Category: Antiwork

Just something I noticed in my life anyway. My first job was back of house staff in a chain restaurant for federal minimum of $7.25/hr, a.k.a “if we could legally pay you less, we would”. Currently (ten years later) I’m managing a coffee shop for $40K yearly plus bonuses. Every job I’ve had since then (with one exception) has been a huge pay increase from the one before and has ALWAYS also been an easier job. Even though I have a lot more responsibility, this is the least stressful job I’ve had, and the only full time one where I’m not expected to work past 40 hours without some kind of extreme reason. The one exception was when I left a manufacturing job to work for FedEx because they were offering $3/hr more than what I was making at the time but after two weeks I couldn’t handle the mental…

Hi all, thanks in advance for any advice. I walked out of my job last year due to complete burn out. I worked for a private company that had several branches throughout the state. However, my branch was out of state and I literally ran it myself. (I had employees under me) When I say, by myself, I literally was the manager of every department. I mean every department. I put up with it for almost 4 years. Anyway, I’m wondering what “reason for leaving” should I list/give when asked this question? TIA

Throwaway account, I saw some post about managerial mistreatment on here and wanted to see if anyone has suggestions/info. Long story short: I, the only full-time 100% remote person on my team, finally had the opportunity to speak candidly to a fellow team member about our boss's abusive behavior. I had no idea any one was experiencing the same thing I was. Our boss is a fake southern nice person, who regularly belittles us and since she has decided she doesn't like us both has essentially stopped giving us work but little “projects” that are pointless and regularly leave us with no feedback or results from our work. My team member called to ask about a project that he's working on that I essentially completed last week. So I sent him my final project but that led us to talk. Our boss displays clear favoritism, he's confirmed that everyone (including…

I think I will keep away from ideological conversations for my own safety, I have been venting on msn and a few comments have been liked a lot. I thought they might be worth a look and inspire people on how to communicate positions, undermine the system and hijack topics for your own ends. ​ https://preview.redd.it/9y9wii1k02h81.png?width=830&format=png&auto=webp&s=a34b2e9750228af32365b039deb0bbea6194bd85 This one is in response to the comedian Jimmy Carr being criticised for a joke.

Is the US ever going to offer this? It’s crazy to me that no one is having kids. They just can’t afford to. Birth rates are declining. I know they care about workers being around at least, so if the number of people that died from covid is higher than babies born why isn’t anything happening?

All the statistics I’m finding say that job satisfaction is up despite the pandemic blah blah. Can anyone find anything credible that backs this up? I just can’t imagine it to be true.

One morning last week, I woke up to an email from a recruiter on LinkedIn. It appeared to have landed in my inbox as if by magic. I hadn't sent in a resume or crafted a tortured cover letter. None of the usual stuff. For once, someone had approached me. I briefly talked to the recruiter on the phone, and little by little, I allowed myself to get my hopes up. The job most certainly wasn't a scam, and it would have been a huge step up, pay-wise, from what I'm doing now. For a brief second, I felt like I could breathe, like I might wind up doing something I could be proud of, the kind of job you'd assume an educated person my age would have. I surmised that I had failed their editing test almost immediately after I sent it in. It was in PDF form, which…