Category: Antiwork

Just found out, thanks to a friend/colleague resigning, that my company doesn't accept 2 week notice. If you resign, they accept it as effective immediately. (This is a new thing) My coworker is now scrambling to see if she can start her new job early, as our company also doesn't pay out PTO when employees leave. Good to know. I will plan my exit to fall just ahead of a leave blackout* period, take my remaining leave, give my team the heads up so they can prepare (it's very much “us against them” at this company, at least in our region) and then resign at 12:01am when I would be due back after PTO ends. *Blackout periods are heavy work periods where you better be at death's door, have a note from the Dr and have said Dr expect a call from your boss if you take time off.

So, I started a new job back in November, my contract stated that I get 15 vacation days. Today I started work after the New Year & tried to book some time off, one vacation for 6 days, one for 4 days, and one for 5 days, my manager let me know that we can only take 5 days consecutively and denied my 6-day vacation. I had let her know this was not told to me when I was hired, stated on my contract, and is not stated on the employee handbook, she responded by sending me a 'Word Doc' of vacation requirements specific to our team. I let her know I had booked the vacation already and she said they would give me an 'exception' to have the extra day (ridiculous if you ask me) but to not do this again in the future without letting them know. Apparently,…

My girlfriend had sick days to spare before the end of the year and took two days around Christmas so we could travel. These days were submitted and approved. However, the company also has a phone line you generally need to call into to inform them you are calling off. This is her first day back, and now she's being told that since she didn't physically call in (since it was pre-approved by a manager), the days would not be paid. Further, since sick days were against the holiday days, the holiday days won't be paid either, They're basically taking 4 days of her time. Is the recourse a wage dispute with the Department of Labor? Any further steps/advice? United States – Nevada

I'm not sure if this even matters, but my boyfriend lives in the UK. About a month ago he started a job at his local Subway. Instead of having an interview he had a one hour trial shift(it was unpaid). Now he has to do online training outside of work while he's at home. He told me half the time his Subway shop isn't that busy, I feel like his manager is looking for an excuse not to pay him. Even while I was(and currently)working minimum wage, I was paid for my online training and I was able to get it done on my first shift. I think he deserves to be paid for his work and I think it's infuriating that he's not. I know doing something like this is illegal in the US, I believe it's the same in the UK but I'm not 100% sure.

I don't have any illness or anything like this. I have my own projects/career goal that is more important than my current job. Preferably, I would like to keep my job while taking unpaid time off. Any advice or suggestions?

I just think it’s important to note this catch 22. When millionaires and celebrities have heart attacks the whole nation is supposed to reschedule, pray, and donate 3.5 million to their charity but if Joe Schmoe freezes to death trying to go to work no one cares.

I had to negotiate hard for an increase last year, explaining I didn't want inflation to eat up my salary and I basically got back a “Aren't you earning enough? Wages are not meant to rise at the same rate as inflation.” reply. I still got what I wanted in the end, but why do I have to explain myself why I don't want to earn less as time goes by? Are they basically admitting that people shouldn't keep doing what they're doing, resign and go for better paying jobs so they can get ahead of inflation? Or are they expecting that we accept it's perfectly normal for somebody to become objectively poorer for doing the same work as time goes on? When I was in management I made sure cost of living adjustment based on CPI would be the minimum increase people got every year because it's not like…

As the title states, my office called this morning and said they’ve booked me a flight to go out of state for a MONTH. My superior didn’t inform me, it was the guy who books the tickets. I got a call from my boss right afterwards telling me I’d be working on a project out of state for at least a month. IMO less than 24 hours notice isn’t enough time for me to get everything situated to be gone for a fucking MONTH. It doesn’t seem right.