Category: Antiwork

Hi Ben Hope you are well. There was a problem with payroll over the weekend, the bank holiday messed things up. It seems you’ve been paid for 24 too many hours, I’ll send the payslip to you via email later along with our account details and the amount to send back. Apologies for the mix up Alex.

Might be a stupid question but I am hoping to request a four day working week from my employer, has anyone done this, how did you go about it without getting a pay cut.

so i work at a job that has been fine before, healthcare has been provided to us and a wage above the minimum wage, etc. i remember there being talk that the company was very robust financially, and i felt safe knowing i won't be laid off or anything anytime soon. well lately something changed and we had to make some changes to our opening times, so that now on weekend shifts there will be only one person working, which means no bathroom breaks, no lunch breaks. also previously there would be three people working on sundays, now only one, which makes it harder to get those sunday shifts that are the ones that pay well. not only that but my boss can be really challenging… like he confronts us on every single tiny mistakes, and it seems like he plays favorites. also he holds these “motivational” speeches about how…

In light of all the wfh and rto info we're all aware of, I found it quite entertaining that 3 of my coworkers decided to work in the office today and stole over 10 minutes of my meeting figuring out their sound and mic situation. It was lovely watching them all fuck around, not able to unmute their speakers, hearing them talking in the background because they don't typically mute themselves at home, try to use a Jabra puck and failing, etc. This was of course not a big deal to them, but for the 60 minute meeting that I lead and didn't get through the agenda, it was personally quite infuriating and disrespectful. SO worth it to them I guess, to go into the office so they can stare at each other? Just productivity things amirite. I shouldn't jinx it, but if I get told to rto I will…

Lately my mental health has gone down the tank and I coincidentally got sick a week ago and was out of work for 3 days. Now I will likely need at least 1 day off a week(medically excused) for the next 3-4 weeks while arranging for treatment. I am also out of sick leave because my job does not accrue sick leave during the first 90 days of employment(in violation of local law). If it comes down to it, and I get fired for calling out (with proper 2+ hour notice) is this something I could claim unemployment benefits for?