Category: Antiwork

I know it’s easy to say how overworked we are. How tired we are of everything being monopolized. We are obviously ready for change and see plenty of countries strike for their rights. For the first time in my life, I actually visited Europe. They have things figured out. There were literally no homeless people in the Netherlands because the government won’t let them get beyond a threshold. If someone buys a house and doesn’t live in it, there is actually an organized squatters team to reclaim the house if it sits empty for 3 years. Water is clean enough to drink from any bathroom sink. Their public transportation is impeccable. They also prioritize happiness over monetary gain. There are still rich people trying to do shit, but they organize to keep them in check. What can we do? Can we form a squatters team to reclaim unused homes? Can…

For context, I am disabled, and I live with my elderly mom and 1 near do well sibling. When covid happened by dad passed suddenly and the replacement aid fell through, so I had to give the job to the sibling who I do not like at all. They for lack of a better phase are 9 going on 29. They are a man-child who is throwing a lifelong pity party because adulthood “sucks”. Now he greatly resents me b/c he says my disability and who I am because he says I ruined his life. Okay fair enough, I am not easy live with, and I made many mistakes but I have reached out to repair things, but he is not interested which is his choice but what he doesn't have the right to do is refusing to do your job and cost me my health and future b/c you…

I reported a residential care facility for failing to meet staffing for our clients as well as medication violations and client neglect. They’re currently under investigation by DSPD, APS and the Division of Licensing. I have not been back on property since I quit. However, I still occasionally see my old clients because I help with the monthly disability dance. My former coworker asked if she could get a ride to this dance since her car was in the shop. I said okay and she verbally confirmed with her new boss if this was okay. I was there for the phone call so I heard that everything would be fine and we were both reassured that this wouldn’t cause any drama. She was fired today for getting a ride from me, she was told it was due to her lying about the situation. Her new boss and HR are claiming…

For the last few years, I have been working as a subcontractor to a subcontractor that does work for the federal government. Last year sometime, they hired an outside partner whose job it is to make sure all contractors are actually contractors, to mitigate the risk of misclassification. The outside partner takes on all of the liability if there's an audit. Because of this, I haven't gotten paid for work I've done since then–even work I already had a contract for, and already completed–and I've been given a “stop work” order on contracts that are in process. I keep getting emails saying that they need to prove that I actually have an S-corp, that I actually give myself a wage, and to do that, I need to submit an unredacted paystub showing that I pay myself a fair wage based on IRS requirements. I have asked, blankly, if it is…

Our dog had been diagnosed with cancer and since we’re poor and didn’t want her to suffer, the best course of action was putting her down. Because we found out and decided kind of quickly (we had been talking about her various conditions and putting her down for a few weeks), I didn’t really feel comfortable taking off of work. I got updates from my girlfriend and roommate about her status, and I even excused myself to go say goodbye to her over the phone. I was in sales so I was trying to hold it together and be upbeat, but it was difficult. I didn’t really tell anyone. Suddenly, my girlfriend starts blowing up my phone. Dozens of calls and texts while I’m working. I dashed outside to see what happened, and she was hysterical. She told me my 18 year old cat had passed in the time that…

Is it legal to fine an employee for missing a training day in FL? Tried looking online but can only find the employee can be fired. For context I am a trainer at my job but my boss just told me to send out an email informing new hires they will be fined $200 if they don't show up. When I looked online I found it's legal to fire an employee for missing a day but can't find anything on fining them.

Graduated college a few months back, and got a job at a medical technology company. Yesterday at 4:48 PM EST received a meeting from my head boss regarding “business updates.” Today at 9 AM, I was fired due to the company downsizing (although it's a huge multinational company). No notice just fired like that. Really a bad feeling. I asked if I did anything wrong and was told it was strictly business. Just sucks. They mostly have contract workers and few full-time employees. I was “lucky” enough to get the job straight out of college and be hired as a full-time employee, but here I am now, fired.