Category: Antiwork

A former co worker and I got talking about my old job, they have been promoted and were asking me for some feedback. I went on a rant about how I was getting the highest production in my group at the company and how I don’t need a manager to breathing down my neck to do work and have no idea why I as let go when I even participated in after work activities with co workers, trained new people and was always positive and encouraging others. They told me they heard nothing but good things about me from the company but I was the loudest voice pushing for working at home (was living with my grandpa and helping him out around the house) and so because of that I was let go. Best part is they now have a hybrid work schedule and can work from home some days…

So where I work claimed everyone was getting a 4.0 percent raise. (Yeah I know, I'm looking for a new job, not what this is about.) Our new pay scale was posted and something looked off to me. I did the math on every department, every max out pay, found most of us got something like 3.98% because they rounded incorrectly. A very lucky few broke 7 because that whole department has been hemorrhaging workers. So what I'm wondering is how best to bring it to managements attention that they seem to have made some sort of rounding error on my pay… I already started telling all my coworkers, even though it amounts to about $20 over the course of a year. If they fire me it'd basically be doing me a favor at this point.

When I don these smelly-ass, piece of shit fast-food uniforms, just to make enough to be able to fucking eat… I don't feel like a person. I feel like shit. I feel like a serf. Like, the land I work on, I work for the benefit of the one who owns it; not for my own, let alone my own advancement. I feel like, the only reason I put on these tacky, uncomfortable uniforms is not 'to represent our brand' or whatever cliche bullshit I'm told. I feel like, the only reason I'm putting it on, is so that I, as a lowly employee, know my place in the current Neo-Planter Class hierarchy. That my life is worthless unless someone else can make their own worthwhile off my hard labor. And killing myself wouldn't make a fucking difference. I'm completely worthless without them. And yes, I'm suicidal because of this…

And the rest of the HR folks, generally, too. They all get sucked off by the CEO. (Eg “Karen, I’m SOOOOOO thankful for you! Omg you’re the best! I’m nothing without your help!”) This seems to attract a lot of grovelers and talentless power-seekers to the HR industry.

I approached my asst. manager to ask a question, but he was speaking to our manager, so I just waited nearby. Then this conversation happened: Mgr: (looking at me) You don't happen to know why [a very high-profile KPI] shot up drastically recently, do you? Me: Has it been about five weeks? Mgr: Almost exactly. Me: And has [a much less-referenced KPI] gone down by a similar amount? Mgr: Let me check (sends instant message) Mgr: (gets response) Yes! You do know. Tell me. Me: What's in it for me? Shit, meet fan. Now this manager could have taken it in the playful manner it was intended and offered to buy me lunch, but alas, no such luck. He decided to escalate the situation to upper management, and now they're basically accusing me of stealing intellectual property, when in reality, I just added 1+1 without a calculator. If my manager…

This week myself and many coworkers were given a black bag and told our jobs were being eliminated with zero warning. A fine thanks after bending over backwards in helping them survive the pandemic. I guess when you train a team in Bangalore your always training your replacement. I hope they all rot in hell the soulless bastards.

I was hired recently by an Entertainment Production higher up as a job title that’s higher than any production job I’ve ever taken. When I was hired I was told Id be making my own schedule, working on things for the production, and occasionally doing different errands/jobs for the higher up that didn’t pertain to the production. That all has completely gone out the window and now I just do a ton of physical labor and errands. At first I thought I was being tested to see how much of a hard worker I am but I am now realizing that I’ve basically just become this persons assistant. I have done a ton of cleaning, heavy lifting, and other things that I was never told would be apart of my job. I was so excited to work on this project and have a higher title but it seems that that…