Category: Antiwork

Long story short: I work as an ER unit secretary. The Recruiter must have been severely misinformed and passed that misinformation down to me. When the base rate was this low I just knew I shouldve said no thanks… But recruiter says oh no you get a shift differential for working 12 hour days and more on weekends. SURPRISE!!! Got my first paycheck today and not only is it missing the 2G sign on bonus (another lie) said paycheck is literally not even enough to pay my rent!!!! (I live in Florida… housing is super expensive here) I ask HR wtf wheres this shift differential and my 2000 signing bonus and they look at me like I have 2 heads!! I told my unit manager that if HR doesnt make this right I will quit and will have zero bad feelings because Im held to a certain standard that HR…

Yet we’re a multimillion dollar corporation. Uh. Okay. Why doesn’t the company donate? “We’re a team of rockstars!” Right.

He was a prick and was using it as a scare tactic because I was sick and wasn’t answering my phone the next morning (even though I had spoken to him the night before, stating I wouldn’t be in).

I have serious heart problems. My cardiologist told me I should only work so many hours a week, and to minimize my stress by lightening my workload. I have a note and everything in my file at work. Problem is that my job is severely understaffed and they can't afford to honor my physicians guidelines. So I'm working over 50 hours some weeks. The boss tells me I can work no hours a week instead if I keep bringing my situation up. I think he doesn't believe me even though I have documentation of my condition. I have bills to pay and food to put on the table. I make decent money where I'm at, but it's to the point where it's batter to just suffer with what I have rather than start over somewhere else for better accommodations and less money. Idk what I should do. Sorry if my…

I don’t know how anyone is supposed to survive in the United States. I work full time for a public school and just got done my taxes which show I made about $15k last year, my first year out of college. My private student loans from discover are $2,000 a month, non-negotiable. My rent is $700 a month. Those costs alone already have me underwater. I was always poor, I never expected myself to live in a mansion, or even a house. I was always content staying in a small apartment but now even that’s out of reach. I feel like a burden to everyone around me because it is literally impossible for me to survive without other people chipping in. I’ve been working since I was 14 and have nothing to show for it at 26. I was always told if I worked hard and went to school things…

Record profits, record CEO salary, record inflated patient costs, Optional adherence to inflation for labor costs. CEO: thanks for working so hard in the pandemic, everyone, we couldn’t have done it without you. Here’s 2% “increase.” CEO: Hold on, we didn’t mean that. There are algorithms helping us adjust this. 2% does not actually equal 2%. CEO: Fine. We had to take a philosophy class… we will give everyone a minimum 4% “increase.” Please, put some pepper with your salt.

I came to a realization… I have changed jobs and careers multiple times throughout my lifetime. Eventually, I finally found a job that I sort of enjoy, is relatively easy, and it pays well. Yet, after 2.5 years of doing it. I am exhausted. I find myself unable to get out of bed sometimes. I find myself not caring whether or not, I go to work. I am not sure if it is management (favoritism towards certain coworkers), my coworkers (condescending towards other coworkers but ass-kissers towards management), the customers (rude and hostile sometimes), the job (repetitiveness), or me (lazy, depressed, and unmotivated). What I know is, I need to know the course of action before I have kids. Otherwise, I will be locked into a career I hate for the next 30 years.