Category: Antiwork

I’m trying to plan a trip to Japan/Korea in Spring 2025. I work hourly at a grocery store and although I am able to earn vacation days, I highly doubt I’ll have 2 weeks saved up by then. I am part of a union and I’ve heard it’s difficult to get fired, but would it look bad if I took more time off than I have? I’m a great employee, so they would have no other reason to reprimand me. Although I do enjoy the job, I don’t want it to keep me from taking a travel opportunity. Edit: I’m in Oregon, USA

Some context: this isn’t the first long text we’ve received about how we suck, there’s been quite a few which is why I was fed up and actually said something. My manager will always find something a closer missed, like once I got told I didn’t rinse off a rag that took the opener 5 seconds to do. At my job we have an actual position (that comes with a promotion + raise) called a trainer, which I am not one. However, we do have a trainer but they don’t train. So, I was in charge of training the new hire with no raise and I did it but I guess not well enough (oops)!

If society had to start over and there could only be a thousand people how many of those people would be stock traders, hedge fund managers, CEOs of multi-conglomerate corporations, Bank CEOs, professional athletes? What would those people contribute to society? What do they contribute to society as a whole now? Not the capitalistic hold on society but actually society.. what are your thoughts?

My department is extremely short-handed. Over the last month or so, we've lost roughly half our team between people being let go, moved to other teams or leaving, and that includes losing our department head. The few of us left are doing multiple jobs at this point to keep the lights on, while also being pushed on expanding strategy and reach. I'm burnt out beyond belief. We also just had our yearly bonuses delayed despite hitting our numbers. I'm not sure the company is doing well, and we're living in the unknown that a new dept. head could come in and blow up everything that remains at any moment. Today a random coworker, not on my team or one I've ever met in person, messaged me to ask what I was thinking liking a competitor's LinkedIn post. I tend to appreciate good content no matter who it's from. I don't…

I made a post months ago complaining about my job and through some very supportive people in the comments (thank you!) discovered I was being misclassified as an independent contractor and I was actually an employee. I recently just came across another post where someone else is also probably being misclassified so I wanted to make a post about some things I’ve learned so hopefully you don’t get taken advantage of. Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer and this only applies to US residents. Companies do not get to decide whether or not you are their employee. The relationship you have with the company determines whether or not you are an employee. If you are an employee, even if they said you’re not, you are still protected by employment laws. This includes wage laws, wrongful termination laws, taxation laws, etc. If you talk to your employer about being misclassified, they…

I have a fun anti work story for all of you. Im gonna keep this super general cause I almost ruined it for the employees while I was there and I don’t want to ruin it for them now that I’ve left. I used to work at an employer that had VERY high production standards. Definitely an 80 hour a week job. It was exciting and high profile so I loved it but then I had kids and needed more family time. A friend recommended a certain employer. We’ll call employer B. Now some important background about my old branch at Employer B is their management structure. First level management is far removed from the work we do. They look at numbers only and have very little interaction with us except for a once a month all team meeting. Team leads, who are senior team members that are effectively unpaid…

A little background: I haven't even been at this place for a year. I started early October of last year. I agreed, even though my intuition told me not to, because they offered me $5,000 more if I was a good fit after my 90 days. 90 days rolls around and Oops, I wasn't good enough. I was a few minutes late getting in and I was still trialing new formulations so I didn't deserve it. We'll try again in another 90 🤡 As time has progressed, I have taken on more and more responsibility off my coworker who isn't very efficient. They were demoted twice and still kept the same pay but now their work is spread between 4 people, including me. I have a team member who has been calling off so the extra responsibility falls on me. I have been burned out for a long time coming.…

I had a major professional disappointment 10 years ago that camed into my life unexpectedly. Although so much time passed, my mind still cannot accept what happened and every once in a while still searches for causes and answers for what happened. I want to stop this vicious circle ,but I cannot seem to put an end to these thoughts. What to do? What would you do?