Category: Antiwork

I had an employee move departments as this was intended once they received the basic training and knowledge they needed from my department. They reached out to me recently regarding direction for a personal situation and asked about their title. I said ya know that s something that probably needs to be updated for a number of reasons. Mind you they were not asking for a raise or anything. They just didn’t genuinely know what to put down since their position had evolved from the original title given. After asking a C level manager I received a “no that just snowballs into other people finding out and wanting title changes. Then it becomes a title change plus additional compensation.” I whole heartedly believe they do deserve a pay increase but that was not even part of my question to begin with. What does a title change matter if costs you…

I noticed it when seeing that the ones who are problematic either Got their initial position within a company thanks to nepotism, so since they entered the workforce higher than those who work for them, they don’t see them as valuable. They struggled under toxic leadership to the extent that they think what they do is to be expected of their position. Are from an older generation that has developed negative views of young people so automatically attribute laziness to any struggles they face as opposed to anything they can help or fix.

So it's at the ending stages of covid, I'm working as an industrial electrician and recently just started this job at a new plant because the previous plant I was working for ended up shutting down because of supply chain issues caused by Covid. My previous employer was a major automotive assembly plant, and my new job was a very small factory. I went from just being a dependable middle of the pack electrician with a maintenance dept in the 100s. To small maintenance dept with 5 employees. I quickly became the go-to guy at my new plant. (Not to say that the other guys were bad at their jobs. They just had a lot less experience in their roles than I). So, I was a couple months into this position when I was offered a position at a different plant with a lot better pay. I did the right…

i’ve applied to so many places recently to hopefully get away from my toxic low paying job. every interview i’ve went to, i was given the impression the hiring managers really liked me. however, they always say they’ll “be in touch” they seem enthusiastic, but never follow through. which leads me to be confused. i literally had a job interview a week ago, the manager said i hit the marks with every question he asked. which made me think “hopefully i’ve finally got an opportunity!!” when the interview finished, he stated he would be in touch within 24 hours through email or my phone number (he’s contacted me prior) and seemed energetic about it. i went home pretty confident since i nailed the questions. but now it is a week later and i’ve heard nothing. this has happened to me a lot recently. why post that your urgently hiring if…

I'd been working fully remote for two years during the pandemic. One day late last year my boss says I have to call HR and talk to them about coming in to the office a few days a week. They wanted everyone to come in at least a couple of days a week and they decided to make an issue of it. I tried it out for a couple of weeks but really missed my couch and all of my streaming services, plus hanging out in my pajamas all day. Anyway that was the straw that broke the camel's back, so I quit. After just chilling for the holidays I decided to browse jobs on the internet and saw one where I thought I was about a 70% match. I applied and they emailed the next morning to request an interview! Apparently they thought I was a much better fit…

I'm a carpenter by trade, been framing homes for 7 years. Saw a slump in the market coming last year and I bailed out before the storm. We were cutting crews, including mine, and I saw a company looking for a crew lead. They primarily install doors and windows, but they also threw me under the bus on other projects as well. This has been by far the most disorganized, inefficient, and unethical place I've ever worked. Once, they sent me to build a deck with no plan whatsoever, no drawing, nothing. Just a contract that says “build a 13×19 deck”. They hired a guy about a week before to spearhead that project. He was there the first day, then he quit. Another guy was supposed to bring an auger the first day, no one got that message, yada yada, they ditch me with a pile of lumber and say…