Category: Antiwork

I work at a job in biotech, make 60k a year with great benefits. 15k/year 401k match. 3 weeks PTO plus 2 weeks sick. And yet I'm falling into a depression right now that lowkey freaks me out. I've been here for 1.5 years and I just can't stand it anymore. I literally dread coming into this job. I do the same thing every day and just sit at home and watch TV on my 3 day weekends. I just fucking hate it. They don't seemingly care about getting people to better positions and matching us to our education/talent levels. They have people doing the same work yet some make 10-15% more than others because of some extra experience (or they were hired on a different cost of living rate). Other than that, everyone here is really nice. Yet it feels like a prison cell. I feel like my burning…

Is this scammy or is it just me? I recently got a new job at a restauarant as a busser. The agreed upon hourly wage was 17.5/hr. I recently got my tipout for the past 2 weeks of work and it averaged out to be $1.85/hr. I thought this was quite low considering I have been only been working Fridays and Saturdays which are always a full house. Additionaly, This is fine dining so $500 bills are not uncommon. I asked management what the required tip out was and management replied with, ” your total wage is currently $17.50 Based on that wage, your current payroll/tip breakdown is as follows: Payroll: $15.65/hr (minimum wage) Tips: $1.85/hr” ​ So essentialy I am not getting any tips, just my hourly wage. So far management at this restauant has been very dishonest. For example, during the interview I was told I was being…

The company I worked at terminated me about a month ago. Today, they sent me an document to sign called a “Confidentiality and Proprietary Rights Agreement”. For a little context, I was fired supposedly for “not meeting cleaning standards” but the termination also happened to come right after a management change so… you know. I was an at-will employee after all. So I submitted an application for unemployment. Then a month later I receive this contract to sign. The section most concerning to me is as follows: “The Employee understands that the above list is not exhaustive, and that Confidential Information also includes other information that is marked or otherwise identified as confidential or proprietary, or that would otherwise appear to a reasonable person to be confidential or proprietary in the context and circumstances in which the information is known or used.” ​ Do I have right to be concerned?…

I posted this in another r/ and it turned into a train of people telling me I’m about to be jobless with zero actual advice. I already signed all the paper work for this job, and my start date was originally next Monday but I need it to be two mondays from now. When I originally asked them if it would be an issue to push the start date they said no problem but they didn’t ask what date would be better. I sent my representative a text saying I put in my two week notice and will be ready on x date. No reply. I waited a few days, sent an email stating the same thing. It’s been over 24 hours since I sent that email and still no reply. I received my first day email which shows the original start date and that’s why I reached out again.…

Two weeks ago tomorrow, they let 60 of us go on 90 minutes notice, with some vague promises about “taking care of us,” which to no one's surprise was complete BS. Now some people are wondering where our promised severance (two paychecks) is, and we've gotten word that there withholding it until everybody returns all their company property. I sent my company laptop back a week ago, and I'm pretty sure this is illegal, but of course none of us have any jobs and I can't afford a lawyer. I don't have anything else, I just wanted to say fuck them for treating us like shit.

I have the CEO on record (email) saying that he agrees with creating a new position for them and setting their starting wage at $3 above what it currently is (from $19 to $22). I emailed HR about this in November with the email attached as a pdf and was told they would look into it. Never heard back. My question is whether this is legally binding. Since my team members weren’t actively asking me for pay increases I didn’t tell them because why do that before it’s live? They finally approved a rec for a new person in the same role but shock the base pay is still at $19. I’m getting fed up. Do they owe my team members back pay?

I imagine it happens, but how common is it? For one, I find it appalling that this is allowed. Secondly, I feel as though it would require almost cartoonish level of super villainy from a boss to actually pull the trigger on such a decision. For me, I started looking for a new job, and I have purposefully left clues. Like, cleaning my cubicle out to just enough stuff that it's noticeable. Funny thing is, my boss has turned a 180 with his attitude towards me. He's suddenly not unbearable. Coincidence? I think not. If I leave i take away 20 years of experience from his team and the company and depending on what I say on the way out, it could really make him look bad. I've also tried this bold tactic before early in my career. Same result. Sudden turnaround from the boss regarding the things I had…

Rant on: Well, I thought I grabbed a great job, pay is decent for the area, above average. The interview. Went great. One interview, however, one person in the interview which would be my Boss, smarted off and basically got upset over me answering the one question he asked honestly, I wasn't experienced in that area of clustering. I thought that was odd, and his boss asked him you don't have any other questions, and he responded like he didn't care and was like no, i'm done. (I should've taken this as a warning). Next, they offered me the job. HR didn't get me an offer letter till 2 days before I started. Crazy. 2 weeks went by and had no definite. And they hit me that same day with all the paperwork they needed which took half a day to do and scan. I started the job. They gave…