. Is work a good thing because it makes us spend our time somewhere, or is it just a distraction from the reality that our lives are empty? And same with tech. Thing is, I’ll work, come home and after dinner I’ll chill out on my phone for an hour or so.

TW: mention of suicidal thoughts — Hello friends. I'm posting here because I (32F) am desperately trying to help my husband (43M) through another serious bout of work-related depression. It happens at the start of a new job usually – and this time, it's been triggered by a promotion. We subscribe to r/antiwork's ideas and viewpoints, but like many others we are not in a position to be able to give up work fully, unless we got a lottery win. He has briefly mentioned a few times that “ending it” is his retirement plan. This hurts so much to hear, and the pain he's in is apparent. Last night he came home in a flood of tears, saying 'he doesn't know how to get ahead' and that I 'deserve to be with someone more stable'. He wants us to be able to buy a house and feel secure. He feels…

Strangers. Josip here. I read a couple of titles in the sub and I'm not in that big of a deal situation but still I'd like to hear opinions. I work a dairy farm, Ireland. Only employee to a family farm working with mostly just my boss. I don't care for relations, I do try not to be an asshole, but I'm here to work and I do it good. But seems that I'm expected to suck dick and to demise of my work quality which I simply can not do. Period. I'm my own and I work for money, not someone so I can't get over that. Hence my boss doesn't like me and does what he can to let me know, making up shit to do when there isn't any – he said at the interview when it's summertime my hours will even out with the season before…