Category: Antiwork

I work as a mental health therapist in a community mental health organization. It's a stressful job and there are many reasons I am not happy with my employer related to clinical competency and ethics (and they vape like crazy in the facility which I don't like). It's also hard for me to handle the stress of the job for more than 6 months at a time, so I plan on leaving at 6 months—which is in August. I would also like to take my 1 week of PTO before then. When I requested PTO the second time my boss called me into her office and asked if I was “ok”. I said yes and she said that June PTO is approved but that I cannot request any for July. This was 2 weeks ago. I also just requested my last 2 days of PTO for August. She sent me…

As the title suggests I just found out I will be fired at the beginning of next month. The problem is that they are trying to force me to sign some documents so it looks like I walked out, thus won’t get any compensation. Didn’t sign a damn thing, got in touch with a lawyer and currently going back and forth with them to make things right. But can’t help and feel disgusted by how people treat each other, for the past few months I have been feeling burned out and my anxiety levels have skyrocketed just because I tried to give my best. Just to find myself in this situation. Thought of posting it here for support because I feel so shitty right now.

Bosses: Come to the office slackers, it's more productive here! Also bosses: Spends all day in the “Focus Rooms” because of the noise.

I came across this study based on Spanish data and thought it might be relevant here. “We show evidence that delaying exiting employment increases the hazard of dying between the ages of 60 and 69, for almost all individuals. Heterogeneous analysis indicates that the increase in mortality is stronger for those employed in low-skilled, physically and psycho- socially demanding jobs. Moreover, we show that allowing for flexible retirement schemes, such as partial retirement, mitigates the detrimental effect of delaying retirement on mortality.” Full study here: https://www.crctr224.de/en/research-output/discussion-papers/archive/2023/DP410

How do you know when it is time to move on from a new job? I started my current job over 1 year ago after leaving another because I was underpaid. I’ve recently graduated with my masters and I am still underpaid at my new job. During my review I asked how I can move up to a senior role and was told it would take a long time because that’s how it is. Well, recently a coworker decided that they would like to get involved more in my area and now my tasks are being delegated to them and others. I am not learning anything new anymore at this new place and don’t really see any growth opportunities in the future. Also, it turns out the tasks I was doing was low level items that a senior coworker didn’t want to do anymore when they hired me. Since I…