Category: Antiwork

I am a full-time exempt employee where I work in Michigan. I'm trying to figure out what my rights are regarding calling in as a salaried employee. Last week I called in on Monday, worked Tuesday through Thursday, then had Friday scheduled off with PTO. Do I have to use PTO for the call-in on Monday to get my full salary, or can I be docked pay if I don't use it? Thanks so much for any help!

I've been at my job for 12 years. I feel as if I am already under paid and over worked. We have consistently made over double our revenue from last year, and we're up from before the pandemic happened as well. I was approached 2 years ago to take on more and that fell through. I was then approached again last summer. They hired me an assistant so I can have free time to focus on the extra tasks they wanted. I asked at the beginning of this year if that promotion was still on the table, they said yes, I'm starting to train for it, and yet I'm expected to do this for free until our regular review time. I'm not sure how to feel about this. The problem is every single time anyone brings up compensation to my boss he flips out and points out every wrong you…

I never thought I'd be on a subrredit like this. I'm not antiwork per say, I'm just against abusing workers and overworking them to the point where they feel stressed out and borderline suicidal. Not saying I'm on that stage yet but I feel like I'm almost there. A little bit of background: I'm not from USA. I'm from the Eastern part of Africa, a small country called Seychelles and I'm currently working as a Junior Journalist. I had the appetite the first time I joined, fire within me. After I got a better understanding of the toxic (I hate using this work because I feel like it's being overused) work environment. Eventually the fire died out and I left. Unemployed and not making money, I wanted to upgrade to a PS5 badly, so I went back to the company. I was semi-honest with them, saying right now it's all…

I think it’s a conditioning thing I really need to get out of. But I graduated in a tech subject a couple of years ago after working in care for over a decade. Care is pretty poorly paid with long hours and no benefits. So I am used to pretty shoddy treatment… but it’s why I decided to retrain. I have worked in my current tech job for just under a year and got approached by a rival company. They offered 25% more money and better benefits plus remote working. I can’t logically turn it down. I had to quit my current post today. I felt huge amounts of guilt over it. My boss was obviously disappointed but says he understood and they were going to advertise my post ASAP. I need to condition myself to worry about companies less.