Category: Antiwork

I do IT as my career and often get reached out by recruiters. I used to be “yes sir/maam”, because I wasn't sure how much I was worth so I didn't know how much I should ask for pay. I am by NYC area and they passed the bill where employers need to be transparent about pay and now recruiters tend to be funny about it. Earlier today I was contacted by a recruiter and he told me the firm is a Leading Global firm. I asked him how much the pay was and he came back with. “what are you asking for since the range is broad”.I replied with “$110k?” and dude come back with “thats Very high!!, how about $90K a year?!”. and then he calls me right after that email he sent and said “well, would you do $85?”. Then I told him off that even though…

I work for a company that is always wondering what people have in their currency container. Anyway, they just raised their minimum wage to $19/hr. I was already making about $20/hr this past year (20x40x52=$41,600). Between the merit and cost of living increase, it was about a 20% raise, or over $8000. So I'm making almost $50k now, which is something I did not expect to reach for another few years unless I got a promotion. I'm posting this not to brag but to remind all of you that the government says inflation is 7% but they are probably lying and it is probably more like 15%, so while my company is much better than so many other corporations, is still just barely keeping up with inflation. My company is regularly considered a great place to work, but in my position I know that despite being a top performer, one…

Today was the yearly Teams meeting that included our whole department, around 200 people. The executive running the entirety of the meeting is breaking down the numbers and bragging about how good the company did this past year, including making 30 billion dollars in revenue, opening new departments, etc. Well if we're doing so well financially as a company, why was the only semblance of a bonus throughout the entire year a 12oz tumbler with the logo on it?

Please be kind, i am having severe debilitating anxiety and i feel so alone without support. I am a high performer that has been placed in impossible situation at work. I have been running a project solo that should never been left for 1 person. My management has failed to support me in every way possible. I have been isolated and gaslit to the point of taking multiple roles and now i am trying to find a way to distance myself and eventually exit. Ive been set up to fail from day one. And even the people i onboarded cost me my time and tried to throw me under the bus to avoid doing work themselves. I am at the point of despair. I dont have many friends. My spouse is supportive but also exhausted. My manager was not supportive when i bring up leave of absence. I just need…

I’m using my phone so my apologies for any formatting errors. I am a young guy (mid 20’s) and work at a brokerage firm where I am relatively successful. I make okay-ish bordering on good money because of how much overtime I put in. I get to my office between 6:30 and 7:00 in the morning and leave my office at 7:30 in the evening so I can catch the 8 o’clock train which gets me home at roughly 8:30. I work 6 days a week because I flat out refuse to work on Saturday, and will put in between 4-6 hours on Sunday from my home office. Yesterday was the first day in MONTHS that I was in track to get home at a decent hour. I almost teared up when I deleted my last email in my inbox because I knew I would be able to catch the…