Category: Antiwork

I’m salaried and already work over 40 hours a week. They are constantly saying that we should only be working 40 hours a week, but then completely contradict it with their actions and sometimes even their words. I’m going to be out of office, which I rarely am, Monday through Wednesday of next week(one of the days being July 4th a federal holiday) and my boss asked if I could skip lunch on Friday to possibly be able to get more working time in since I’ll be OOO til Thursday. No task in particular already lined up that needs to be done, but just planning ahead to work through my lunch I guess? It’s just so annoying to work for a place that problem solves by asking their employees to skip lunches and work extra hours. Why can’t my boss or other leaders step up to interview people? To be…

https://collinstreet.com/blog/the-sandy-jenkins-embezzlement-scandal To me it looks like a typical Texas “small” business: overworked, underpaid staff and an executive board concerned with nothing but growth. The guy started working for them in 1998 and between then and 2013 he was made comptroller. Of the whole company. For 50k a year. My first year as a Jr. Project Manager for one of the worst companies in the US I made 2k a year more than that. I mean, yeah, he personally enriched himself, but at the same time I don't feel like he did anything all that bad. He just bled the beast in my eyes.

This is as much a rant/vent post as asking for advice, apologies. TL:DR Boss is having an affair with subordinate who now abuses their new-found “power”. Three years ago the small business (

I’m April of this year, I had a mental health crisis. One stubbed toe from the long nap. I took about a month off work to get help and recuperate. My company made me use ALL of my vacation time and sick time for this year and some of next year. Punished for nearly going off the deep end. Best part, it’s a “christian” company. Working on my resume as we speak

I seem to always be behind these days, no matter what and as a result, everything winds up costing more and delays things further down the line… A never ending cycle of stress…

I'm having a casual conversation with my boss about what days we get off for fourth of July. He said definitely the fourth and maybe the third but he has to check. He then says he definitely won't be here the third since he has an early flight the next day. I told him I'll be in Denver on the third and he has the audacity to say, “brilliant, if your work is done I don't care if you're here on the third.” The nerve of him to let me take the day off like it's no big deal. The same thing happened when I told him I was taking 3 weeks off in September for my Europe vacation. When I asked for the time off he asked, “whats the vacation for, wait it's none of my business.” He just told me to send everyone an email that I'll be…

I'm currently working at this annoying place which I already dislike from 5am to 5/6pm so it's about 12 hrs daily. So basically I'm working 60-66 hrs a week which sometimes gives me a decent check. The is that the hours basically don't let me do anything else besides work. I'm currently going to trucking school but at the current rate it will take me about 8 months. I could possibly get a temporary afternoon job and could get my CDL in 2 months. I would work 40hrs instead of 60 but obviously my check will be 40% smaller and will have more free time. Thoughts?