Category: Antiwork

I'm stuck at an office job i got 3-4 months ago. I don't have a job deal/paper yet but they gave me an ultimatum to say if i'm staying or not ( i found the job through a family friend after moving and being jobless for months)last friday.after listening to multiple family member's opinions I said yes. But just now i'm realizing i probably can't meet their expectations. I won't disclose what the job requires/etc but i have severe anxiety (general and social) and i just feel like it's too much to the point i cry every single day and have s*icidal thoughts. I've gone into this job thinking it'll be part time (25hrs a week) temporary replacement job. Then they said they'll be expanding and leaving me and a new coworker to do everything at the office in 6 months, expecting me to become fulltime. I was told noone…

So I recently switched careers after a long hiatus from work and when I moved into this new organisation I was very motivated and excited but over the course I’ve lost complete interest. When I joined I had lot of difficulty picking up work as it was a completely new industry to me and I had not even studied all this in my education. And my boss immediately added me to my gram (which honestly is such an intrusive behavior as per me) and basically judged me from my content to take me as someone completely non-serious. Also, me not able to pick up on work immediately did not help my case. Also, I exhibited very awkward behaviours initially due to lot of feeling intimidated from my boss and that’s something I’ll never forget. 🥲 Long story short, after sometime passed my boss’s behavior towards me became completely despicable, belittling…

But her supervisor (who has been low key bullying her since she got promoted to the position) flat out lied on the appraisal. My GF isn’t really one for conflict and would normally let it go, but this is apparently too much even for her. She’s also being told that if she doesn’t sign it, it will support what the supervisor said in her appraisal. I’ve told her not to sign, but past that, I don’t know what else to say. Any thoughts on this? (Edited for a typo)

Obligatory “woe is me”. I've been a teacher for 7 years. Currently a middle school teacher in NYC (charter school, not DOE). Recently have been really struggling at work. Coteacher calls out of work constantly, I'm expected to cover other classes when other teachers call out on a minutes notice, school culture/deans just straight ignore student behavior, and overall students have been becoming more and more rude/disrespectful because they see how the kids with biggest behavior troubles can just walk all over teachers and the entire school with no repercussions. I've been having dreams about suicide (currently in therapy, there is no threat of this actually happening, just dreams about it), and have no idea what to do with my career if I quit. Currently make about $77k before taxes, my gf and I live together and she makes less than half that. Our rent is $2400 a month before…

I see so many people pushing hard in their jobs at this company. I understand that can get you promotions years down the line, but just job hop. I’m putting in minimal effort everyday but doing just enough to not get fired, so I have time and energy to apply to higher paying roles. Why do so many people treat their jobs like they are sharing in the company profits? People here care so much to reduce costs or get another client, but who cares? We are so busy anyways that we won’t be laid off. I’ve been actively applying now to more social justice and aid organizations, or government positions, because private sector is just dumb. I don’t care about anything here

It seems ridiculously difficult to prove intent in labour situations. Should this requirement of intent be removed? Real jail time will never happen (and would just create well compensated fall guys), and most fines are wholly inadequate currently and hard to establish. Or at least balance of probabilities? So many employers de facto establish wage theft but can easily skirt without easily demonstrated and documented pieces of evidence. Should these infractions become fines based on like 4x all potential revenue of choices plus cost?

I work in marketing and am currently underemployed due to my hours being cut so I have been job searching since early January. I have applied to about 130 jobs since then. I got started on indeed and I have started taking the shotgun approach and haven’t been doing cover letters much. Since it typically requires at least 15-30 minutes in order to trailer my cover letter, save the document, and submit it. I’m not able to apply to such a large quantity of jobs. Especially because some of them require you to create a whole account in their website. I figured it may be better to get more eyes on my application than focus on quality. Do you guys think a cover letter makes a difference based on your experience? I hate to waste more time if it’s not going to do anything. Most of them just end in…