Category: Antiwork

Does anyone know anyone or personally has experienced a negative outcome from not giving two weeks or whatever the equivalent may be for your job?

I live in London, UK, and while we have more protections at work than you guys in the US, I’m fucking done. Fortunately, my parents aren’t the average “boomers” and understand how hard it is for my generation. They bought this house of my grandparents for around £50,000 in the eighties – collectively they earned around £18,000. It’s now worth £650,000…. I have no chance in hell of keeping the house that’s been in my family for generations – the average salary (2021) was £25,971. I’ve always wanted a small camper for adventures, but I’m now looking for a proper motorhome (RV) just to be able to afford to live.

So for context, I live and work in a small town (12k population) and am employed at the lumber mill. This is a pretty huge company that has locations dotted around the US. They have just started a new promotion about mental health. They say if an employee spends up to 300$ on something that makes them happy and/or improves thier mental health, they will reimburse it on your next check. Lots of us have already put in for it regardless of weather we actually bought anything or not. They don't actually require any proof when you submit the form so people are claiming they are doing things like “taking a trip to the coast to recharge” and I'm all about it. I did plan on spending a bunch of money on clothes and shoes this week but since I'm getting reimbursed I might get a tattoo done while I'm…

For example bank commercials. You'll see people advocating for it, telling us they're a bank that cares because they give some kind of money back.. they don't care. They are doing it because they want to appeal to the population to join their bank. They don't actually care about you getting the money back. They don't really care that much about helping. It's all for business. So don't be fooled thinking they do.

Hey all, I hope you're all doing well. I really just needed to vent because today didn't go as planned. So I recently learned that I'd become the new assistant manager at my job, per an interview I had with my new GM just last week. I've been working harder than everybody else & have worked consistently, without question, outperforming my job duties because of my passion for my career, and making sure my co workers have a comfortable work day. I really do love what I do & the great people I work with. However, due to my inability to keep this information to myself, I got pulled into my bosses office this morning & was essentially ridiculed for 5 minutes about the consequences of telling my co workers that I was being considered for the promotion, but that it wasn't guaranteed. I left that sit down very, very…

I’ve been working at my job for a few months. I started with a “probationary salary” that they said would be adjusted for So my boss sat me down at the end of my probation and was telling me I’m doing great and they’ve seen huge improvements since I began running this group, and that I would be getting my wage adjusted accordingly (I also didn’t get an annual adjustment this year because I was still on probation). He said that he hoped the raise helped me live the way and want kept talking it up it up like the wage increase was going to be significant. The raise was roughly 1/3rd of the inflation rate. I wouldn’t have even been mad about this because they pay me fine, but I was rattled at how much he made it seem like this was a gift.

So I’ve worked at a company for a year and some change now, and have not touched any of my various categories of paid time off. I have about 160 hours saved up. Can I get fired for using it all before I leave my company in June? (Bad decision by my part – but they know I’m leaving then).