Category: Antiwork

How absolutely silly of me to think companies were the ones paying you for the 12 week leave (in CA), then finding out applying through EDD will only give you 8 weeks of pay at 60-70% of your rate ‍ I have been dreaming of quitting my ugly toxic job for a while, and now my husband and I made the dumb decision to start a family in this economy and I am just baffled thinking how I gotta go back to work asap. Just found out I'm pregnant and maybe it's the hormones but holy shit it all feels so hopeless. Hiding in the bathroom right now telling myself I just have to make it until October for my apparent due date. Yay

Hey there. I went back to school when I was 30 to get a design degree. I’m very passionate about design and I am good at it. I thought this would be a perfect job for me, but I was wrong. I’ve been in the industry for 5 years and I’m fucking burnt out. I am also autistic, so if it was just about the work- it would all be fine. But there is so much social BS that goes into the job that it’s outweighing what I love, which is design. Not to mention the competition- everyone is competing with each other, even when we are on the same team! It’s to the point where I’d rather k*ll myself then keep working these jobs. It’s either that or I eventually get cancer like cousin did from the stress of being a designer. What other less stressful jobs can I…

I’m looking for data for my own contributions on making our work culture a better place. I’d also like to know, if an electronic survey was offered once a month and only seen by higher ups or analysts, would you take it? Would you take it if you knew it would somehow hold your managers and supervisors accountable for their actions? Anything from training to all out investigations. It’s my belief that if there was more transparency and communication from actual employees we could begin to mend this deep and complex employment crisis. To add to this, if your company is doing it right, what are they doing that keeps you loyal, determined and resilient?

People really do leave because of bad management. My manager is a spineless jellyfish. He's not even in the building half the time. And now he's letting other managers move us around. And we're going through layoffs. I'm just bulking up my resumé. I don't want to be here anymore.

Can I be deducted 15 minutes of pay for being a single minute late if it is in my company handbook but not my contract? I live in UK thank you

My boss likes to play stupid. I could write a much longer post about EVERY instance of this, but I'll stick with right now. We got a bunch of snow and ice over night. I'm parked on the street, pointed upward on a hill. My street was plowed, but very poorly, and no road salt was put down. I tried to get off my street, and my car literally will not move… At best I can do a lot of sliding and wiggling even a penguin would be envious of. I text my boss this, saying I'm stuck and my car just isn't going to cut through the ice on a hill. Took the liberty of sending her a video too! She says: “I'll push your appointments back 15 minutes, no worries!” Okay… I'll keep trying then, I'd like to get paid today. So I keep trying. Another 15 minutes…