Month: July 2024

The title is what it says on the tin. I quit my job a few weeks ago recently after saving more than 10,000 dollars to hold me through. I had worsening insomnia over the year leading me to be insubordinate at work and a myriad of other problems. Ontop of sleepless nights I had to work 10+ hour days. After quitting I tried panhandling in a dark baseball cap while I potentially work on a way to be self employed. After a day I only made around 18 dollars. I’m looking for ways to make money freelancing or perhaps part time combined with freelancing. My job paid decent money however with going nowhere in life (no travelling, fun, relationships etc) I grew increasingly agitated as I progressed from my early 20s to now almost 29. This impacted my mood and sleep. This is the catalyst that made me quit. I…

My new company had a lot of restructuring and due to a hiring freeze, my boss can't hire more people in my team. She is trying to get vendors on board so that my job becomes easier. I'm very stressed out though. I took a vacation a few weeks back and due to my ptsd nightmares, I couldn't switch off from work completely because I kept dreaming of incomplete work tasks everyday. I can't get rid of the burn out. It's continued from my previous job. I tried my best to take time off but since I am also in a lot of physical pain due to minor chronic conditions, it is very difficult to feel rested. I can't participate in sports or weight training like I used to till I have recovered from my injuries. Not having that physical outlet has made it difficult to be free. Living in…

I used to like my job, no one loves labor, but it was easy and fun. That has changed in the last 6 months due to 1 woman. I'm in sales, which I've been for about 10 years, I hate sales, but I'm good at it. I absolutely thrive at this job, the last 2 years I've been awarded the top sales person award, the chief sales officer loves me and has said multiple times, “I wish we could clone Ayaanauriel” A couple of months ago, they moved my direct manager to another position, and moved me and my team under this woman, let's call her Jazz. Jazz is known for not working well with other women and I'm not the only one who feels like she's being bullied by Jazz. It started with her passively aggressively calling me out in department meetings, trying to make me seem scuzzy. Then,…

Just wanted to say I’m too tired to try and fight it anymore. I mean economic equality. Like how there is a very large wealth disparity between the different socioeconomic classes of people.

Original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/s/kDF2A3TAxn Let me start off by saying, I know I didn’t interact much with my post, but I read so many comments and was blown away by all of the support. Thank you all so much! I wasn’t able to elaborate much, but some more detail is that I’m unable to simply quit or take a bunch of unpaid time off. Money is beyond tight, I make $17 and some change as a CNA, and while my husband does make more than me, inflation and general cost of living is no joke. My credit is a dumpster fire after the last couple of years of medical debt and having to survive off of the available credit my husband and I do have available due to my own health issues making holding a job very difficult. I only earn a week of PTO a year, and it’s accrued over…

Anyone else feel like they get guilted into not taking breaks? I have either too much to do before I leave/sign out for the day, lose track of time, or not hungry enough to take a lunch. Nice thing is my boss is ok with me leaving/signing out early if I don't take a lunch and lets me manage my own hours for the most part as long as I'm getting my work done and still getting my 40. When I WFH though I feel guilty about taking a 15 min break a couple times throughout the day.

People at my job do not know how to take a day off. I’m so tired of people who are like “I’m off but I’ll be available and have my work phone on.” My idiot manager was taking off for his daughter’s graduation but I could still see he was active on Teams form his work phone. I’ve seen people with sick children still clocking in. I hate this mindset because it encourages new people in the department to act the same way. So for context, I am a data analyst so this doesn’t pertain to me but our department is for “fraud investigators”. They were stripped of their duties 18 months ago to help another department process applications. During a meeting, when talking about not having done their normal job duties and working overtime one of the investigators said “I’m not complaining. I don’t say ‘Why do I have…