Category: Antiwork

I want to apologize and be open with you all. When I got a job out of college I felt like I was set. I bumped into this group on Reddit a few years into my job. At first I did think it was a bunch of lazy people who didn't want to work. It wasn't until years later when I wasn't getting raises while the cost of goods was rising and lost unemployment that I understood what antiwork was for. I fell for the 9-5 grind and even though I picked up a job again I am very open minded about the antiwork concept. People shouldn't have to work long hours or two jobs just to make ends meet. Rent and the cost of goods have gone out of control and I've seen how greedy companies have been since the pandemic. I really hope some day companies and the…

Last week my coworkers and I were discussing our salaries and whether we should talk openly about our salaries. Today, I got called into the director's office and was told “I know it's your first job [out of college], so it's okay to make mistakes, but in corporate settings, it is generally frowned upon to openly discuss your salary with your coworkers”. I am also in my 90-day period since I just got hired in December, but I was told that this is something that would come up in my review when discussing my tenure. Is there anything that I can do legally about this? Even if I can't I just needed to get this out of my chest. I'm so pissed off

I’m a sever at a restaurant and someone I work with was bragging about a check he got that was $1400 when he worked 71 hours in back to back weeks. That shit should be an absolute crime

It is with great pleasure I announce I quit my bloody job. After years of blasted hell and nonsense I said f* this. I have been screwed around finically, I have been made promises that never were honoured, I have had enough pizza parties, I have endured watching those who did not deserve to be promoted ascend to positions of authority and continually drop the ball. Today I gave my notice and it felt like the largest weight had been lifted. For the last several years I’ve suffered from mental health, stress and overwhelming anxiety. Today it melted away as soon as I said the words. I have no idea what the future holds but for the first time in a long time I feel like myself. I quit. It made me feel like brand new.

I interviewed for national chain retail store general manager of a single location. I am qualified. They offered me the job. They offered $57k and one week of vacation after being there a year. For that pay they expected me to run the front end and back end of the store and keep the store fully staffed with minimum wage workers who have to stand all day on cement floors and stock shelves kneeling on cement floors. They expect me to work 6 days a week with no time off and to cover when people don’t show or there is a staff shortage. So that turns what equates to $27 an hour to probably $15 an hour because it’s a salaried position. I laughed out loud when they said that I would have the opportunity to earn a quarterly sales bonus of up to $950. Wtf. Is this a shit…

My employer has made some questionable decisions lately that lead me to want to start keeping a meticulous record of how much I'm working each day. We have the standard business hours of Monday through Friday, 9am-5pm and I and my teammates are salaried (non-exempt). In my state, anyone non-exempt working more than 40 hours per week is entitled to 1.5 overtime pay. Additionally, the state does not require employers to give meal breaks; we are allowed a half hour for lunch, but I can't recall if there's anything written to that effect. When I'm tallying up my hours, should I include that half hour or not? As an example, today a ticketing error meant that I worked from 9am until about 530pm with my lunch around 1pm. Should I record this as 8 hours or 8.5?

Dealt with toxic work environment for the past several years and finally found a great new department within my company and got hired. In my previous job they tried to write me up for taking company approved leave after my Grandmother died, and fired competent people for speaking up on problems within the organization. People are being hired off the street to replace the long timers who are leaving in droves. New people with no experience are making $10K more than those who have worked here for years. My managers are refusing to acknowledge my new job and want me to train my replacement while still performing all my current duties. I’m sure others can relate?

Just doesn't have a clue what is going on and all their mistakes are piling up