Category: Antiwork

How do you deal with blockers which are always thrown your way at work? Situation is that in the company I work for are lots of issues preventing to do assigned tasks effectivelly. Company calls itself efficient, transparent and wants higher efficiency. We have retrospective meetings, but there we just discuss the least relevant issues as looks like noone wants to hear the truth we we do not perform well. We just talk there in order to talk. I have tried to point to the true issues, but more and more I did that I become kind of outsider whom noone likes. Talking directly to direct manager about these issues also does not lead anywhere. Talking to the management of the department about other issues of different topic also often feeling like answer given is – f**k off (in polite form of course). I have not talked to department management…

I have a disability, I live with chronic pain, and I'm gonna have a big, scary surgery in a little under 2 months. Work is hell right now. I cannot focus on anything. I have to go to many tests and appointments before the big chop chop, and I'm also trying to keep myself from shitting bricks whenever I think of the surgery (it's spinal fusion, look it up if you're not bothered by x-rays). At work we're in our busy season, and I need to get all my ducks in a row before I go on ~2-3 months of sick leave. But I just can't do it. Can't. All work tasks fill me with resentment, I procrastinate like crazy, today I had a pain flare-up on the way to work and I came in the office crying, scaring the shit out of everybody. And this is a good job.…

New boss just pronounced the J in jalapeños. He’s clearly a sociopath and I should quit for my own safety.

I’ve been at my job for 3 years and Im actually the employee who’s been there the longest. Long story short, I was on stress leave from January 5-March 5 due to workplace harassment. My coworkers and I found out our boss lied about her family member dying of cancer so she can get 2 weeks off and I called her out and she threatened me so I took stress leave. I’ve been texting my other boss (who dislikes the other mean boss) and I gave him my note from my doctor that said I’m ok to return to work and said I can start whenever. I’ve been asking when I’m going to start since march 5 and he will not answer my question. My theory is he’s too scared to tell me our other boss doesn’t want me back even though I was not fired, she just doesn’t like…

I've been exploring camp counselor jobs (in the US) and had an interview just yesterday with a campground for adults with special needs. At multiple points during the interview I kept wondering if I was on camera or this whole position was a goof, let me tell you how it all just kept getting worse. Disclaimer: as I will learn by the end of this interview, apparently non-profits employing camp staff don’t have to pay minimum wage in NY. What goes on in my head is italicized. Camp whoever signs on to the video interview. “Can you tell me about yourself and your experience in teaching?” sigh… sure let me repeat my whole application Then she starts talking about the particulars of the job. “You start at 7am and end at 10pm, with an hour-long break during the day, and one day off per week” yikes but sure, i worked…

I’ve been at a new position for a couple weeks and things are going really smoothly. Timeframes that management thought would take me months to get trained on are getting done quicker than they could’ve ever hoped and they’ve been sure to let me know I’m progressing along better than even what they already had a high bar for. It’s been a great validation that I’ve found a good team. Here’s the crux of my issue. I’ve been dealing with mental health issues, primarily anxiety, depression, PTSD, and awful insomnia exacerbated by the previously mentioned diagnoses. It’s been know to causes problems when I’ve tried to prioritize work, but when your body sometimes goes 30-36 hours without sleep without your say in the matter and it causes other health issues, it can’t exactly be ignored. I want to be able to address these issues but due to the fact that…