Category: Antiwork

The title is what i’m struggling with. I work 20-25hrs/wk depending on the week, but I can’t seem to handle that AND taking care of myself, my plants, and my life. I can only seem to do one or another. I feel really embarrassed about this because i know that’s so easy for others/most people work WAY more hours/wk, but I feel a little better about it since my job isn’t easy. I make food in heavy rushes, understaffed, and also deal with horrible customers at register. It’s draining already plus the guilt that i can’t clean as much, AND anxiety about the fact that I can’t handle that much, so how do I provide for the rest of my life? I’m sorry for the wall of text but I was just wondering if anyone can commiserate/has any tips.

I graduated university about 2 years ago and have been spending my time since then studying for the MCAT, finding out I didn’t want to go to medical school, working an AWESOME personal assistant/dog nanny type job (the couple moved to California so that’s over), traveling with my boyfriend, and have finally decided that I now want to pursue a career as a midwife. Basically I can’t apply to midwifery programs until next fall cause I have to take some extra prerequisites (I had all the classes for medical school but not nursing school, go figure). That’s all going fine and I’m feeling pretty good about it but I had issues with work since I came back from a trip in November. I was working part time at a retail store and I was pretty okay with it. I am a big people person and it was mostly not busy…

I told my bosses a few months ago that I won't be renewing my contract, but I'd like to stay on to see out my current one (call it self pride). There was only 1 more big event i had to oversee, but I've never been less motivated to make myself work. Essentially, I'm at a point that I cannot motivate myself to sit at my computer and look at emails because it is so mentally straining. Within this role, I'm trying to satisfy 300 people, even though its literally (not figuratively) impossible to do so. Sure, I've had roles in the past that I wasn't a huge fan of, but I never failed to make myself perform the role. But this job, I quite literally cannot make myself do anything because of the physical and mental strain that comes with it. The only reason I did not go back…

I have a very niche job as a neuroscientist. Y he whole field attracts the most toxic personalities. There is a colleague who is verbally abusive and aggressive towards women scientists in particular. He gets away with a lot because he is family to the supervisors. His laundry list of toxicity so far: frequent outbursts of anger, shouting, name-calling, and sudden hysterics like crying when overwhelmed. He has even gone so far as to stand in a doorway to prevent me from leaving a room until I submitted and agreed with him over the placement of surgical equipment in the room. I was so shocked I ran for my life out of the room. Twice this employee verbally abused me but today he raised his hand to me as if he would strike me. All I did was I insist that we follow a protocol that was developed with our…

I'm doing my best to avoid building capital for others and I plan to document my journey. I'm moving into my car at the end of the month. I'm going to save money to buy a camper and live in that. I'll boondock and do my best to avoid giving capital to landlords or other parasites. I hope to document my adventures and trials in the hope that I can inspire and help others. I'd love to hear your thoughts and ideas and I'll add them to the document that I'm putting together. What are your thoughts? OPT OUT WHERE YOU CAN There are myriad ways to strike at the economy. Not everyone can opt out completely, but everyone can opt out somewhere. Stop paying rent: landlords offer nothing of value and drive the cost of homeownership up. They are free riders in our system who don’t deserve to live…

So, I’m 22F and have about 6 years of restaurant experience, went through culinary school and currently work at one of my cities top restaurants, recently added to the Michelin guide. (This is my second Michelin restaurant, 4th fine dining restaurant job) We do a small tasting menu and seat less than 20 people per night. We have just me as the sole first cook, a dishwasher and prep cook, a chef, sous chef, and 2 front of house people. Currently, my chef is looking for a 3rd front of house since our somm is changing hours. When I looked at the job ad from sheer curiosity, I saw that the new food runner would be getting paid 20$ per hour + tips, 2$ above my own hourly wage. Is that normal? We’re 4 days a week so 18 bucks hasn’t been cutting it for me bills wise, and I’m…

A while back I was looking for work. I had quit my toxic paraprofessional job and was just living off my savings during that time I ended up having what I think is probably the most insulting job interview I've ever had and for context I've worked at dollar tree and dollar general for people so delusional to think that that company gives a fuck about them Despite only paying them $0.05 over minimum wage. This was just your run-of-the-mill retail job it was for this little boutique sort of place in a strip mall. I remember showing up to the interview and the person I was supposed to interview didn't even show up they just called the store and did my interview over the phone while I sat in that store. I kind of knew after that interview I didn't wanna work there and it was all moot anyways…

So I have been working a very casual job and have been for almost two years. My employer and I have sign a contract explaining my wage and when she will pay it (which is once every month). Anyways, I notice there appears to be a missing payment of 9 dollars in my paycheck this month. My employer has been on par with all my previous paychecks. I have asked a friend and my co-worker and I have two rational sounding courses of action of what to do. My friend said I should just let it go and brush it off because if she has been paying me 100% correctly before, then you can give your employer the benefit of the doubt and only tell my employer if this occurs again the next month. My co-worker says I should tell my employer because I earned that 9 dollars. (She is…

I had a good boss. He was engaged, kind, smart, worked long hours, and did everything “right”. He built our team from the ground up and hired smart people to run the department. He was well-liked and clearly bringing value to the organization. The parent company hired someone more qualified (on paper) than him and let him go without giving him any specifics about his performance. Cold blooded. I made this exact same post about my brother who was let go from his job for the same reason a little over a year ago. Look out for yourself. These jobs don't give a flying fuck about our dedication. Play the game in a way that benefits you.