Category: Antiwork

I'm 25m and I've been super stressed at work lately. I work at a particular delivery company as a manager. It's never been the best job at all from when I was a driver but I get paid well due to my work ethic if being able to deliver stops like crazy. The issue lies in that the other 3 managers that are my equals make me do all their work. I end up doing all the paperwork, I do double if not triple their route every day, I do vehicle maintenance and I also am expected to help by the owners to help struggling drivers afterwards. The other managers usually do small fixes or just talk and go home by 11:00AM. We start at 7:30AM. I have been working 60 hour weeks and I don't get a cent after my 40 hours. (I'm technically salary) I have brought it…

It may not seem as insane as you might imagine, but it was still illegal, and I was really in an impossible situation and had to resign. Background: Every year, there is a competition for RNs put on by a company for them to win a grand prize. Rules: the RN innovated something to improve patient care, and the grant $ will be used to pursue its development and/or implementation. My boss pressured me for over 6+ months to enter this competition, to which I replied that his company is not eligible, and I am not eligible personally. The company has nothing to do with RNs researching and creating something for patients. We'd be DQ'ed entered as a company, or I'd be ashamed to enter something that I knew I didn't create nor research and had nothing to do with patient care improvement. What happened: I went out of town…

What i hated the most when working for companys and corps is not even the work itself but the whole spiel and acting around it. Its sooo exhausting. Always acting nice, lying the whole time and remembering every shit you ever said so that the character you actually made up (you act as him) for them makes sense. Toxic people who have a higher Position and their passive agressive behavior. After my Internship i swore myself to never work a 9-5 ever again.

Employers: “Please arrive at least 10 minutes before your interview, I don't care what reason you have or what emergencies come up, if you're not at least 10 minutes early, you're unreliable and rejected.” Also employers: “Sorry mate, accidentally scheduled a meeting exactly when your interview was supposed to happen, ain't that a bitch! If you could just wait around for at least another 45 minutes, that'd be great!” I'm at my place of interview right now, wondering why I haven't been called through yet, and the 45 minute example I gave above is not an exaggeration. Interviews are already nerve wracking as hell, and you're gonna make me sit around and wait for you.

At my job, I deal with patient files in a hospital network outside the US. One thing hit me today, much harder than usual: a lot of patients deal with dementia and other neurocognitive decline situations in their 70s, and even sometimes late 60s. It is common, as many know, around the world. But if we are to work until retirement at 65 (if we even get to retire then), a lot of us could work their whole lives, sacrifice dreams and moments with friends and family, just to potentially enjoy 5 to 15 years in good health (if we're lucky). So today, I'm walking around at work as if I got a sinister diagnosis, even though I'm healthy.

Had no less than 10 interviews for unique employers, some of which interviewed me 2 and 3 times for the same role. Of those, 3 actually sent me an email that said they have made a decision and I wasn’t it. The rest? Nothing. Now, I’m interviewing for mid career, degree and experience required in my finance field. The lack of professionalism to interview someone, put them through the ropes, then not even let them know “yes” or “nah” is really frustrating. You owe the working world nothing, and they in turn owe you nothing. I’ll not grant any other interviews in 2023 until a time I decide I want to.