Author: Olivia

Any other US retail workers here have a break room that just consists of some folding tables and plastic chairs, one fridge that is usually filled by second shift and half the stuff in there is probably garbage anyway, one basic microwave and one coffee pot. No TV, no radio, cell phones are of course okay so everyone just sits there on their phones not talking and it makes the whole atmosphere depressing. Most managers roll their eyes when it's time for employees to take their breaks so I'm not surprised they try to make the break rooms as uncomfortable as possible.

I'm a social worker working at a small medical center. The medical center was purchased by a large corporate outfit last fall. We used to do all this alternative medicine stuff and we were very successful at healing the disease we specialize in. Many of my clients have had a miraculous recoveries. So this large corporate outfit buys us from the original owners. The new owners are all like we're not gonna change a thing and everything will be the same. But slowly they've been changing the hours and the program structure and changing everything. More importantly one of the new staff who is from corporate left their email account open. One of the old staff hopped on the email thinking it was theirs and discovered that there was an email describing in detail their plan for turning us into just another McDonald's franchise. (Metaphorical speaking) Email described in detail…

So last Thursday I put my notice in that I will be moving on to a new workplace. My employer handled it pretty well even though I'm valued within the company. Mutual understanding and agreements were made. Another coworker of mine called and also put his two weeks in today… and when asked mentioned he would be moving on to the same place as me. Although earlier I had already been in communication with my employer and made plans about a job for tomorrow, he then messaged me asking me not to come in tomorrow with a thanks at the end… seems like he's taking it out on me when my coworkers departure was by no means influenced or put upon him. He made his own decision as I made mine. Thoughts?

I just need to rant for a second. This was my final straw and I’m ready to just quit. So I work 2 jobs. I work in the morning as a receptionist for my one job and a waitress at night for my 2nd job. My waitressing job I get paid very well and the benefits are great. The reason why I’m not full time at the restaurant though is because it’s exhausting and I know I’d be too burned out going full time. Hence why I have my secondary job. The problem with this secondary job is the manager over there. They don’t seem to understand why I don’t want to dedicate my life over to the place and don’t realize how exhausting it is to work two jobs. They are constantly asking me to come in on my one and only days off. It’s also annoying to have…

Just a simple question — is there (any more, nowadays) such a thing as a job which CAN actually be performed under normal circumstances? Like, during “regular” work hours with a “normal” level of human effort, can all job-requirements be finished? I wish this were merely a rhetorical question, but, I have to admit that, for me personally, I've NEVER been able to do my job at all. So, one reason I'm sympathetic with the /r/antiwork movement is simply, that I've never been able to finish. My work has always been like 20 times as much as any normal human could complete. So there's this ridiculous double-bind — either you (a) speed up so much that you do such shoddy work that you're embarrassed by it and your bosses can really honestly say you aren't doing good work, or you (b) skip doing things and your bosses can honestly say…