Category: Antiwork

I'm writing in to say I've completely given up on job searching it's not even a numbers game anymore I closed off my linkedin/indeed accounts, I hope everyone else on this sub has better luck and a brighter future than me

I’m almost thirty and have severe job insecurity anxiety (worsened after getting laid off in April). I love crafting and gaming but I have to make enough to survive. I’m not good enough at any of them to make a decent living as far as I can see. If I could I’d disappear into the woods somewhere and be some poor town’s local cryptid but I I have animals and people to take care of. Any advice on how to survive this capitalistic hell hole without getting dragged back into the corporate world?

Hello, I was laid-off this week out of nowhere, they told me on Tuesday morning and 10 minutes later I had no access to anything. Couldn't even say goodbye. Another 7 people were affected too. The thing is that the company organizes a summer retreat and I had already purchased flights, that were to be reimbursed after the flight was taken. Now that I'm not part of the company, I'm obviously not attending said retreat, and when asked about reimbursement, they said that I could get a credit from the airline and use it for a future trip. This does not sit well with me. First, as I'm unemployed right now I am not going to be taking any trips soon, and second, it was $225. That's a whole month worth of food for me. Is this legal? Is there anything I can do for them to reimburse me? For…

I hate it. Probably if I was making CEO money I, too, would. But since I'm not, it's just “not worth it”

I have been working weekend night shift rota for almost 2 years in a business that requires 24hr cover operating heavy machinery remotely. I just received a business plan stating myself as the sole reason people work 18hr shifts because I cannot change my shift or am flexible enough. I asked to stick to these shifts originally and have done so successfully. But now they want me off them. The shifts still need covered but now everyone is to take turns doing them. It was never contractually changed and so I now have to fight it. I’m shocked to find they have people working 18hr shifts. It’s not constant work and is more when someone shouts for help we need to log in and fix the machine. But to be ready 1pm until 7am seems excessive and also not my fault. And quite frankly dangerous. I put in for flexible…

I refuse to write down fake numbers, I’m not Harry Potter my pencil isn’t Magical, Quality Control is a fake position where I worked. There is a pvc plastic pipe company in Iowa C••••••e Pipe you can figure it out, I’m mad idk where else to put this but they are required to keep there pipe within certain specifications for NSF certification but they don’t it’s a lie 80% of the pipe goin out the door is technically a defects. If you buy pvc pipe anything come from that plant over the last 4 years is guaranteed bad. If you want an easy refun for free pipe get a micrometer and calipers I am telling you as someone with firsthand knowledge you will find defects in every pipe which is enough for a refund or reimbursement for re doing a job.

I am a salaried employee. My normal hours are M-F 9-5 or 8-5 with a lunch hour. I make my own schedule. I understand that I will be asked to do some jobs on Saturday occasionally or after 5 some week days. I figured that's included in the salary and it all evens out in the end with missed time for appointments and such. I have worked several Saturdays and I worked Good Friday while everyone else had off. (Boss failed to tell me not to schedule any work so that's why I was the only one working.) I had a doctor's appointment Tuesday and notified the boss that I would be heading to the appointment after my 11:00 customer. Nothing was said. I go to pick up my check on the 1st and I'm told that they deducted hours for my doctor's appointment. I didn't say anything at the…