Category: Antiwork

Last year I (26M) moved to a new city for a new job. Long story short, the owner of that company was one of the biggest scumbags I've ever met and after only three months (I was already searching for a different job because of how toxic of a work environment he made it) I was let go. I've really never in my life been a part of a “good” work environment, and this was just another addition to that long list. I delivered for Uber Eats to get me through the winter, and it got me until I got a new job, but just barely. I still didn't really know what I wanted to do with my life, so I decided to just try and find a seasonal job I'll have fun with to get me through the summer and to the end of my lease. I ended up…

For context, I work at the corporate office of a large company as a receptionist. I am without a doubt the least paid person there (I know this because I hand out cheques to employees who are too old/lazy to get direct deposit and my company does nothing to hide those numbers). Many of the interns (who got jobs because their parents are on the board) get paid better than me even though I'm full time and do WAYYYY more work that what a receptionist usually would and get assigned a ton of totally unrelated work. While the company gives me nice perks, I would much rather just get paid a fair wage, what I make in a month wouldn't even cover the rent for the average apartment in my city (which is notoriously expensive). The company also spends INSANE money on tons of unnecessary stuff (I know this because…