Category: Antiwork

I am trying to get out of a shitty retail job that has broken a lot of labor laws in general but there's one that is making me anxious to fight once I quit. This year, we started doing 1% commission on every sale. One of the rules however is that “you must be an employee through the end of the month” and “through the end of the year” to be eligible to receive the commission. None of that makes sense especially since it seems to be paid out monthly but anyway. I'm in california and it says that commission is considered wage here but I just don't know how to fight it yknow. Also I know 1% commission is gonna be absolute crumbs to be paid but fuck this company for doing whatever they want idk how to fight them as smooth as possible though.

I'm stuck at an office job i got 3-4 months ago. I don't have a job deal/paper yet but they gave me an ultimatum to say if i'm staying or not ( i found the job through a family friend after moving and being jobless for months)last friday.after listening to multiple family member's opinions I said yes. But just now i'm realizing i probably can't meet their expectations. I won't disclose what the job requires/etc but i have severe anxiety (general and social) and i just feel like it's too much to the point i cry every single day and have s*icidal thoughts. I've gone into this job thinking it'll be part time (25hrs a week) temporary replacement job. Then they said they'll be expanding and leaving me and a new coworker to do everything at the office in 6 months, expecting me to become fulltime. I was told noone…

So I recently switched careers after a long hiatus from work and when I moved into this new organisation I was very motivated and excited but over the course I’ve lost complete interest. When I joined I had lot of difficulty picking up work as it was a completely new industry to me and I had not even studied all this in my education. And my boss immediately added me to my gram (which honestly is such an intrusive behavior as per me) and basically judged me from my content to take me as someone completely non-serious. Also, me not able to pick up on work immediately did not help my case. Also, I exhibited very awkward behaviours initially due to lot of feeling intimidated from my boss and that’s something I’ll never forget. 🥲 Long story short, after sometime passed my boss’s behavior towards me became completely despicable, belittling…

But her supervisor (who has been low key bullying her since she got promoted to the position) flat out lied on the appraisal. My GF isn’t really one for conflict and would normally let it go, but this is apparently too much even for her. She’s also being told that if she doesn’t sign it, it will support what the supervisor said in her appraisal. I’ve told her not to sign, but past that, I don’t know what else to say. Any thoughts on this? (Edited for a typo)

Obligatory “woe is me”. I've been a teacher for 7 years. Currently a middle school teacher in NYC (charter school, not DOE). Recently have been really struggling at work. Coteacher calls out of work constantly, I'm expected to cover other classes when other teachers call out on a minutes notice, school culture/deans just straight ignore student behavior, and overall students have been becoming more and more rude/disrespectful because they see how the kids with biggest behavior troubles can just walk all over teachers and the entire school with no repercussions. I've been having dreams about suicide (currently in therapy, there is no threat of this actually happening, just dreams about it), and have no idea what to do with my career if I quit. Currently make about $77k before taxes, my gf and I live together and she makes less than half that. Our rent is $2400 a month before…