Antiwork

I hope I’m posting this in the right group. If not, please let me know. It’s been two years since the worst time of my professional career, and it’s still bothering me. So I’m hoping to share and a) help others and b) help myself. I spent 4 years at a (large) company being mistreated by my manager. At first I thought it was just the way she was – snide comments, overreacting, trash talking. But over time it became obvious I was being targeted. And her treatment of me was so horrible it drove me to two medical leaves (anxiety/stress). For the first couple of years, her treatment of me was unprofessional and rough. But then she got coaching from her director on how to be professional, then put me under a microscope (to performance me out). All of my work was audited and the slightest mistake was documented.…

This page has to be a joke right?… Are all you people serious? If you say you know so much about the system and how it’s broken, why don’t you exploit it to your advantage?

I just can't help but think about how so many people could be working less hours of their lives. 40+hr. workweeks seem so oppressive and it just saddens me to think of how many people have to and have been sacrificing so much of their time to jobs and losing out on precious time to spend doing things that may mean much more to them. It already doesn't feel too great seeing it here in America, it's horrifying to me to see how it has manifested in other places like China with their 996 culture and Japan where I've heard salarymen work 80+hr. workweeks and they have a word dedicated to committing suicide due to overwork. I come from a position of relative privilege in this regard. My workhours are a bit less than 40 hours a week. I get to work remotely. I'm being compensated pretty well relative to…

Beginning of the I was desperately looking for job and I got one as a quality assurance inspector. The job was easy and I’m a fast learner so within two months I was able to work by myself. I started to ask for to do extra hours but kept told that I finish my tasks and on time and no extra hours will be given. I kept working as hard as possible but salary was low and I needed extra hours to break even at the end of the month so I asked for extra hours again but told we will let you know. Then my supervisor quit and another employee quit. Now I’m the one who has to complete their tasks plus my task. I was sure that I will be a great job and will be done with everything on time. And then one day I heard that…

I work in a “construction” business in CA. More administrative than anything. Taking care of customers, giving tickets, etc. I'm the only person that consistently takes care of customer transactions. I work 10h a day. 6:30 to 4:30. But I can't leave or take a lunch. There is nobody to cover me. I'm literally the only person in the office. So I have to take my lunch in office, eat and help customers. All the while I have to clock out and in for lunch. I'm 'paid' for it, but just 30m worth, not an hours worth as supposed to be in CA. I've been told I'm supposed to take 2 lunches, but I'm unsure. If I were to leave to take lunch, nobody would be in office. Not a single person. I'd most likely get fired. I'm in desperate need of job but don't know what to do. I'm…