Category: Antiwork

That happened a few months ago. I'll give you a background story. I started higher education as a florist in a flower shop in Zurich. I already knew my boss because he is my aunt's boyfriend. At the beginning he was super nice to me but then everything went downhill very quickly. He interfered in my private life and told me not to post pictures on Instagram (the pictures were normal and not inappropriate). He was constantly criticizing and putting me down. I quickly went from being a passionate florist to a depressed florist who hates her job. I got severe depression and was close to ending it all. One day he attacks me again. He takes me to his office. I knew then that there would be drama again. He asked me “Are you okay?” and I honestly told him that I was about to end my life. I…

I've just finished my MA in International Relations, specializing in Human Rights at my country's top university. I got into serious debt because of it since my father, who was ordered by the court to cover my expenses, refused to do so but I didn't have money for a lawyer so I couldn't do anything about it. And now all the effort that went into getting my degree seems to be so pointless as I can't find a job. I started applying to jobs during my last semester so that I could have a job once I'm done with university. Obviously, to no avail. I have applied to more positions than I can count. One was an internship at a research institute and after jumping through their hoops of interviews and tests, I got an e-mail from them saying they would like to hire me and then we discussed the…

Quite often there are posts here lauding the success of leaving crap companies after bad situations. More often than not these end so I quit and found a better job and my life improved so much. This is probably the bias from this sub towards sticking it to management but I'd love to hear some realistic stories of when it hasn't gone so well? Maybe you wish you'd stuck it out and reached a conclusion with HR? If you found getting a new job very hard? Just a bit of grounding would be fantastic!

I'm at wits end, I resigned last week but they convinced me to stay. IT Helpdesk role. I started at about $36k CAD 3 years ago, I'm now paid $42.8k CAD. Glassdoor says with high confidence 20+ salaries provided, the average for my role is $55k with 75% making $60k bonuses up to $3500, but my best bonus was $750. I mentioned this during our talks, they said they can't talk about compensation while I've resigned. I come back to work on Monday. This is a top 5 bank here in Canada. I'm building a LinkedIn, renewing my resume and applying to places over the weekend. ​ I don't mind this job, if I'm paid fairly. I thought I might be underpaid but I didn't think it was this.

My daughter’s girlfriend has been interviewing for retail jobs. She applied to a sporting goods store that advertised a Monday to Friday full time position. In the end, she was offered part time, maximum 20 hours per week, no guaranteed minimum. When she asked if another candidate got the full time position, she was told that no such position was on offer, to anyone.