Category: Antiwork

Last Friday, I assumed I was going to be fired. I was fine with that, I hate the job anyway and had a solid unemployment case. I made this assumption because after my bosses had been traveling one of them came down with a mystery illness and I asked to go work from home. Reason being, I live with my 80 year old grandma and don’t need to spread any mystery travel illnesses to her. After some badgering that request was granted. As I was leaving that day I got a spiel about how I seem unhappy at work and not “with them” anymore. Truth of the matter is I have depression and am really struggling, but since that’s none of their business and I know they won’t be helpful (I know this because when I took days off while I had the flu their sick day policy suddenly changed…

I just recently found out that my friend doesn’t get any compensation when he has to take call. If they do get called, they can complete the tasks from home, but this still doesn’t sit right with me. Shouldn’t they be getting paid for taking call? We are in Colorado if that makes a difference.