Well, I was in an unpopular opinion commenting and suddenly start getting downvoted. Well, my opinion is unpopular so sure. I get it. But then, someone points out that I’m subscribed to r/anti work and starts saying that people on this sub are all unemployed softies. People who don’t want to work. It’s quite disappointing that this is the attitude they have towards us. I don’t understand. I’m literally just here because I don’t want to be paid minimum wage, not because I’m unemployed. It doesn’t even matter if you are. I’ve always worked at least a part time or something until I could find a full time. So calling me lazy and I don’t know what else is unfair. These people literally don’t want you to complain about working at all because they want you to suck your boss’ dick. Do I have to give in and subordinate myself…
Category: Antiwork
A Redditor on /r/askUK was wondering if they were legally protected after their boss demanded they come into work in spite of the Met Office (UK weather service) issuing a “danger to life” warning for this week's stormy weather. Thankfully, they don't seem to have gone in (not that they could when public transport was cancelled) and now I'm more curious to know how managers like this are allowed to keep their jobs after asking workers to risk their lives. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskUK/comments/suyoyt/red_danger_for_life_weather_warnings_and_work/ people do die in storms in the UK, and whilst it's not common, and not many do, a company should NEVER be allowed to ignore a government-backed safety warning. I hear this sort of thing all the time (endless breaking of COVID regulations spring immediately to mind) and it's about time managers realised that they're lucky anybody comes in at all for the pay they offer; and this sort…
I asked how much a job paid and they said they wouldn’t tell me before the interview. THEN they said I would have to take an online assessment, in person assessment and meet with HR, payroll and their office manager. They called it my “interview itinerary.” LOL. I’m sorry but are they out of their damn minds? Or am I out of touch? This is an entry level front desk position.
Had to come into work today despite UK red alert weather warning. I work in community care with our own bus drivers. Drivers protested and did not want to drive in storm but they were made to still drive to pick up clients and bring them to centre. When arrived a huge tree fell on four of our buses damaging front windows breaking glass etc, I and a few clients were still in one of the buses and were trapped in for half an hour luckily unharmed physically. When we got out I was made to call all clients families and they were then sent home – due to safety and severe weather, but we (staff) were told we were not allowed to go home despite branches flying everywhere and our huge weak windows which could break and covid bubbles/ zones mixing as upstairs was too “unsafe”. Staff protested and…
As I am writing this. My boss told me to do something and I told him it wont work because x y and z . He stood there watching me as I try to put a 10 pound shit into a 5 pound bag. Then he just left and I’m just standing here like “wtf am I’m suppose to do here”. Or in a other company I used to work for. I told them that their decision will cause issue in the future then when that issue prop up. They ask “ how did this happen “ 🤦️ anyone else deals with shit like this on a daily basis ?
His company provide services for customers to deal with banks… There are several banks here, he supports 5, he wanted me to do one more. I told him ok, but I will take a 1 week vacation and he will pay me for this job as freelancer, he said ok. I said the price, he agreed. But he regretted his decision because he thought it was going to be hard and I would spend my whole vacation doing this when the code is already there, I only have to make a few changes, that will take me less than a day. so he said to me that I should write new code, even if it does exactly what the other does. I am speacheless…
I had an interview recently for an inside sales position, after which I received an invitation for a second interview. That’s a good sign, I thought to myself. When I attended the second interview, it was to inform me they decided to do away with the position I applied to (which had a base salary plus commission opportunities), but instead wanted to offer the position as commission only if the higher-ups approved. The whole thing felt kinda bait-and-switchy, so I didn’t continue any further with them, but was wondering how common this was, if anybody else had experienced something similar.
I quit my job in August of last year after a serious mental break and a real look around at what this career was doing to me. For eight months, I've been hustling to find a job but the only offer I got was… for the same thing I was doing before but for slightly more money. The kicker though is that although I fought tooth and nail for a semi-reasonable shift, I'm now being told that might not be possible and they may be randomly assigned me to another shift like 4 in the morning on weekends. This is not an exaggeration either. It's literally an option. I told my recruiter that I would quit if I had to work that and now she's trying to pressure me into “trying it for a few weeks, just to see how it goes” and that “it would look great on a…