Category: Antiwork

In 2003, I graduated college and wanted to work as a PGA golf professional. Not the one where you play on Tour, the one that works at a Country Club and runs the daily operation. I loved the game and despite having a 4-year degree and college debt, I went for it. I was 22 years old, loved the game and would do anything to succeed. What I didn't realize was working 10 hour days, 6 days a week for a salary was not only dumb, it was horrible for my health. Yes, I was at a great spot in South Florida, one where all the PGA stars are today and thought I had the world. Nope. I gained clarity in my 3rd season. We had a Head Golf Professional, I was the 1st Assistant and a younger kid was our 2nd Assistant. He was the guy that wanted the…

Had a kidney stone last week. Worst pain in my entire life. But I got through it. This week, my boss, one of 4 employees, has left for a vacation. Her first in 2 years. This boss is great, minus the fact that we all get shit hours. The pay is good though. I woke up with another kidney stone. Extreme pain. I need to see a urologist, which I can't afford, but since it's stone 2 now I definitely need to as I've been drinking 2 liters of water a day (well, trying to. Some days I dont quite get there and yesterday i forgot to drink water entirely and I'm pissed at myself.) That leaves 2 coworkers. One is sick. That leaves 1 coworker. Who is a highschooler and most likely won't be up when it's time for me to open the store. I've message the teams group…

When I was 17, I got my first ever job working at a Loans & Checking business. In the interview, they had me do a literal math and English test, like one from 4th grade lol. I got the job the same day and it consisted of me answering phones and writing a TON of paperwork for the boss. I did it for about a week, he had me writing about 6-7 pages a day per 4-5 hour shift (it was a part time job) and then copy editing another 8 or so pages. It was everything ranging from promotional coupons/mailings, and filling out customer reports. I also did a lot of filing, and responded to emails. The entire shop was just me and my boss, and people who would come and go throughout the day. My boss, his office was about 20 feet away from me, would email me…

At my company they sent nearly everyone who doesn’t need to work in the field on work from home. (It doesn’t apply to me since I’m a maintenance operator) I have seen a lot of posts and news articles about companies foaming at the mouth ready to bring their employees back and I don’t understand it. My company has decided that they are going to continue WFH for about 70% of our salaried employees indefinitely post pandemic. Upon doing an investigation the WFH employees have been just as productive, happy, good for moral, and have higher communication with staff in the field Because they just respond with a teams call Instead of wasting time walking to and from production areas. EDIT: they have also seen no loss in productivity without the third party software that watches you through your camera or tracks mouse activity. So the conclusion was with little…

Jobs be like how low of a price can I pay for you to be miserable 8 hours a day, 40 hours a week, great but unfortunately Joe's sense of self worth is 50 cents less and also is willing to sacrifice more of his family time, good luck finding another interview to waste a few more weeks of your time tho

I've been working at this company for over 10 years. Based on annual reviews, I have consistently outperformed my peers for the last 8 of those 10, despite increasing responsibilities. I'm described by my management as a “shining star” performer. And, during my review this week, my boss told me I was underpaid compared to my peers by a significant amount. But that there's nothing they can do about raising my pay because HR won't allow it. This week, the company announced they had made record revenues and profits. They congratulated the stockholders. They thanked their employees. I received a 4.5% raise to base pay. However, a significant part of our income comes from annual bonuses. They cut our bonuses by 25%. This means that, even before inflation, I'm taking home less money than last year. To top off the week, I'm called because I'm the only person that can…