Category: Antiwork

I pretty much do my job and more for the 20% of the time I am working. My problem is that if I do more work, I’ll be expected to reach those numbers in the future and I just don’t want to do that. Others that are WFH and do the same thing as I do as far as workload, are a bit less productive. Should I feel guilty about this?

Just need some thoughts. I work at a financial institution and we are going out to dinner our manager is a tyrant and they are stating we are not to drink alcohol at this dinner. Being that we will be off the clock can I still order a drink on my own tab or can they dictate what we drink?

My employer has been tightening the screws on their in-office mandate; word recently went around that they had ir would begin tracking access badge swipes. Now for the first time in the multiple years I've been here, they're mandating “active assailant” training – including how one warning sign is someone voicing angry objection to company policies, and how any warning signs should be reported to HR.

Remote pharma worker here, nearly 2 years in my current role. I’ve been doing less and less every day for nearly a month while maintaining the illusion that I’m getting things done… and no one knows. Every time we have an internal meeting I’ll say I’m doing what needs to be done and we’re making progress, but I just don’t put in the work. Everything is always “urgent” but clearly that isn’t the case. It’s also made me realize my “super important” work doesn’t actually matter. It’s all bitch work. If it was critical, they would know it wasn’t done. We didn’t get any holiday bonuses or raises this past year. Something about how “profits are down”, yet still in the billions. They used to give merit-based raises during performance evaluations, then switched to a flat rate company-wide, and now I guess it’s a big fat nothing. I’m torn between…

So I quit a job last year and they never mailed me my W-2. When I’ve emailed HR they would give me a link to obtain it digitally but I don’t remember my employee ID number etc. to obtain it. Are employers legally obligated to mail a W-2 on request or are there exceptions for big employers because they sent me a 1095-C form but no W-2. I need to file my taxes now.

I’m going to keep my job role vague as it’s potentially outing. I work for a large organisation within the UK. We are chronically understaffed at the moment. The team I work for has gone from the benchmarked 12 to now 5 of us. People have left for a variety of reasons, but many have commented on the pressures on us as a team from senior management as we’re still having to hit previous targets despite being so understaffed. So here is my issue. I keep getting allocated work with ridiculously short deadlines. The emails come saying “sorry for the right deadline, but you know how understaffed we are”. I’ve spoken to my line manager numerous times about how unrealistic the deadline have been. I’ve offered to show her my diary so she can see how it’s physically impossible to fit it in. She always declines and starts the narrative…