Category: Antiwork

I’ve been working this new office job for a bit more than 2 months. This is also my first full-time gig. At this point I know the routines pretty well. I have a colleague who started 2 weeks after me he is 30 I am 19. I’ve noticed that even at this point he doesn’t really know the simplest of tasks. When I walk by his computer most of the time he is on his phone or “pretending to do work”. He probably gets paid better than me while my workload is probably twice his, makes me kinda mad. How do managers not notice this?? This also makes me less motivated to do more work. I don’t like him for this reason, he will also try to unload work to me. Which at this point I just tell him no, like where tf is his time management?? How does he…

I've gone on at length about my job, for those of you that are unfamiliar I work in an underground mine, and I'm so tired of it, but the worst thing is that on my horizon I've no better solutions. If you're at the point of having to stop yourself from sobbing or crying or welling up in tears because you have to go back to work, you've either missed the previous red flags or are in desperate need of help and I am truly disheartened for your situation. This morning I called off work because my truck wouldn't start (both myself and my father are / have been mechanics, we'll figure it out) and I knew whatever forces in the universe exist did NOT want me going back to work. I should have gotten out a long time ago, but when it's come to tears your job has gone…

I'm in England to be a bit more precise. Just waited till my holiday entitlement refreshes back to 20 days. Now if I use up those 20 days of holiday entitlement within 2 or 3 months, will this affect my holiday entitlement at my next job? Basically: what is the new holiday entitlement after leaving a job?

Tip……why on earth is 20 % the new normal. I'm from Germany but worked also in Japan (zero tips in Japan) In Germany we tip for convinience ( taxi ride is 17 Euro we give 20 or we tip because you were nice. Why it is my job as a costumer to pay staff salery? Why its there no paid sick leave? That's it, I can't even begin to imagine being a weeks play short because I cought the flu. No paid holidays….why is that even a thing? Paid holiday (16 days minimum in Germany and it increases by the years u work in the company I think maximum 28 days) Maternity leave US 0……..zero!! Women just take it… Really old people working. ( In Japan they have security jobs for seniors so the can get a cpl of bucks extra half day) In the US I saw so many…

Been mulling this over for a while. If you sign, as most people do, occupational agreements that allow your employer to “terminate at will”, why isn’t it inherently expected that you possess that same right? I can understand a 2 week notice when working for a brick and mortar, mom and pop type establishment where you have deep personal relationships with the owner or if it’s a small outfit, but for a large corporation? If I work for an entity that can expend me on a whim when in their best interest, irrespective of the context of my work or life-circumstances, why can’t I? Seems like a bunch of bullshit to me.