Antiwork

I’m on mobile, so I apologize in advance for any formatting issues. I’ll also be relatively non-descript in this as I fear someone finding it somehow. To put it plainly, I’m burning out hard and fast at my current job, but there are a ton of factors that make the “just find something else” less of an option for me. I’m young so I don’t have a ton of experience with navigating job dissatisfaction and decision making, so I’d like some advice. My background is in video and graphic design. I used to work in a different country doing digital content at a very popular television network, essentially creating their online advertisements and YouTube/Instagram/Tiktok content to promote their lineup of shows. I have a Bachelor of Arts in media business, and digital content has been my thing ever since. One of the most enjoyable parts of my past job (after…

Previously, I had 5 years working at this center. I am a preschool teacher. The business has 5 centers. One is for children with disabilities/special needs. I worked within the children with special needs for a couple years. Then I had moved away and got an office job. It had been 10 years since I worked in a preschool. But much of my jobs since involved working with children. I came back to this job for a few reasons. To have purpose, it's an amazing feeling to teach children or help them with delays. Home-cooked organic meals daily. The constant moving and walking to keep you in shape. We all have the same duties: observe the children, create learning experiences, follow the lesson plans to offer science, math, music and art to each child. Monitor development and make referrals to specialists if there's a need for speech therapy, occupational therapy,…

Kinda more of a vent than anything else, not really looking for answers, just wanting my frustrations with the job market to be heard. Off I go to do 5 more applications that I'll be lucky to even hear back from. So thankfully my parents been supporting me enough to not get evicted, but I have been unemployed and barely surviving on ubereats driving for months now because i cannot get a job that pays more than my last job. I've applied to so many jobs. I've interviewed with so many jobs. And all of them make comments about the fact that most of my resume is pet related. Because god forbid a young person start out working with something they are passionate about. Nevermind all the professional skills I've learned in these previous jobs that can absolutely be applied to literally any other entry level profession. I know sales,…

Workplace challenges are a part of our professional journey, and we all have unique ways of navigating them. I wanted to share a recent experience and hear about your approaches. Last week, I faced a particularly tough project at work that required collaboration with a challenging colleague. It tested my patience and problem-solving skills. I decided to take a step back, have an open conversation, and seek common ground. Surprisingly, it worked, and we made significant progress together. Now, I'm interested in your stories. When faced with difficult workplace situations or colleagues, how do you handle them? Do you have a go-to strategy or a memorable success story? Let's exchange insights and advice on tackling workplace challenges effectively!

I work for a multinational company that has one of the design center in a foreign country (different from HQ). I’ve been here for several years in a key design role in a key team. I have sensitive information about my team and the bheaviour of our bosses and local HR that is damagin the business, at least from managing (people and projects) point of view. HQ’s HR is unaware of this, even thought there are signals, but local HR covers everything up. The information are not stolen and not made up. They are a mix of personal and other team members experiences. HQ seems to care about this. I want to stress the word “seem”. Currently it seems HQ is interested in improving the situation with some action that, again, are covererd up by local HR. The information avalabile at HQ are partial and input by them are not…

So I (31F) have realized over the course of my career that giving notice whether its 2 weeks, 4 weeks or none at all always ends up with your managers bitter AF and unhappy with you. This isnt just for retail or hospitality, Ive only ever had corporate jobs and this has been my experience at every single company. I just recently gave my employer a 4 week notice (did it because I liked my team leader and felt bad for the team). Assumed my TL and I were on good (even friendly) terms so that I could work my notice period quietly w/o drama. BOY WAS I WRONG! Literally as SOON as I declined their counter offer (a measly 6K/year increase) my formerly friendly TL became ice cold. I had no interest in staying and she knew this as we work in financial services and my passions lay elsewhere…

My wife works as a junior collage as an HR clerk. She went to college and is looking for work. She just found out that job offers had not been going to her email because of a misspelling of her name. They say it is a “glitch” but I don’t believe it. I don’t typically like jumping to a lawsuit but I feel like she was cheated out of better opportunities because of someone’s screw up. Any advice is welcome.

I have a good job, remote, making decent money in a HCOL area. It’s a high-stress, fast-paced agency but I only work 40 hrs/week, have incredible PTO and benefits, and I don’t have to go in to work. I’ve kept feelers out for a job that would align more with my personal goals and interests, but I’ll be the first to admit I’m in a privileged position that I do not NEED a new job. I interviewed with a startup whose mission I admired, women’s empowerment, but was shocked to be offered less than what I currently make for longer hours and less PTO. While it’s only $6k less, I would effectively be taking a $20/hr pay cut after factoring in working hours and PTO. And that’s not even counting driving and parking costs to commute into the city one day a week. I thought the point of working at…