Category: Antiwork

I work as middle management at a life sciences company who did 1b in revenue last year Last week our CEO stated twice during a town hall that we are having difficulty retaining and hiring talent. He then proceeded to tell everyone “the job market is too hot right now and I don't want to compete for talent. Instead we should double down on our mission to help patients.” Wow. Just wow It's incredibly painful as a manager to hear this. Not just myself but all of my team members have been contacted by recruiters, some have left for over 50% of a bump. For him to come out and say this is basically a nail in the coffin of anyone currently at the company. We already have huge turnover rates and more than 45% of people have been with the company for less than 1 year. When will these…

I work in a big IT company in my country, and started working there about 3 months ago in HD position, I was hired as an ERP specialist. This month (February) was the end of my internship and start of my actual work Leaving aside the fact I was in the air with half the tools I needed and was in the grace of my other coworkers for most of the tickets I'm getting today was the icing on the cake. I live about two town away which is normal here, but considering I have to rely on a bus that comes every 30 minutes means that I have to “choose” either to be in work in 7:30 am or 8:00 am (the moment work start, which doesn't give me time to boot up all the systems I need to start working with) so of course, I chose getting to…

As above. Worked a small business IT shop that made residential calls. Kinda like TV repairmen but for PCs. Drive to customers' homes, work on pc or just clean it up and speed it up, collect payment, leave. I was fine with this. Left an ok job to come work for this guy as he HIRED me as a full-time employee. But that's the issue. He fucking lied. I was only being paid for the time at the appointments I was scheduled. “But drive times?” – made Less than my normal hourly rate as compensation. No actual milage, just paid for “drive times” “Was it a company car?” – No. It was my personal vehicle. “Did you have a gas card?” – No. The time I was driving was put on my paycheck, making it taxable, and losing me even more money. “Benefits?” – basically none, as I didn't make…