Category: Antiwork

in my search, for to not having a car I've always applied where I can walk to, thankfully while I have a job, I'm hunting for 1 that pays better. No luck, I've applied to several places, I never get a call, and when I get a call it's to tell me that I'm not qualified for an entry level position. I'm just tired of being ghosted during my search, it's as if they're thinking that I'm lying about my existence in this area. I would reach out to potential employers but I'll get a voice mail or nothing at all. Edit: didn't mean to have a typo in the title, I meant to type wrong.

My boss offered me a promotion and shortly after took another role in the company. His replacement retracted my offer and is giving it to someone else “with more experience.” I have proof of the offer in workday, but nothing was ever officially pushed forward. Now my application is “no longer in consideration.” I have a meeting with HR next week about it. Has something similar happened to you? Do I even have a fight in this? What should I take into my meeting with HR? Any advice would be helpful and appreciated.

TLDR: My younger boss has been deliberately pulling highschooler bullshit in the workplace making my job harder than it has to be simply because he seems to be jealous that the guy who recommended for the job was disgracefully fired from the job before I was hired. I started a job as a route driver “salt delivery” for a water purification company back in early February of this year. Overall it's the best gig I've ever had, the pay is decent it has full benefits at no cost to the employee and the place is actually pretty good about rewarding people for their efforts via actual cash bonuses. That being said, my only real contention with this job is my most direct boss “I'll call him X”. He's ten years younger than myself at only 24 years old, much of the issue I believe is age/experience related. A brief context…

So this is a little older story now, given these events transpired in 2017/18 but I wanted to share what made me realize how working really is especially now. I have worked since I legally could at the age of 15, which was fine it got me extra money and I saved a lot. That first job is a story in of itself given I made 7.25 for 2 years at a pizza place and was never given a raise. But anyways, I had graduated HS in 2016 and then dropped out of College that fall cause it just wasn’t for me. By early next year I needed a full time job. A friend of mines dad used to work at the local Coca-Cola warehouse and had told me I should apply so I did. First red flag was I was told I would make 14 a hour I believe…

I went from running a hotel and restaurant’s food and beverage department, making $75,000 a year, sometimes working 80+ hours of week, with no overtime, and never being able to hit a bonus because of never having enough staff. Upper management walked out the door at five every day often leaving me as the only manager in the entire building. I recently quit, and have started managing a bar at an upscale restaurant. I make $12 an hour plus tips, I very rarely work more than 40 hours, And my take home is on average only about $200 less a month.

But do petty employers and managers hate you after you take a UNPAID vacation? And instead of being a normal person and letting you get back in your lane, want to grind you down as soon as you come back refreshed and better than ever?

24F, I went to a trade high school for early education. I worked with the kids at the school daycare they had for the teachers kids. Looking back I deeply wish I had just picked IT or culinary and I likely would’ve have a decent job by now. Idk what I was thinking trying to become a preschool teacher. I am too socially anxious and quiet. I wasn’t good with kids so I always ended up with the jobs like cleaning, preparing snacks, prep work for art activities, ect. Obviously the kids preferred the more outgoing students more. Out of high school I decided to try for a nanny career because I felt I’d be better working with just a couple kids at a time. I don’t want to get into it too much but when I was 19 I had a really bad experience with a violent child and…

Recently moved cities for a new job, got a 20k bump in salary and can only manage to save a few hundred every other month. Excess spending is gone, barely afford an okayish apartment in a “probably won't get stabbed” part of town, 2 out three meals are basically rice or ramen. So sick and tired of this but wondering how in the fuck the rest of everyone else manages this shit?

My dad has to work 10 hours to hire himself for 1 hour.(he's an axuwary)