Category: Antiwork

I am currently employed by a financial institution. It's the same old story. Overbearing managers, ridiculous goals, pizza parties instead of raises, have to have a side gig to pay bills. If you've been in this subreddit for a week or more you've heard my corporate story before. For fun, I have been writing ongoing fantasy stories. I just published my first book on Amazon and have 3 more I can have ready by the end of the month. Does anyone have any advice or tips on being successful enough at this to have it replace my primary job? TIA!

At my first job in 1997 our supervisor organized a potluck. Being a team mostly of high school kids we coordinated to put some amazing food together. When the day of the event came and the food was out, the supervisor advised us that he had lost a bet he made with another supervisor over team metrics so they got first dibs at our food. By the time we were allowed, there wasn’t much left. Bonus plot twist: that same supervisor was later arrested for diddling kids. Good riddance.

Think about it. It makes human life sound valueless. So let’s put a price on human life! $1B. Every time a company puts profit over people. Every time a worker dies due to negligence or overwork. Every time life saving medicine has an obscene profit margin. Every time they’re found using actual CHILDREN as a labor force. Fine that company $1B. EVERY. FUCKING. TIME.

I'm newly supporting a department, as the previous person left, and also the person he liaises with also quit the same month. A file that gives me data on millions in monthly accruals, sent by a third party, was not received. This file was sent and addressed to “[SVP and Team”], so I sent the SVP an email explaining that we did not receive a file, that we need ASAP, and to please work with the 3rd party vendor to ensure it gets delivered. Rather than talking to me, the SVP complained to my boss's boss, that it was “inappropriate” to ask for her to do things, that she no longer wants to work with me, and that she will “ignore” my email. The boss's boss asked me to never communicate with her going forward, and to run anything i need her on by him or my boss. We still…

This morning, I was fired from my toxic job after using my sick days on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. I sent a doctor's note to my boss via text before deciding to quit next Wednesday without giving any notice because I start my new contract-hire job on Thursday. As soon as I clocked in, my boss asked me how I was feeling and then called me into HR. They terminated my employment effective immediately and offered me two weeks of severance, which I have 21 days to accept or decline. I am aware that the company is not being generous; they are offering me this package to prevent any legal action. However, given how much my health deteriorated due to this job in the last year and a half, I am wondering if there is any way for me to request a higher severance package. I am also concerned whether…