Category: Antiwork

Hi all, I am a 23F working for a Fortune 500 company. I do data entry along with a plethora of other things in my job. Every month we have a report sent to us showing our “error ratio” (how many errors we made divided by our productivity). In October, my error ratio was below our departments standard because of a system failure that is no fault of my own. I asked if that months errors could be tossed out because of the system failure; they told me no, and I got written up for it. Now I watch each month go by with crippling anxiety that I am going to get another write up, despite how hard I work. This job is chipping away at my soul. The amount of daily pep talks I have to give myself is insane. “This job does not define my worth” is a…

Today, I handed in my 3 week's notice to the job that made me so stressed I got health problems. I'll be working at a job where they hired me right at the end of my interview, for significantly higher pay and a higher role. Everyone in my life is congratulating me. I've been crying since I got home. The curriculum I developed at my soon-to-be-ex job was something I poured my heart and soul into. I love nature, I loved getting to manage a garden, I love teaching kids about the world around them! I loved getting to play a big role in the community. I loved the kids. My one manager said it was “inevitable that someone as talented as [me]” would want to leave the organization in search of bigger things. But it really wasn't. I could've done this job forever. It's been the stress and disorganization…