Antiwork

I work for a small nonprofit that has been doing a shit job retaining their employees lately, due to treating us poorly and other shitty behaviors. Recently, one of my coworkers quit out of frustration, which I feel like was basically a constructive dismissal because she was pretty much pushed to the point of being forced to quit. For the sake of brevity, I'm not going to go through all the problems that we've been dealing with, but I wanted to ask people about this particular issue. This coworker and I had been talking the whole time, commiserating on our shitty treatment and trying to figure out what we could do. She made several formal complaints, and included me in them. Ultimately, they told us not to talk to each other anymore (wtf right?), but of course we did, because they absolutely can't tell us we can't talk to each…

Long story short, someone reached out to me via LinkedIn to see if I was interested in a job. We had an initial call and she asked for my salary requirements. There was no way I was giving her a number, so I told her what I make now and that it would take a “significant raise” to get me to switch companies. She said that was no problem. I went for an in-person interview and she was impressed with my qualifications and wanted to move forward. She scheduled a Teams interview with the Business Relationship Manager and he straight up told me at the end of the interview that I was his pick. She called 2 days later and offered me the job, at $10k less than my current salary and 2 fewer weeks of vacation. I was shocked and told her I would think about it and get…

My manager has consistently stated that we should be at our desks and ready to work at our start time of 9 am. To be clear, no one is ever late. What she wants is for us to come in before 9 to put our lunches in the fridge, use the restroom, make a coffee, etc. before 9 am. My place of employment is not even open to the public for the first hour; that hour is just for prepping for the day (which consists of making sure the space is set up in case closing shift was busy and checking our emails) so this feels particularly micro-managey. Can my my manager legally require this?

It really is just this… functionally corporate hypocrisy that everyone a tier or step above the common worker is exempt from the consequences of their actions. “They made a mistake.” is something I hear more commonly than not Cool, they get to dictate what I motherfucking do with my fucking time, my fucking life… How about it's not unreasonable I expect some fucking quality, some fucking standards of the people who feel privileged enough to order me around. Every step up the ladder is just… “Getting your humanity more recognized than the people below you.” Because… “They made a mistake.” ok, and? me wasting hours of my life because my boss is incompetent sounds like a huge fucking waste of my time and a mistake to me, but god-fucking forbid the people up the ladder face any consequences for their fucking mistakes that just… affect everyone under them.

I bust my ass for this company and show up when I’m throwing up and wanting to die. But today I called in sick just for myself. My health and my needs. Now I’m being terminated…

My employer posts a compensation chart listing each position within our company and the market rate for that position in our region. I was recently promoted, relatively young however, and asked for the salary listed on the compensation form for my position. They offered me about 10% less than that, and said the number on the chart was inflated and probably not accurate. I was also told by HR that they make up for offering lower salaries with other company wide benefits.. This was a promotion for becoming licensed in my field. It was an arduous process, and the raise was barely enough to cover costs of inflation. When I expressed that I thought the offer was low, they also mentioned we have performance reviews coming up and I could get a raise then. It’s almost performance review time. What should I do? Edit: I’m only 3 years post grad,…

I work for a franchise company as a regional support rep. Throughout the year, I'm randomly asked to attend a franchise expo or two for support. Some guys in our company only do these shows throughout the year, that's all they do. Our company recently hired this young kid in his mid 20's and he's been doing a great job. At the shows he's on point, professional, and carries himself well. Outside the show he's laid back, a bit of a jokester, and has fun. He's well liked, but a lot of the older guys (50-65) will not stop messing with him. Ball busting, saying anything to get a rise out of him, really childish shit. One night we're all driving home from dinner after a day working the expo. There's my boss, one of our VP's that only does these shows, the young kid, and myself. The VP will…