Category: Antiwork

TLDR- in a brand new workplace I’ve found my workmates and I to be very compatibly pro-labor and committed to creating a good work environment. I and four others were just hired to open a new store in my city (another two exist in a city a few thousand miles away). The boss has a ton of other commitments/businesses so for our first two days of work, they just left us alone to clean/organize/prep the new space. Well y’all it’s day fucking two and I love this crew. Our hourly is what it is because we will receive approx 30% of our total earnings in tips but for now we are doing 2-3 weeks of work before the store can open and therefore cannot receive any tips. We discussed strategies for collectively negotiating a temporary pay raise for this time along with a plan to negotiate a revision to our…

I REALLY hope this pic isn't a repost, and if it is, I sincerely apologize. I've been in IT for a long time now, and I've learned the hard way that any real raise (like anything over 3%/yr) or a noticeable promotion tends to require a job/company change. It sucks. I could go off on a VERY long rant about hiring practices and employee treatment in IT, but I'll stick to the pic here for now. I just left a VERY good company who preached “family first” and talked a big game about how well they treat their employees, but after being on-call 24/7/365 for 2.5 yrs (and believe me, they got every ounce out of me that they could….nights, holidays, even date nights with the wife) I just wanted a little more…just a little. I wanted to recover at least some of the MASSIVE pay cut I took to…

My wife is required to tell her boss that. They expect it to take her three minutes to walk across the store, use the restroom qnd walk back. Is that legal? Edit: small mom and pop store. The manager telling her this has hired numerous friends and children of hers. My wife is the only one being spoke to

I’ve been with my company for three years and stayed through the pandemic and huge staffing changes. I’ve been an extremely loyal employee. Last week, we had a blizzard and I even walked to the store to turn on the faucet and check for leaks two days in a row when I was asked by my boss. I lived close so no big deal (I wasn’t compensated btw). After reading this sub- I decided to get a new job that’s remote so I won’t have to be on my feet. I’m disabled and have ADA accommodations for the 10 hour a day standing customer service position I was in. Anyways- I wrote a thorough and thoughtful letter of resignation stating my last day of employment would be March 1st. I even made sure to explain with an entire paragraph all the things I loved about the store and teared up…

I’m hoping someone might have some tips for me, and if I’m posting to the wrong community I apologize. I’m pregnant with our first child, and I never dreamed I would be working while pregnant. I have to, though. We just don’t have it like that. I received a job offer, and having gotten a lot of guidance from the people of r/antiwork about questions to ask in interviews, red flags (we’re like family here, fast paced environment etc.), how to slow down at work, how to document interactions, and so much more—- I am satisfied with the pay and environment. The one thing is that I will not have any legal protections when I have the baby this summer. I’m fairly certain I’m not entitled to FMLA, or maternity leave because I will not have accumulated the hours. I also live in dumbass Arizona (Phoenix area). What would you…

I've been working as a machine operator for a small (no union/HR) manufacturing company for almost 4 ½ years and my total tenure for this company is around 6 ½ years. Today, I asked my production line partner to give a note I wrote explaining politely what problem I'm having with the machine to either the foreman or the owner. I usually NEVER do this but did this time because I wanted to avoid getting falsely accused of something verbally and didn't want my presence to aggravate them. My partner comes back and tells me the owner wasn't happy with the note. 5-10 minutes pass and the owner comes storming to the back of the warehouse and starts yelling, “DO WE WORK FOR YOU!? twice. I look at him confused and say, “huh?”. He then proceeds to call me a fcking ignorant ashole, tells me to use my words and…

I quit my job January 24. Full time employee for 2 years and acquired 104 hours of PTO. In the weeks leading up to the 24th I put in my two weeks and worked my scheduled shift while using 72 hours of PTO to cover and prep some days for the new job. Flash forward to today and I'm missing 32 hours of pay. They have not sent any check in the mail and calling HR has resulted in nothing. 2 calls leaving a detailed message and they've yet to get back to me regarding my 32 hours of earned PTO. It doesn't seem right and they are seemingly avoiding me. I contacted my old manager and she refused to help me fix the issue saying I should just contact HR because she's too busy. She's too busy running a retail store that has no traffic in the winter months??…