Category: Antiwork

Currently trying to evaluate where I am at both personally and professionally. I know I am leaving this job at some point. Could be next week and could be next year. Covid and lockdown and family health and personal health has put a lot into perspective for me and priorities have changed. Trying to understand if it's just the job or if I am ready to move on from the field entirely. Looking forward to hearing your experiences and seeing any commonalities and differences other folks may have had in their job/field. For those curious, I work in natural resources management/environmental monitoring. I am married but have no kids. I am in my early 40s. My wife is supportive of whatever path I choose. Don't want to get any more specific than that.

Currently trying to evaluate where I am at both personally and professionally. I know I am leaving this job at some point. Could be next week and could be next year. Covid and lockdown and family health and personal health has put a lot into perspective for me and priorities have changed. Trying to understand if it's just the job or if I am ready to move on from the field entirely. Looking forward to hearing your experiences and seeing any commonalities and differences other folks may have had in their job/field. For those curious, I work in natural resources management/environmental monitoring. I am married but have no kids. I am in my early 40s. My wife is supportive of whatever path I choose. Don't want to get any more specific than that.

I'm a mechanic and my industry is the worst trade there is. Our pay structure is terrible the whole flat rate system use to benefit the fast techs and good techs but now you have to be a cocaine addict to be fast enough to make hours. I'm chasing hours rather then making hours. The labor times go down every year. Theirs no regular maintenance items to bulk our hours anymore. I'm selling snakeoil services just to make some hours and I hate it. I don't want to sell something that does nothing just to make hours. Warranty times is even worse lower labor times and no time to do the job properly. No one makes enough hours doing Warranty. It's frustrating and my boss just makes it worse. Thanks for reading my ranting it's been a day. I only flagged .30 hours today cus I'm getting my ass handed…

So a management position opened up in the same department that I work for. I spoke with the head of the department and shared my interest because I felt my experience and skills would translate well. (For context I am the third most seasoned person in the department and have earned the respect from everyone including the managers). That conversation went about little over an hour and the HoD also agreed I would make a good fit and said he would get with HR. Two weeks go by and informs me that I will be promoted to the new manager position and has even made announcement to the department. For about a week I meet with my new manager and with my new team members and get acquainted with the new position. However, the issue is throughout this entire time was an offer ever made to me regarding new salary.…

No, I don’t want to document my successes and my challenges. No, I don’t care about customer surveys. No, I don’t give a shit about any “development” whatsoever. I’m not invested in the business. I’m well aware I’m a peon working for a multibillion dollar company so don’t pretend like you care about me caring about my development. That is all.

TW: miscarriage First off, I work at a non-profit. I have spent most of my professional career working for nonprofits. Except one gap year. I choose to work for them because I need an impactful mission. I’m not paid well. Most nonprofits make this up in benefits to retain employees. Next week, my organization has off only Tuesday, July 4. I realize this is the only federal holiday. But I also realize, I have a masters degree yet have opted to dedicate most of my waking hours to this organization. This alone wouldn’t be a problem, but vacation time is also comical. I receive less than half what I received in my first nonprofit job, and previous to this had unlimited time off. As such, I have no time to take off around the holiday. To add insult to injury, the CEO harps on and on about take your time,…

Turned out to be just a 8 week interview – what a waste of time!!!! My son graduated HS in early June. The last 2 months of school, he did a 8 week internship, 1 x a week, 90 minute sessions. They did interview skills and other job prep/team skills. I told my son to be on time and if he took this on that he would probably miss a couple of track meets. He was pumped and excited thinking that he made some solid connections with the recruiters. This LOCAL company only gave him a Zoom interview. My son was recognized by the school FB page for finishing the Blank Internship Program After 2 weeks the Blank Firm gave him a job offer…………32 hours making minimum wage. He called and said that he was starting college and doing summer school, 32 hours could not happen, could they work with…

I want to live off grid and homestead but it’s gonna take time to get that working. Until then I’m trapped in this grind cycle. I have to work to qualify for housing. I have interviews lined up and there’s a part of me that wants to scream and cry at the idea of being worked to near death again