Month: July 2024

While I agree with a lot of antiwork opinions, is it possible to have a world without work? Even if you are not in a toxic 9-5, you would probably need some kind of shift work to make ends meet. Even as an entrepreneur- you either work or exploit someone for money. Genuinely asking – is there alternative in this lifetime?

Hello everyone, I got my first job recently, and I am seeing that everyone is obsessed with that you have to be always going for more. Is there something inherently bad with the idea of getting comfortable in a position?, Why should I put more pressure or energy into a job that I only do because I am paid for? Don't get me wrong, I like my job, I really do, but I would never do it again if I didn't have to. Why would I get out of my comfort zone and risk making a mistake and getting fired? This idea that comfortable=bad is so weird to me. Am I alone in this? Is there something I am not seeing because I knew in the workforce?

After spending five years at my current childcare center as an educator, I've started to feel like my potential is being wasted. Despite my dedication, I haven't been assigned a permanent room and often find myself shuffled around. Despite repeatedly expressing my discomfort with late shifts, I continue to be scheduled for them, with promises of early shifts consistently unfulfilled. Discussing these issues with my psychologist, who attributed my dissatisfaction to falling behind in university work earlier this year, felt dismissive of my long-term commitment and frustrations at work. While I acknowledge my role in managing my university responsibilities better moving forward, I wish my psychologist had considered my five years of service and reasons for wanting change. I'm actively working on improving my situation and have developed a plan to avoid similar challenges in the future, but it's becoming clear that a change in workplace might be necessary for…

After spending five years at my current childcare center as an educator, I've started to feel like my potential is being wasted. Despite my dedication, I haven't been assigned a permanent room and often find myself shuffled around. Despite repeatedly expressing my discomfort with late shifts, I continue to be scheduled for them, with promises of early shifts consistently unfulfilled. Discussing these issues with my psychologist, who attributed my dissatisfaction to falling behind in university work earlier this year, felt dismissive of my long-term commitment and frustrations at work. While I acknowledge my role in managing my university responsibilities better moving forward, I wish my psychologist had considered my five years of service and reasons for wanting change. I'm actively working on improving my situation and have developed a plan to avoid similar challenges in the future, but it's becoming clear that a change in workplace might be necessary for…

I always had a part time job throughout high school. I worked a few days after school and usually a weekend day. I think the first time I worked steady 40 or more hours a week was when I worked as a mover the summer before college 18/19 years old. My next full-time job was when I was a junior in college. This is when I distinctly remember being 21 years old, working at my full time, overnight job that I thought to myself that I probably will not be able to do this steady for all the upcoming years and that I probably will not be able to have children because of the pressure of having to always work 40 or more hours a week. I didn't even consider all the additional work of kids, that was just based on me always working 40s. I ended up not having…

So I work at a smaller family owned restaurant. I am also a full time student currently taking 8 units over the summer. When I first started working here the GM said they would work around my school schedule. A few months in they fired the GM and hired a new one, at first things were fine but slowly he’s been fighting me more and more on my schedule because of school. I gave him three months of notice that during summer classes I would need to go down to two days a week and he said that was fine. I even put my new availability in hot schedules which was then approved by management. He is now telling me my availability no longer works, that he never agreed to it in the first place, and that it would “basically be self resignation”, I’ve argued that he verbally accepted it…

I work as a cabin cleaner at an international airport in one of, if not the, hottest city in the US. I have no car and have to take a two hour commute by bus and train. I try to wake up around 3:30 so I have enough time to shower and eat, and maybe make myself lunch. I have to walk ten minutes to get to the break room. I get exhausted easily, overheat easily, and sweat way too much. By the time I get to the break room, I'm already wanting to pass out. Then I check the board to see our flights. Three back-to-back starting at 8:15, fifteen minutes before my shift. I have to clock in. Two of them are scheduled to leave at the same time because Ops doesn't know that we can't split into teams this early in the morning. More flights. Sometimes if…