Category: Antiwork

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Never work again

So I am going to take a summer job before college. I have decided a 9-6 job from an uncle who has his office literally 6 minutes walking from my house. I decided to take this cause it pays somewhat good (for context minimum wage here is 10 dollars a day and he pays about 14 dollars a day), I have a break from 2-3 where I can go to my house to have lunch and then return. My gym is at a 5 minutes walk from there too so I can go after finishing the shift. I am allowed to wear headphones. So what can I listen to that will make me a better person which won't drain my whole attention so that I can still give somewhat consistent results?

I've dealt with 3 instances i would call sabotage, 2 of those times directly impacted production. He has attempted to instigate a fight with me twice, and each of these times I wrote a formal report, or directly took it to the supervisor, and so far I have not seen anything that would suggest appropriate action is being taken. Its getting to point im having dreams of getting into a fight with this dude, and it looks as though my supervisor is either prioritizing keeping operators, or has a bias to this person since he's been here longer and they talk to each other like friends. My supervisor says he is dealing with it, but that he will not disclose how with me. Im planning on going to HR soon and asking them about this situation. I know this communities feelings towards HR, but what do you think I should…

So instead of getting 4 bonuses a year, they replaced that with some stupid points rewards program. So if our manager sees us going above and beyond (basically breaking our backs), they give us points which we can redeem on their website in exchange for items like household appliances and crap. I don’t need a new toaster oven I need cash. I’m so infuriating. And that’s on top of implementing a max 2% pay increase per year. And if you get a good evaluation, there’s no guarantee you’ll get a raise. Which honestly doesn’t matter because they’re behind 2 years on the yearly evals anyway.

I work for a nonprofit and I actually really like my manager. I'm not saying that to be a scab – I know I'm very lucky to experience that. Today she let me know she's moving onto another opportunity. Another manager in our department gave notice for extended leave. Apparently it's just a month but still a bit jarring. Then a coworker was fired. I honestly don't know anything about her performance or anything so I can't speak to that, but I did overhear it going down and it's giving me anxiety. We had a new VP join a few weeks ago (so my boss's boss) and all this happened within this span. I overheard her speaking to the fired coworker. I can't speak to the coworker's performance, but the fact that the new VP continued the conversation outside of her personal office with the person getting fired is what…

I already have a new job lined up and was planning on taking a week off between jobs. Can I get unemployment for these three weeks? Also any tips for what I should ask when I get fired tomorrow? I've never been fired before so this is wild and uncharted territory lmao.