Category: Antiwork

My father worked his entire life, mostly as a service guy at car dealerships, then later in aerospace manufacturing. Last year, at the age of 77, he was diagnosed with ALS. He never got to retire because the cost of living was too high and they needed health insurance for my disabled stepmother. He finally couldn't physically work anymore as of last month, and I have been scrambling to get him assistance to help them survive. No pension, no savings, 401k drained by the stock market, and a highly expensive disease that requires medications that Medicare won't pay for (the copay on one of his drugs is $1500 a month, over half of his social security payment). The lack of humanity in our current system is disgusting. We dangle the carrot of “when I retire I will do all the things I put off while I had to dedicate 2/3…

“Remote is considered.” Not guaranteed. Even though the rep who provided me with the interview and offer told me several times that I’d be working remotely. But on paper it says otherwise. I seek remote work only because my autoimmune disorder makes it a lot harder to work in office. When I got my first remote job, I couldn’t imagine returning to the office. But I decided I can manage until training is over, for a better hourly rate. I’m 2 weeks away from 90 days working in office. Training has been over for two months now. I was told I need to wait 90 days. Now there is a possibility they might want me to stay in office. I asked HR to set me up on ADA. This way remote would be an accommodation. I have my medical records ready. It’d be my first time ever doing this. However,…

I recently left an abusive job and got hired for a new one, but I've run into a new problem and to be fair it's been an ongoing issue. I've been falling behind on rent due to price increases in the rent itself and necessities, and have been trying to stall for time, but my landlord gave me a warning a while ago and he actually followed through. So, I no longer have a place, again. Luckily, I was proactive and had been making arrangements for new housing ahead of time, however that's not going to be happening until late March at the earliest, as this happened quicker than I anticipated, so this creates a problem for my new job. The one poorly run shelter here, does not have bathing facilities, they instead partner with a rec center to provide showers, the problem is that there are only two stalls…