Author: Olivia

Hi, so I work for a relatively small company who has had record profits this past year. During our reviews, they told us they were giving everyone an $x/hr raise. Of course, after the first people heard this, it was pretty common knowledge throughout the whole place. So I went into my review expecting to hear that as well. Which I did. Except that instead of giving me the full raise now, I was given half now with the expectation of getting a promotion later in the year (that last year I was told would be given during this year's review, but that's a whole other thing) and getting the second half when (if), I got the promotion. On the one hand, assuming that's at least 12 weeks between, and I work 40 hours each week, that's at least 480 hours that I'm losing out on half the raise because…

Hello, I am planning to resign. Mostly because of my poor mental health and this is maybe my last chance to receive unemployment benefits (I want kids in few years). I want to take a break and figure out my health, but the idea of looking for a new job scares me a lot. My selfesteem is really low. I just hope that the psychiatrist will help me. Also I can’t change things that bothers me in my current job, it is mostly about my clients and because I know that other clients of our company aren’t any better. Sometimes I think I'm dealing with pettiness. Am I doing wrong decision? Did you take such a break? Thank you for any comment.

I was looking for a job as helpdesk for the past two weeks, one jobsite was really nice but they are taking some time to tell me if I am in or not. In the meantime, a factory I made an interview like a month ago offered me a job as a helpdesk with a lot of travel (not the good kind) a lot more responsibility, worse schedule and definetely a bad option over the first one. This offer arrived past friday. I politely asked them that I needed this week to organize myself and leave my old job etcetera. (And win more time to let the first cool guys to contact me). Well. This monday the factory people called me in a mean way telling me that I had to decide of they will move to another candidate. (Lets remember they took a month to contact me). I told…

I am a salaried worker, I recently was in the hospital for a week and I am not able to go in to the office for another week. I am still expected to answer my phone, deal with all staffing issues, keep up on my email and go to any virtual meetings. They will not pay me for any of my time because I am not in office and able to perform 100% of my job so I have refused to do any of what they have asked. I normally put in 50-60 hours a week, I am on call 24-7, not allowed to go anywhere more than an hour away unless it is scheduled vacation time and I don't get paid any extra for that, how come if I miss time I don't get paid at all? One would think that when they tell you that your pay is…

I see a lot of posts saying leave your job, you will get much better pay elsewhere and I was really encouraged by that. So when my job offered me an .80 cent raise after two years of pay freeze and working my ass off I told them to eff off in the nicest way possible and that I’d be looking elsewhere. Luckily, I am in a position where they cannot fire me and I kind of have them “by the balls”. I have a fairly stacked resume and have been in management since I was 18 and am now in my 30s. I also have a college degree and I’m I think my experience stacks up well against what’s out there…start ups/Saas/KPI development etc. The thing is, I’m getting almost 0 bites to the TONS of applications I’m putting in and it’s doing a NUMBER on my mental health.…

Hi, antiwork, I used an unplanned PTO day today. Do you ever feel unable to do the daily performance that is work? jg

I work in Talent Acquisition and made a lot of personal sacrifices to get here. I worked through temp agencies, did overnight warehouse jobs as an undergraduate. Got dumped by my ex wife mainly because I was too busy. Worked as a mover in grad school while going through divorce and started off working professionally as a paralegal. Now I am a middle talent acquisition manager who got here after 5 years grinding in recruitment. Don't you just hate when a colleague or higher up treat your work as if it's not important? You know… that client you worked so hard to schedule a meeting with only for the other colleague who is supposed to join to ask about cancelling or rescheduling last minute for whatever reason. What about that thing you worked so hard to put together only for a higher up to shut it down or for Accounting/Finance…