Category: Antiwork

Thank you so much, Applied Data Marketing Solutions. I completely forgot I applied to you and confused your generic company name with several other companies I've applied to over the years, but it's thoughtful of you to remember me and reach out like you did. On a Sunday. At 7PM.

I don’t know if this is the right sub to share this in but on a whim I quit my permanent salaried position where I’ve worked for almost a decade. Tomorrow is my last day and I have no idea what I want to do with my life. The pay has never been great but the trade off was that I used to really enjoy my job. In the last year things have changed and I’ve become unhappy and it’s been extremely physically demanding. I just couldn’t do it anymore. I don’t have a clue what to do next and I feel too burnt out to make a plan. Haven’t told any family or friends yet so I am sharing with all of your fine redditors.

The title says it all. I usually don't rant b/c I know I have it better than 99% of people on earth. But I'm also tired of life stress and it just feels like life keeps getting harder. Out of all these stresses work is the most vexing for me. I am a software engineer and all the news of layoffs stresses me out. I don't have any specific reason to be worried but sometimes it feels more like luck and I don't know when mine will run out. Throughout my life with all the hardship like horrible workplaces, divorce, living paycheck to paycheck to the recent challenges like lockdowns, covid, forced vax, finding another job, etc I somehow managed to do better than before. Now I'm dealing with uncertainty about work and thinking about what I can do next and not becoming obsolete. Sometimes I worry the best days…

I've read a few pieces where people are really going out of their ways to hide the fact that they are looking for other jobs while having one. I can get looking for another job while being at work isn't allowed, and I get that it can put you in an awkward spot would it come to your current employer's attention, but are you prohibited from seeking employment elsewhere?

Background Info: My workplace (a school) wants all employees to complete a 40-hour online course within the span of 8 weeks. We have a typical 40 hour week, but an hour in the morning and an hour in the afternoon is reserved everyday for staff to do paperwork, prep, and plan. Since we're not allowed to access the course while kids are in the building, we're asked to do the trainings during said planning blocks. We start off with 10 hours to plan per week, but that's limited to 8 due to mandatory meetings. On top of that, we consistently lose another hour or 2 a week when kids are picked up late. We're left with anywhere between 5-7 hours a week to do our actual planning plus take this course. To get 40 hours of training done in 8 weeks, that's 5 hours a week. So if I were…

Just a rant but I went to the restroom for 20 minutes cause I actually had to take a sh*it then he complained the rest of the shift and had his eye on me. I was the second fastest that day working with heavy boxes and moving them, there's a bunch of people who are working slower than me but somehow I'm the one that gets called out for needing to use the restroom. Well sorry let me first turn my body into a cyborg so that I can get rid of my biological needs or I can leave poop all over the warehouse

So many people I know are getting sick back to back to back. My one friend has had the stomach flu three times in two months. Her mom is just recovering from the same flu and now she has Covid. WE ARE HUMAN. THIS. SHIT. HAPPENS. Our bodies do not work perfectly. We need breaks, we get sick, sometimes a lot in a row. This is normal and almost everyone has or will go through a period in their life where they aren't healthy often. Why can't businesses understand that??? Why am I at home with the stomach flu, puking out my nose, worried I'm in trouble or my boss thinks I'm lying? Not to mention the post sick day weird vibes you get when you go back. Fuck managers. I am not working for twenty bucks an hour when I'm shitting and puking.