Antiwork

I have not had a job that asked for it yet, but I am assuming some time down the line this will happen. When I first started my career, there were 2 jobs that I had that I was very much mistreated (underpaid and workplace bullying). If my background check asks for all of my previous employments, can I omit them provided that I did not put them down on my resume?

In early February, I ruptured my (reconstructed with cadaver tissue) ACL/meniscus, causing me to need a 4th knee surgery in early April. If you’ve ever torn your ACL/meniscus, you’ll know exactly how agonizingly painful the condition is, and yet my bosses continued to schedule me with clients who required me to chase after them. (For context, I work with children with autism). This not only caused more damage to the knee but at least 4-5 times within February/March, I had my knee “pop out” on me, leaving me in incredible pain for the rest of the day. I was never allowed to leave and no one ever helped me. (No reports were ever written about my injury. Not the initial injury, not the follow-up injuries, nothing). I even had to go on medical leave early, because my knee popped out on me attempting to chase after a kid and I…

I was just “let go” or “fired” however you’d like to say it by UbreakiFix for not being a “good fit”. I was fired because I spoke to employees about issues with the chief operating officer’s (COO). Which consisted of: Manipulating employees to do hours of trainings at home unpaid. Work full shifts alone as a trainee with no manager on site and no security cameras. Paying only $11 an hour while forcing employees to work three different positions. Talking badly about employees and even making inappropriate and rude comments to their face. Extreme lack of communication. Constant lying and false promises UBIF already has a lawsuit against them from the former manager of the Bloomington store due to the COO and regional manager telling him he needed to work outside of his shift to complete training and not being paid for it. I’ve been targeted by the COO for…

I work in the financial industry. It can be long hours and really stressful. In late April, everyone was put on a 30 day plan to try to increase production. The next workday, I got sick with Covid and was out for almost 4 weeks. Skip ahead to last week, I get put on a write up for not meeting expectations. When I pointed out that I was sick the entire month I was told it’s still my responsibility that my files are kept up to date while I’m not in the office. I get that my role is important but we have a department devoted entirely to covering people while they’re out. If I could have predicted getting Covid I would have planned ahead better I guess.

I worked at a relatively easy job where I was paid decently and got a promotion. I really liked my coworkers and we all really felt like friends. Unfortunately two of my coworkers quit and I got saddled with 4 roles (we were already understaffed) for nearly two years while my boss was saying they were trying to rehire. To be honest 4 roles in this industry is probably just 1 high strung job in other industries, which is how I lasted 2 years. Despite the job being much more relaxing than the horror stories you hear here, I still felt stressed with all the deadlines. My manager didn't do a great job of managing me so I spent most of my days in meetings, creating strategy, and executing the work itself. I felt like I was highly paid but applied to a different org for a higher title. Sure…