Antiwork

After gaining some experience in my field I decided it was time to shop around for a new employer. Holy fuck the requirements on Indeed for jobs that pay at least 50k a year are ridiculous. “Must have at least 5 years of specialized training. Must have BA degree. Skilled and proficient in X” all this for 50k a year which is no longer a lot of money, or even livable in most cities. Yet they act like its a six figure position with great benefits/ What are employers thinking?

I have a new job, and three weeks into that new job, also got a new manager. I'm still adjusting to both, and don't really know the manager at all yet. over the weekend, the manager changed my upcoming schedule as early as two weeks from now all the way through July. this schedule had been available and posted since April, so I'd already made future plans for days I was off. the manager's changes conflicted with some of my plans. when I emailed them to let them know which newly scheduled days I could not work, they said: “In the future, please put in the days you scheduled plans for in [website] after the schedule is first published. Many of the other people on your team have put in days that they cannot work from June – September, with that being said I tried to accommodate as many of…