Category: Antiwork

A few of my collegues have privately discussed their pay rates. (Forbidden I know.) They have offered me to know as well but I feel like if I know my rate is lower or on par with most of them, I would feel demotivated and would have harder time doing the specialized position I do. If it was higher than most of my colleagues and they would know, I feel like they would be more sensitive to the portion of work hours I tend to not focus on work related stuff and I would feel more watched. I have nevertheless agreed for a snip of a information and was let known our boss is telling everyone in private they make more than most of the team, which has proven to be straight out lie after they figured each other’s rates. Even the one making the lowest has been told she…

The difference between working 30 hrs a week and 40 hrs a week comes out to $150, after taxes & deductions. I honestly could go without that $150 a week but I need full time for the insurance. I have huge deductions for the insurance but a super low medical out-of-pocket max/deductible. I also hit the deductible in April so this year have been getting excellent healthcare. I don't know what my point really. I'd just rather be working 30 hours a week and slightly poorer. With enough free time I can maximize my hobbies, exercise, personal growth, family time, volunteering, and just all sorts of cost-free things. I wish 40 hours wasn't necessary.

I’m legitimately losing my mind. r/resumes has helped me, I’ve paid for my resume to be looked over by multiple experts, I got my A+ certification, I’ve applied at over 5,000 jobs and I’m being denied for an entry level job, because I’m not qualified? What the fuck am I supposed to do?

I work in a large warehouse. Warehouses generally don't run worth a shit, but as long as the money is flowing, nobody bothers fixing anything. One example: there is an area that's probably 120 sq. ft. We pick parts for orders and drop them off here. It's divided into two sections with even # bays on this side, odd # bays on that side. The system will have us drop off an order at bay 8, then bay 5…so you drive your equipment (or some people are on foot) around to the other side to drop off. Then the system has you go to bay 4…. other side, then bay 5 again… other side. You might have 10 to 12 drop-offs at a time. It's fucking ridiculous, but despite everyone complaining about how fucking stupid and inefficient it is, leadership just shrugs and says “yeah, oh well.” AND the fucking…

Some things at work have been a bit strange and sort of power abuse by the supervisor there have been instances and many moments where things just didn’t add up recently when ever we finish work early they tell us to not leave even though they make us clock out I’m fairly new to the job almost a month in but last week after most of us were done with our work we logged off and got ready to leave but then we got a message saying do not leave or you will be written up and lose steps( steps= an attendance thing that’s done and you lose a step for every day you call off and you get fired if you reach 0 you start at 3 )but long story short they made us clean up around the place even though we were clocked out, it felt wrong on…

Here in California I hear constantly about the staffing shortages in the healthcare arena. I’m here to say that this is absolute BS, and that it is, in fact, a self-inflicted crisis. I am an experienced (16 years) paramedic who finally had enough and decided to get off the ambulance. I’m experienced as an educator, preceptor and field training officer with quite a few extra certifications to my name, and I thought that it would be easy to find a job with one of the several hospitals in my area. I hear constantly that they don’t have enough techs in any number of areas (ER, tele, surgery, anesthesia etc.) and figured I’d be a shoo-in for any one of those jobs, particularly because I’m fairly well known and well regarded. Yet here I am, seven months later, still trying to find a job. I’m fortunate that my partner is able…

owner of my job (franchise, food) just told everyone he is not increasing pay even though minimum wage went up on the 30th in my state. he says it's because we are tipped employees, so we're technically already getting $2 above tipped minimum wage… mind you our tips are shared and have never even reached $2 per hour. this is sick and twisted. i am trying to figure out if it's even legal

So I'm from the UK and I saw a post on here talking about how $15 is to low for living. $15 would be £12.49. And that is very liviable here. That would get you £1998 a month on full time Rent – £400-£900 Food – £300 (no alcohol or premade food included) Internet – £30 Phone – £12 Car insurance – £50-£100 Utility – £100-£200 Petrol – £100 Gym – £25 Health insurance – free (even if it's bad) University – free Savings – £331 (assuming the most for all options) It's not the most for saving but it's very livable. These are my bills and I don't live in a big city so it will varey but still.

If someone is willing to learn and doesn't have a lot going for them, why does ambition for a job that is short term or my development socially matter? Not interested in sitting with the popular kids.

I am now back at my old job as CNA, for which the pay is okay. Now and then we'll work 12-hour shifts sporadically, just as long we get 36 hours in total. At first, it didn't seem like a bad idea… until our schedule creator decided to have me do 4 twelve-hour shifts in a row without warning. After the 3rd night, I started to get angry at co-workers who were downright lazy. Some of them would pass off tasks to others, such as myself, while some would sleep on the med floor. It was due to this that the majority of the nurses and patients had asked me to do certain tasks. Things like this have been reported to the higher staff many times… but they're so desperate for CNA's that they keep them. When I went to them about it, I told them the truth, that I…