Author: Olivia

My manager is considering moving me to a salaried role that's only about $1,000 a year more than I make now, but I have a feeling I'd have to work WAY more than $1,000 worth of unpaid overtime, since all the other salaried employees work 60-70 hours a week. Do worker rights change when moving from hourly to salaried?

do they expect me to learn everything properly within the first week?

Hello r/antiwork community, I'm a long-time lurker here, and to be clear, I’m a Marxist myself. For quite some time, I've been a member of a pretty large Libertarian Facebook group with the aim of fostering open dialogue, challenging preconceived notions, and bridging ideological gaps (and have been able to change some minds), and of course the occasional trolling. An interesting “opportunity” has presented itself. The admin of this Libertarian group has expressed an interest in organizing a live debate with a mod from r/antiwork. The purpose of the debate would be to discuss our respective views on work, labor rights, and economic systems, among other related topics. Ideally, we would love to have a mod represent the r/antiwork community, since that was the request of the libertarian group admin (and given their deep understanding of our principles and issues). However, if the mods aren't interested or available, the invitation…

My boss is very greedy. He's proven it by saying if I clock in before my start time even by 1 minute, it adds up and costs him, but will then round down if I work 9am to 905 pm it's be 12 hrs. Those 5 mins go bye bye. Anyway, since he's such a stickler about making his money, and how when I'm on the clock his work is my number 1 priority, can I not answer his texts when I'm at home? My family is my number 1 priority when I'm home, so It doesn't feel right that he can interrupt that but I get in trouble if my wife calls or texts when I'm at work.

I recently got hired at a bank that only pays 15 an hour and they make me work not only 9 to 5 M to F but also Saturday from 9 to 1. I get it’s a shorter shift on Saturday but still I don’t care if it’s a one hour shift on Saturday I need 2 days off in a row to recover.

Hello reddit! I need some advice. I just started a new job last week and we have meetings M-W that are supposed to be from 4 to 5 PM (on zoom, mix of remote workers and in-office, I am in-office). Inevitably, the meetings go late (maybe until 5:15pm) which I know is not a big deal in the scheme of things but I get to work on time and expect to leave on time (workday is 830-5). I’ve been told by other employees that this is normal. From my limited time here, I get the impression that there is a hustle culture and that a lot of employees have no issues staying late. For example, today there were 30 people in the meeting. At 5 pm, maybe 5 people signed off, and by 5:10 there were 20 people. So, some people leave but as you can see a lot don’t.…

does anyone else experience feeling bad or guilty or anxious for calling out of a shift? How do others deal with it? I feel like we have been trained as a society and by authority figures to feel bad or scared for calling out of work, even starting as early as elementary with being praised for having perfect attendance, because we’re taught that people who call out are ‘being lazy’. For context, I just got back from an overseas trip and my flights were really delayed coming back into my city, causing my plan for an adequate recovery to adjust for fatigue and jet lag before work to be thrown away. So I figured I would just call in for one day, I’m just experiencing feeling like I am being ‘lazy’ and maybe I should just ‘force myself’ to go.

I hate when jobs say they want a “professional appearance. First off, what does that even mean? I had an interviewer tell me if I was hired I'd need to change my hair color. It's red. It's not even a crazy shade of red, it's just obvious that it's not my natural hair color so of course it's “unprofessional” even though red is a natural color. The thought that I have to change the color of my hair in order to earn a living rubs me the wrong way. It's not like I showed up to the interview with neon orange or lime green hair. Also the fact that I have to flat iron the crap out of my hair for an hour before any interview or I look like a crazy lady since my hair is naturally very curly and frizzy. And I know that's not considered “professional”. So…