Category: Antiwork

The company I work for hired a “development coach” without even having a janitor to take care of the space. And it would be too exhausting to explain the whole narrative. But in the “sessions,” the following occurred: Relationship with an employee's father being cited as the reason for theirs social problems. Spraying of essential oils. The person self-identifying as a “therapist” and when asked about their approach, saying they don't know and that they deal with “spiritual and family matters in an integrative way.” Distortion of the argument that division of labor is a serious problem made worse because of AI into “people have limiting beliefs, and that's why they don't change jobs.” Blaming someone's behavior on their zodiac sign. Claiming that cancer is created mentally and can be cured mentally. Mentioning sources that are easily proven pseudoscientific with a simple Google search. Pressuring an employee who recently had…

So at the beginning of May this year I started a new job that I originally was really excited about, I had been longing to get an office job again after a really long time (I know, most people find office jobs horrid). But truth is that even after the first day I knew I was not going to complete the whole 1 year of the job let alone renew the contract afterwards. I can't quite say why, the vibes are just not there. Maybe I am spoiled from loving my previous job as a substitute librarian too much. But this job straight up SUCKS. They gave me a laptop and an office in a corner and left me completely alone. Nothing to do besides “read up on the project teams channel”. Neither my supervisor nor my “mentor” checks up on me. I am literally spending all day just listening…

Hello I hope this is ok to ask here. I’m studying horticulture and I have a job at a nursery to work in the field for some experience. Currently I’ve been there two years and am the longest standing employee. The turn over rate is very high to say the least because the pay is horrible for the amount of work and knowledge required for the position. Because of this I do side jobs and have had many in the two years i’ve worked there. One of these side jobs is social media management. I saw a flyer for a random company needing one so I thought I’d give it a try and it was pretty easy. An acquaintance of mine learned I was doing social media management and asked if she could hire me as well for her business. She does plant maintenance for houseplants on a small scale,…

Working in Japan. There is a ton of wage theft here (employees working unpaid hours.) I submitted my one month notice. My employer returned the token of kindness by moving me to part time and taking my health insurance. Then they told me I only had one week left of work, because now that Im part time they can fire me without notice. So now the department of labour got me to ask them for the 23 days of labour I lost by being fired before my contract expired. Wish me luck ps. Looking for inexperienced-ok IT work in Osaka/Hyogo/Kyoto

I'm currently thinking about taking a job and as a part of the online onboarding process they want me to agree to a mutual dispute resolution agreement. It says basically I'd have to go through the arbitration process with a company called the American Arbitration Association who I can only assume has a contract with the company I'm looking to work with. It's a very very part time position essentially putting up and maintaining television displays, graphics, and other things at stores and the like for a couple of bucks over my states minimum wage. Is it worth signing this thing? The answers I got from Google seemed kind of lukewarm both ways so I figured I would ask directly. They also want photos of my drivers license and social security card for the I9 paperwork which I guess but it feels sketchy. Any advice would be very appreciated, thank…