Author: Olivia

Hello redditors, here's a true story: A year ago, I was searching for a job. As I’m a programmer, and I can work anywhere, I was searching for remote work, but I ended up only finding an office job far away from home. The job wasn’t bad, I had been in worse places, but I still dreamed about remote working. After six months, I was a bit tired of having to go to the office, and I asked for remote working (they still do remote when somebody has COVID). My employer, which is also the boss (as it’s a small business), didn’t want me to remote working, but never gave a clear reason; just “it wasn’t convenient”. Well, as I do not accept “no because no” as an answer, I tested my boss two months later (the months to add realism): “My parents and I (I still live with my…

Hello everyone! So as the title states, I am currently a salaried employee making around $49k a year. I work in the hospitality industry and my directors and HR have stated that the expectation is to work 50 hours a week. Because of this, I basically get paid the same as a supervisor in my department. If I were being paid as a supervisor in my department and worked 50 hours a week, I’d make around $52k a year with OT included. So needless to say, I am frustrated. Also, if I were to take an extra day off and have 3 days off, I have to utilize my PTO even though I am still working 40 hours that week. When I was initially hired, I was told that there were days that we would leave later and there were going to be slow days where I could leave early.…

I have been increasingly feeling this existential dread. I’m stuck in this exploitative system that bleeds you dry every chance it gets. My life isn’t even mine. I wake up, work for 12 hours, commute for another hour, sleep. All for not much more than a roof over my head and food in my stomach. I don’t even have a car, health insurance, or a retirement plan and I’m still on the verge of living pay check to paycheck. How can I keep this up for 40 years? More possibly with inflation eating my savings and no retirement plan in sight. Trying to see the positives but could really use some insight and guidance on how to escape this cycle.

Hello Antiwork Community, I was recently fired from my first job after only 5 months, but that's not the main focus of this post. I'm torn between stating (on my CV) that I'm still currently employed or acknowledging that I left the job. I don't know what to write on my CV, should I say that I'm still working or that I ended work on my behalf (it's only been 5 months of work)? ​ Say (lie) on my CV: Still working at my current job. If I say that I'm still working, potential employers might not want to contact my previous employer to avoid compromising my current work. However, they may later find out that I lied and could face repercussions, including being fired again. ​ Say: Stopped working on my behalf on XX/XXXX. On the other hand, if I state that I stopped working at my previous job,…

I was a good performing employee for the first 6 months of my time there until my relationship with one of my managers reached a breaking point. Basically, I had boundaries and she hated that. She’s also super disorganized with no accountability and I don’t respect her as a professional. But she has charm and converted upper management against me. Workplace mobbing and bullying started a month ago at least. Then all of a sudden the bullying stopped and they became nice. I sat with my two managers yesterday and was put on performance improvement plan. They listed a bunch of nonsense. How likely will I be fired at the end of it? They didn’t mention what will happen at the end but it’s pretty much not doable to meet their bullshit expectations in 9 days.

I recently got a job that was advertised as WFH. I asked in the interview as well, and they confirmed. They had requirements about my wifi speed, so I arranged for an upgrade. They also said I need space for three monitors, so I bought a new desk. Also, I just did all my summer clothing shopping and I did not buy any office attire because I was told I will not need any. I am a student so I have a limited number of business formal outfits. Now I am told to meet in the office on my first day “as I will be working from there”. This may mean I am working there for my first day/week which I don’t mind, but I took this job because it was WFH. My last job was on-site and I had trouble eating healthily and I got major burnout from masking…