Category: Antiwork

As the meaning of this whole subreddit depends on your interpretation of the concept, I am curious about how most of you perceive the ideas behind this movement. I am pretty new to this and I am looking for food for thought.

UK. Work in a small sales team, with shared access to a drive full of files. Manager has been doing some budgets and such to hire new staff for the upcoming busy season. Manager does said budgeting in a shared document (which the whole team has access to) instead of their own private limited access documents. In this data is how much each member of the team earns per hour, which is vastly between the top and bottom. Colleague spots this and points this out to myself and another staff member on the team. They get written up and face disciplinary action for sharing “personal data”. Should this colleague be hard done by as the manager shouldn't have put this information on a shared sheet? My view is that the manager should be facing the disciplinary, not the colleague who pointed it out.

I’m just curious because my new job starts in 20 minutes which is 2 hrs earlier then the store opening itself. I haven’t met anyone I’m supposed to be guided by and the top boss doesn’t come in till an hour after me. I have no idea how to get into the building I’m hoping the front door itself isn’t locked then even after getting into the building I don’t know who I’m supposed to talk to next. I also have no set time off, and I have no range of a schedule. The two jobs I have worked has either given me my first three days or I started out knowing my schedule. I’ve never been just dropped into the work zone. I also have no tour of the place it’s a grocery store so I pretty much know the front but I’m going to be in the deli…

Toxicity is all over the workplace,and its no different in the 3rd world country where I live. I consider myself very fortunate that my folks have managed to successfully open a business and this has allowed both me and my sister(the latter who is working under him for the moment)to escape this environment. Hopefully indefinitely,but at least for the time being. I am what you would consider “NEET”. Formerly,I was getting paid just to accomplish a few essential chores around the house for minimum wage. That might not sound like much,but given that I did not have to spend whatsoever on essentials,the entire wage was play money that I could do whatever I wanted with. This coupled with my almost complete freedom made my occupation a very sweet deal. I went on for awhile like this…Until I started my fitness journey. I've decided that since I've been “blessed” (For lack…

In 30 minutes I have to get up for a 9 hour overtime shift at a warehouse. I feel like complete shit been sick for 2 days so far. I'm sitting on enough attendance point that if I dont come in today I'll loose my job. But I feel truly awful. Back in January they gave me my 3rd warning for point which took me by surprise since I didn't know I had any points at all, I never even got my first or second warning – because all of HR was out with covid. I'm just over it I can't even think straight typing this I'm mortified of going to work today. And its the weekend prior to valentines day and I just got engaged last month and on top of that we jusr finished a black out period. I want my life back

So I work in a facility, and I really have liked my job a lot. I’ve liked my bosses and my coworkers, but I have decided I’m moving to California. And I have applied and interviewed at several places, and then interviews went well, and so the new places are checking my references. This is normal, especially in my field. They need to do a thorough background check and everything before they can give you an offer. And so obviously, I had to tell my bosses that I’m planning on leaving, and I asked for references, which they happily provided. But now… both bosses and coworkers INCESSANTLY ask for a date that I’m leaving. And I keep saying maybe, MAYBE early or mid March, but I can’t pick a date until I have a new job. And so, while everyone seems pretty nice about it and they say they will…

I am in my early fifties and I have worked since I was 15 in all sorts of jobs. From cleaning toilets, to being a retail serf to all sort of office jobs which involved mostly typing and getting coffee for whatever guy I was working for. I am actually a licensed teacher but when I graduated no schools were offering more than short term substitute jobs. Then I found my current job. The job is quite boring, but the money was not bad at all when I first started and 25 years later I am still here. Our company is seriously understaffed but those in management claim they can't find new workers. Which is weird because I remember telling us laughingly during a meeting how they rejected a guy for being too old (he had just turned 60) and another one who insisted he wanted to work mostly from…

My Significant Other got passed over for a promotion despite having the highest KPIs in their (multistate) department at Dignity Health. This forced them to apply for the promotion. So now, after applying, they are offering slightly above $25/hr for a specialty job. HR is saying because we live in the south and our cost of living is low they can't offer more. They are offering lower than the advertised wages for the position. We feel trapped into accepting the position. Where is the line drawn. Do we fight over a couple $ an hour. Feeling like about $25/hour for a smart, degree holding, adult with kids is extortion. Every decision til now has only been about health/vision/dental. I am thinking more people should feel (strongly) about this. Also feeling selfish because many have it worse. Hoping that holding out can be good for all of us.