Antiwork

Okay this is an edit because I'm newer to Reddit and don't know how to make a post (I'm on my phone) lol But does anyone else think that we shouldn't have to “request” to take PTO? Like….. This is time off I've earned and I'm letting you know I'm unavailable, I'm not asking? Or is that unreasonable? ETA: Obviously there needs to be allowances for staffing, but my issue is bosses who always deny the PTO saying it's “not a good time” when there isn't a staffing issue, making you miss important life events

Dont bother fighting the old; just build the new.

Hey everyone. So my time on this sub unironically radicalized me. I realized how ridiculous it was to ignore my inner desires until I was 68. I’m 24, a trans woman, and I’m married to a non-binary person. He’s been very sick, so I’ve stayed at my job to pay the bills. I finally got back on my anti-anxiety meds and realized I had been in pure survival mode almost my whole life. I’ve been dissociating for years. I would cry because I literally didn’t know how to stop stressing and have fun. What the fuck? Why was I doing this? I always dreamed of being a stay at home wife but never thought I could be. We’ll my wife had surgery and is feeling a lot better. Jobs pay way more than the last time he was in the market, and he’s completely fine with me staying home. I…

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Hi, so I'm a videogame developer with a bunch of titles and stuff, but nothing official regarding beta testing games (in my country there are no studies related to that either now that I think about it). However, these past years I have been applying to many beta tests and sent reports of the bugs, glitches and all that stuff to the development teams. I haven't been paid for that and I have never had a contract with those development teams, I just got into as many betas as I could and worked hard on reporting all the bad stuff I could find. The thing is those were betas that, even if they were not open, anyone could have applied and tried them. I understand that maybe this could count as a volunteer experience? It's just that a company sent me an email asking for more info and asking if…

Hi, I have a shitty low paying call center work from home. I was telling myself I would not do it for long but then Corona happened, and we could work from home and I was telling myself everyday when I was exhausted after work, that “hey, Im home and its easy work blah bah” despite having no money and feeling like dead at night. Since about 6 months Im working very bad. I take more breaks than I allowed to, watch youtube Videos while at work, going to toilett for 10min etc etc. You know the drill. I have like speech number 20 with my “boss” and for some reason they not fire me. I feel like a slave that is not allowed to leave. Problem is to get benefit money I need to get fired and not the other way around. Im now on my 4th day “sick”…

Like many, I've been fed up with being essentially used and abused for unliveable wages for years. About 4 years ago I left my field because every single office I worked for was full of toxicity and drama. Suffering through it for 10 hours of my life every day wasn't worth the money anymore. I want peace and unless you're going to pay me Bezos money, you're not going to rob me of my serenity and treat me like shit. I don't have a lot by way of possessions and whatnot but I don't care. Stuff isn't going to make me happy anyway. Needless to say, finding employment where I'm treated like a human being has been impossible. I did an interview with a company last week that basically consisted of them telling me it's so hard to find staff, they hire people and in a matter of days they're…