Category: Antiwork

I am currently on a week long vacation, and my company and manager have made me so happy. I love the culture they are developing. 1) my manager didn't ask what I was doing until my PTO was accepted and approved. 2) And then when she did ask, she gave me tons of recommendations on places to eat and things to do. She even told me if I get into trouble to let her know because she has family all throughout the area who can help me. 3) I responded to one email to confirm receipt because I was bored, and she messaged me saying I'm on vacation and not allowed to respond to any emails while on vacation. 4) I can see other members of my team picking up for me with a consistent message of, he's on vacation, don't bother him. This is what vacation should be like.…

This was 6 months ago. It was my first laboratory job out of college, and I spent 2 years there working myself like a dog for shit wages. He’s been working there for 15 years making mediocre wages, but acts like he’s a part of management. I warned him that complacency is worse than wanting more. I put my resume on indeed and got a call for a job that paid 2(1/2)X what I was earning. I’m much happier where I’m at now.

The other day I asked the new employee what she was making. She told me the boss said not to discuss it. I told her it was fine and then found out she was making a dollar more than me. I have been there longer and know more than her. Always discuss pay. She was so worried about getting in trouble if I mentioned it and asked for a raise. The next day I got a raise without asking. So now we make the same. Which is better, but I still know more. I feel like I should be paid more.

I'm just a guy with a family and I just want to be happy. My wife and I are both looking for new jobs. She had a breakdown at her high level med exec job and refused to continue. She found out that she was being paid 10.5k less than her female counterpart – who is under her and who doesn't do even close to a good job and is basically the golden child of one of the other execs. My wife is Hispanic and really believes that the toxicity she encountered in her role was a result of her ethnicity and her age. She was constantly ignored, placed out of the projects, side stepped, and given everybody else's work. She was working 70+ hours a week doing all of the other executive work and fixing all the issues. The company is filled with only white people and absolutely can't…

I work as a water technician for a small company and do usually and install a day. First let’s start off that I was lied too in my interview(shocker) about a whole bunch of things and told “we are all family here” so fast forward to a month ago I’m going on an install for some training with a guy who said he wasn’t feeling the best and it was flu season so he thought it was bronchitis he says he gets it a lot. All though i didn’t know at the time my the owner/boss knew he was sicker than that and he had been getting covid test and didn’t tell anyone of us since they are buddies. Two days later bam! I get covid and pretty bad and my other boss got it too from him. Both of us were out for a month I though i was…

I’m a certified MA and I can’t even find a job. I make more money delivering pizzas(around 4K a month)than testing people for COVID. I’m tired of people on Reddit and mainstream news saying there’s a shortage of workers but no one is willing to hire or train you.

This week is my last week of my 3-week notice. I like odd numbers and was leaving in the middle of a huge project, so didn’t want to screw over my co-workers. Anyway, today I was on-site at one of the locations the Parent Company owns, and the manager there pulled me aside and said something that just hit different. The reason why it hit is because this specific manager is one of the most beloved by everyone in the parent company, when a new location opens he’s the one they send and trust to get things operational, train the staff, and he gets along with everyone. Like when I say he’s loved its not just because of his skills, but his personality. He has little to no enemies, is a great dude. So this is how the conversation went. “So this is your last week?” “Yeah.” “Good for you…