Category: Antiwork

I work in the hospitality industry and I am fairly young with less than a year of combined work experience – just reached 6 months at my current employer this month. Two weeks ago we had guests from overseas that were quite literally generally and sexually harassing staff, causing damage to the property and in general thrashing the place. They mostly came and went during the night as they were on a stag party – we're talking big fellas who are constantly drunk, about 7 or 8 of them. Hotel staff at night consists of one (1) receptionist and one (1) security guard. Exactly two people – and if you're lucky and it's the weekend – one manager on call. The guests reserved their rooms for three nights – they should have been thrown out after the first but management decided that our international chain hotel property that was able…

i work from home (edit: in the us) at an hourly pay rate (recently switched over from salary in same position) and my paycheck was a lot lower than what i expected it would be, so i questioned my employer and was told 30 minute lunch breaks are auto-deducted every work day. this is the very first time i’m hearing of this, and hadn’t noticed any disparities in my paystub until now (because i had let myself trust them and hadn’t even checked in a while). i work 8-10 hour workdays. and even though i’m at home, i’m on the clock the whole time. i answer any phone calls at any time, and rarely leave my desk/office. i hadn’t checked my paystubs in a while so i’m pissed i let this go by without even being aware. i know this isn’t a legal advice subreddit, but i wouldn’t be opposed…

A few years ago I had the opportunity to work for a major employer who wanted to kickstart a veterans hiring program. I was hired to find veterans interested in our organization and recruit them. For job code reasons, my position was placed under the EEO department of HR. Since I was there, they cross trained me in how to conduct HR complaint investigations. It was an interesting process. Fast forward 4 weeks later and my boss, the EEO director, leaves suddenly for a new job. The VP of HR calls me in and tells me I’m in charge of EEO until a new director is hired and to rely on the other directors if I have questions. Mind you, I’m at a very low level in the HR ecosystem. So, I wanted to make a good impression and I found a project that would help me learn EEO and…

No no they are not. We have the lowest unemployment in 50 years. The jobs that are available are toxic A.F. I spent the last year hoping from one toxic place to another before I figured out what I was doing wrong and how to read employee reviews. If they are always hiring they are always firing. If you get fired from some toxic place take that as a complement. I bet you ten two one they have some ego tripping lunatic in some higher position that is making everyone miserable. I had been out of the workforce so long I didn’t realize how to vet potential employers properly. So when I left my other two long term jobs for higher pay I hit a learning curve and learned the hard way. Good lord there is some toxic out of touch managment that needs to retire out there…