I took a job, and I won't get into too much detail on what job it is, but I now am really struggling. I went from being a star employee, fully confident in my abilities to being the slowest employee who makes a lot of mistakes. I am constantly overwhelmed at my job. I can't leave because of a contract. I have to stay at my job for two years or pay back a bonus I got. The bonus helped me move closer to family. My job has really ignited my anxiety and OCD, which people do see, which makes me feel even more crappy. I am never good enough. I am never at anyone else's level. I have been given, and then had retracted two promotions because of this and false promises made by my boss. I have been at my job for a year and I don't know…
Category: Antiwork
The average American has been placed in a very precarious situation: you're being purposely kept on the edge of poverty in order to further a system which vastly prefers the top 5-10% of people who fundamentally employ them. Healthcare is still tied to employment, and 65% of Americans are living paycheck-to-paycheck, by design. Even the French, under a gov't infamous for its widespread and blatant corruption, are given the option to protest this oligarchy under an (admittedly very flawed) more socialist system. The U.S. dollar is the global reserve currency, and the U.S. gov't has done absolutely nothing in the past few decades to combat massive monopolies and corporate cartels. This week, we were made aware of the blatant corruption of Clarence Thomas, a longtime Supreme Court Justice – one of the most respected positions in the world – and the primary argument against abhorrence for this discovery is that…
I've been working (or rather, stuck) at the same hotel going on four or five years. My take-home is roughly $520 every two weeks, while also living on site at a discount. Anytime I manage to save anything of significance, something comes up in life that I need to pay for. I can't move to a higher paying job without losing the roof over my head, as former employees aren't allowed to stay on the property. There also no pet friendly rentals available in town. So, what am I (and others stuck in similar situations) supposed to do? The only option that seems even remotely viable is finding someone you can trust and trying to find a place to split rent.
They have justified the most appalling attacks on human rights by claiming they are “protecting children.” Oh, our precious offspring must never know there is anyone who isn't exactly like they are. Yet they have somehow also convinced us that it's okay to send our children off to work — in the slaughterhouse. Oh yeah, that won't be traumatic or anything. Nothing like getting injured to gruesome brutal death, blood and guts at a formative age. It'll make a man of you. Oh, wait, who am I kidding — it'll be little girls, of course, because you can pay them less. There are not just plans but working facilities in place to feed us protein made from — cockroaches! Yes, cockroaches. Arguably the most universally reviled arthropod on the planet. And I guarantee you they are feeding those bugs on garbage, or worse. Think they won't? Did you know that…
I’ll try to keep this short. Quick background. I’ve been with this business for about three years. During my time there I’ve transitioned from female to male. A majority of the people I work with are aware of my transition as I changed pronouns a couple times and a couple of names. The two coworkers mentioned know 1000% I’m trans. TLDR at bottom. On Thursday I overheard an employee make a transphobic comment and another coworker chimed in. The conversation went to a dull whisper then at the end one of them said, “Yeah. It’s because the transgender.” Side note: transgender is an adjective, not a noun. I went to my lead and explained the situation and how it made me feel. We then brought this information to our supervisor. She said she’ll speak with my coworkers and implement more training regarding marginalized communities. On Friday, I was scheduled to…
As the title mentions I was stupid enough to send my resume to my own gmail via work email and it got flagged to my manager. Not that it justifies the stupidity but I have done that before in this job and it was never flagged because my manager never raised it as an issue. My new manager who recently got promoted and is Junior to my old manager saw the flag and asked me why I’m sending my resume to email and if I’m planning to leave. He asked if it’s comps etc and I said no all is good. He told this to my team lead who I work closely with and he had the same “are you unhappy/ planning to leave convo” and I said no all is good. Now my old manager asked to put time in my calendar and I don’t know how to handle…
This is me whining and provides no value, so please bear with me, or mods feel free to delete if it's against community rule. So the boss came to the store and I was doing my job. I dropped some meat on the machine, the thing was burning hot, I assume the meat would be burned and become inedible, so I immediately threw it away, I was clearly wrong, the thing was still edible, all I need to do was put it back. The boss saw that and approached me, asking me, “why threw it away, who taught you that?”. I replied, “I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that.” I proceed to continue my work as costumers coming in, at this point, my face was dead serious, as I realized I made a mistake and caused the man money. Then I saw him texting, then one of my colleagues （higher…
I made a post on this ok r/questions, someone told me to come here and y’all could help me out, so here’s the story: I’ve been working at my job for about 5 months and have been at the same hourly rate the whole time, I originally asked my boss when doing an interview if I can make a specific amount, she agreed, I noticed my checks were a little less than I was expecting so I asked her through message how much I’m making to be 100% sure, she confirmed I was, I checked my pay stubs and I’m making a dollar less
I usually never post in this subreddit but never work with families because now my supervisor picks her brother over anyone who actually works there and everyone who works there can see that we’re basically working for her family now and it’s screwing everyone else over Her brother has been here for almost 3 years yet doesn’t help out, doesn’t stay past 9pm on busy nights, throws temper tantrums whenever he doesn’t get his way. They’ve only done one event compared to over my 500 something events. They can’t even do bathrooms because “Ew gross” even though they’ve been there for years so they’re past the “I don’t know how to do it” excuse. In the summer I was doing 10s/40s and they would only do an hour….. I’ve been complaining about him for almost a year about how worthless he is and every time I would bring up how…