Category: Antiwork

I have been working since I got my first car (16) and have been in the work force for over 25 years. I remember my first job fondly, I looked forward to it. I was lucky and grateful enough that I never fell behind on any bills or on the brink of homeless.. so every job I took I was able to choose with consideration. I love working. It's made me a stronger, better (relatively) person, grew my brain, learned a lot, boosted my creativity, but over time with the change in work culture and toxic society, I realized it is not the work that I despise, it's just the people. Put me on a project all day everyday and I would do it. Put me in a job that required inense labor, that's ok too. No problem. The moment I run into insane, mentally ill co-workers, deranged bosses, toxic…

Tomorrow I have an interview for a sales job. ​ Right now I'm out of work . So I'm probably going to just take the job, and if they offer the rate advertised quit and find something better. ​ However the rate they offer for commission is significantly lower than my previous employers. Do you guys have any suggestions for talking points / way to approach this? ​ I'm afraid if I'm too direct I won't get the job, but I need income.

He asked why. I said, “Because I hate this place, and I want to burn it down.” He skipped out for the lunch rush on Monday and Tuesday. Yesterday, he was here, but he only jumped on the line for about fifteen minutes, and fucked everything up. Today, he showed up at 1:00 and said something snarky about us being out of Alfredo sauce. I do more work than he does. ETA I just saw the error in the title. Please cut me some slack, as I am in a murderous rage.

My boyfriend who works with me, over heard my coworkers conversation on the phone with her mother. She Jass the phone on speaker phone and her mother called me a bitch. My boyfriend was in the room and told me after. Now I feel extremely uncomfortable working with her. What can I do to be moved away from her?

I (26F) worked my ass off since high school to get my BA in psych and a degree in Mortuary science. Now I'm a licensed funeral director and embalmer and I detest it. I hate being an FD, I emotionally and mentally cannot handle the stress and the people. I can feel myself breaking but I set up thos amazing life around my pay and now I can't afford a pay cut. I thought I made my dreams come true but I developed a nightmare. I really wanna work from home but I can't find anything… Any life or career advice would be lovely atm… My antidepressants aren't cutting it right now…. TIA

Hi, I'm using a throwaway account but for a very serious question. I live in the Detroit area and am about to negotiate a manager position salary with a Fortune 500 company. It's my first career management position. I probably would have accepted $150K before last year's inflation, which increased all my expenses 20-60% (including my property taxes!) But I'm certain they'll offer me around $140K anyway, despite raising their prices 20% last year. Should I hold out for $170-180K, especially with a Fortune 500 company? Or am I kidding myself? Any thoughts on this are welcome.

Ok this post may seem to come across some venting and it is from myself but I am sure others may relate… I have been at same company for 17 years I love what I do! I had a car for years and drove to work happily ever after with minimal traffic as Brampton was not populated as it is now. I moved to a condo five years before the pandemic hit with awesome transit going south and north took me just half hour to get work same as driving pretty much. Now with the loads of population increase you wait forever to get on an empty bus! Everyone worked from home during pandemic i got a great life work balance very awesome i loved it and others in my work did too. As soon as the pandemic hit the RTO started and those who could afford to quit did…

I want to preface by saying that I know the default advice is going to be “move on from this company, they obviously don’t have their shit together” and I get that. I wish I had other opportunities that I could fall back on but realistically, I don’t. I have been applying in intervals for the last year now. There are weeks I pump out 40+ applications and corresponding cover letters, and there are weeks I can only bring myself to do 1 or 2. Regardless, this is the second company to ever follow up with more than a “we went with other applicants” email, and the only one that I got to a zoom interview for. I’m qualified and a very hard worker, not that any of the places I apply for would ever find out. I received an invitation to a screening call for a company a bit…