Category: Antiwork

Title. Underpaid and my mental health is suffering so badly at this job it's starting to affect my physical health. Anxiety vomit every day sort of thing, the works. I have coworkers at this job who I can list as references in the future if I need to so I'm not terribly worried about not being able to list it on a resume in the future. I'm a little worried about being without an income but I have a few good applications in and an interview next week that seems promising. I've already drafted an email saying that it's effective immediately and laying out the major reason why (I won't get into it because the details would be too specific but my boss directly threatened my career a few weeks ago because I did something that they personally didn't like), even said that I'd be sorry to affect my coworkers…

Just wondering if this question is allow for this sub, but my friend works at a Latin American country for a company at the USA, she is considered to be promoted to a SME (subject matter expert) however we think the company is thanking advantage of her because of where she is working, just curious to know how much an employee with 5 years of experience and essential for the company might be asking for a job.

Hello! I have been w/ my current employer for 4 years and I’m having panic attacks every day for months. The stress is unreal for the meager wages and no benefits so I am really tempted to just quit without having anything lined up or much savings. I feel like I literally cannot work here for another second or I could have a heart attack or something. Now… I do have an interview lined up tomorrow which I have a great intuition about. I’m waffling back and forth between giving it another day or just saying “fuck it”- and force myself into a situation where I have no other choice. If I do, my stress levels could be even higher if I don’t get this one and have trouble finding others after this. I dunno I’m just ranting and venting and if anyone has any words of advice, I’m all…

This is a long one, growing up nobody in my family had a BA degree, with the exception of a Grand-Uncle In-law. We were taught to revere this man. He ran a small insurance company, which I got to work on by accident. Why by accident? Glad you asked! My uncle was like the father in the TV Show Succession, in fact I’ve had to pause that show many times cause it remembers me too much of him. OK, when he was 70 he told his oldest son he was retiring and wanted him to become President of the firm. The guy started to take steps for the transition and his dad DIDN’T like it! So my uncle decided to not retire and fired his son and all his team. We were still in high school but were brought in through Internship arrangements to help. At some point my uncle…

It’s like a PTSD flashback…

Hey guys I got hurt at work and told all my managers like 20 hours in advance that I need to go to the doctor and no one would respond. They were making me do a job that isn’t part of my jobs titles responsibility. They have also not scheduled me for this or next week when the doctors note I gave them says I was cleared to work with no restrictions on the 4th. They are really mad I brought up workman’s comp and are now saying I’m bad at my job and someone has reported that I seem under the influence. None of this has ever been brought up until I got injured. I think the drastically changing my hours,role and pay (a flat rate of cash under the table) means I qualify for unemployment but that won’t be enough to live off. They are making threats and…