Category: Antiwork

Pharmacy technician here. I'm sure it's been said before but I'll say it again and again, 30-minute lunches are ridiculous. Expecting a person to wolf down their food in 30 minutes while having a moment of rest is nearly impossible. I actually only get about 27-28 minutes if I'm not having to heat up my food (which is 80% of the time) to eat. That time flies… 45 minutes should be the minimum. One hour shouldn't be considered a “courtesy.” Vent over…

So, I put in my 2 weeks at my current job. What I'm realizing is that most jobs fully expect you to do like 5 months of work in your last 2 weeks, train people, write a freakin manual, inform everyone, yadda yadda yadda. My thought is, “Why in the ever loving hell would I work HARDER now that I've quit?” And why would I all of sudden do something I've never been paid to do, just because I had the courtesy to give you notice? It's an insane expectation and it's a symptom of how employers really think you owe them some type of favor for them deigning to give you a job so THEY can make money. Imagine if you broke up with someone and they asked you to write down all their likes and dislikes and the way they like laundry folded for the next guy. It's…

NYS, I don't want to divulge what company, but a pretty large & world reknowned real estate services company…. A power tripping manager sent out an “updated” PTO policy that specificially states ​ ” Unpaid time off will not be approved .” ​ How exactly is that A) Legal or B) enforcable? ​ If I'm not being paid & OK with that, how exactly do you expect that I'll be coming in?? ​ Any advice is super helpful, aside from the “F IT TAKE IT ANYWAY!” which I do totally love, any legal measurable steps to remedy this?

I had a meeting at the end of last month and our long-time manager forwarded her resignation. She was one of the few great managers I've had, and it was a big blow to our department. Flash forward to this month, and another prominent member of our department also forwarded her resignation. In both instances, as usual, those remaining have to fill the work void they left behind with no additional compensation. The company I work for doesn't have the worst salaries, but definitely not in the market average for our positions. With the few members left on our team, I've been wondering how to talk to them about collective bargaining for a higher salary in exchange for staying on with the company. I've been looking for a new job on the side anyways, but I want to spark a debate about negotiating our salaries together instead of hoping management…