Category: Antiwork

I'm going to try and make this short. In 2019 I started working in early education. I was so excited because I love babies and toddlers. Reality quickly hit me when I realized how shitty the center I worked at was. In short, I witnessed child abuse in the center, reported it, told my boss I reported it, was coerced into resignation, and slandered after leaving. I want to add that I was not the only teacher who knew about the abuse. I was the only one who said anything. That experience kind of killed my passion, but I am stubborn. I don't want to let this ruin me! I gave early education one more time in 2020-2021 before leaving “for good”. I now need a full-time job while I'm in school and can't find one anywhere else. I am applying for more daycare teaching jobs… I am so nervous…

I've been unemployed for over half a year. I left a job where I was in a department of two people, but that's being generous, because my supervisor would find the work, and then have me do the work. He simply could not help because, per his words, then he'd lose his “10 thousand yard vision” I left that job for a contract position that paid 15K more…but they lied when they said they were hybrid, and told me I needed to be exclusively in office. This would be shitty but doable, if there was any work to do. There was not, only a handful of tasks that were incredibly poorly thought out and poorly communicated with other departments that ultimately went nowhere. After three months, they terminated my contract… Fucking me entirely over. I've been trying to get a job ever since, just back to back rejections. This last…

I'm not sure if this group could help but thought my fiancee works with an electrical contractor but really doesn't have a background in electrical. She doesn't want to go back to school or really pay for any knowledge courses that are too expensive. Does anyone have any resources or suggestions on where she can maybe learn a bit more?

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…