Antiwork

This post is a rant/seeking advice on what to do. As my title says, my manager refused to let me take my break at 7:30pm so I could break my fast (7:43pm). I explained to her that it was Ramadan and I am fasting and needed to break my fast at sundown. Her response was: “take your break before 7:30pm and then nibble here and there later. It is what it is.” Shocked, I asked her why I just couldn't take my break at 7:30pm since I have in the past. Her reply was: “We might have a call in and I need everyone on the floor.” This is obviously a lie because all employees have to call in at least 2 hours before their shift and even then the next shift starts at 7. On top of that we've had plenty of nurses and techs float to my department…

So I’m 20. Do Uber. Make around 3.5-5k a month. Which is pretty good for me. I have a dropshipping website (please don’t judge) that averages around 1k in profits after expenses. I also have a vending machine business with 3 in total. Averaging around 7-1000 a month. So can someone please tell me. Why when talking to family or my girlfriend they always seem to hate the fact that I work for myself and that I’m trying to start businesses and be my own boss. Every time I tell them I did something positive for one of my businesses they just ask me when I’m going to apply for a “real job”. When will people understand that nobody wants to work a shitty 9-5 that makes people hate their life? Am I the only one that has experienced this? Also why do people tend to take you less seriously…

My employer (A large government organization) was supposed to send my tax information last month so that I can file my taxes. I still hadn’t received it and the deadline in my country is around the corner. I sent them an email indicating I had not received it, and they assured me it was in the mail. A week later, I still didn’t get it. So I asked them to email it to me, they said it was against their policy to email confidential documents. They asked to confirm my home address, and they told me they sent it to the wrong address. Not sure why, I never moved since I started working there. I finally received it today and realized the extent of the information on the document. It has all of my personal information, social security number, my income, etc. In this situation, is my employer responsible for…

I grew up the child of small business owners, so my expectations around work when I graduated from college were pretty out of touch with reality. My parents worked hard, but they always had time for living life and for me. When I started my first job in the corporate world, I was shocked and miserable. And even though I left that world and am independent now myself, I still feel the pressure I learned to live with during the years I spent in shitty jobs I hated. I struggle with guilt when I keep my workload reasonable and when I take days off. I also am in the process of changing careers and I am really scared of starting at the bottom again and facing psychological abuse and having to job hop to find the right fit. Even now, as a contractor, I feel pressured by my boss to…

title text. i ate lunch out today and got some shrimp in the dish, which I suspect to be the culprit for spending my afternoon on the toilet and in bed. luckily i work from home and just have to be “online” and respond to messages – honestly would have liked just to have gone straight to sleep and napped which I didn't for fear of missing a ping and losing my job, which is its own kind of fucked up but – working just conditions us to ignore our own mental, physical, and emotional needs to subject ourselves the demands of a boss or an office or some stupid shit that doesn't matter. like now i'm just fatigued and feeling shitty and I wonder how much untold suffering we all put on ourselves just not to lose money and fall into penury

I work for a big box retail chain with almost 800 stores. This was said to be “motivating” to a group of store managers (myself included) today FIVE times on a video conference call. It was used on various topics and with different levels of intensity. But all the same in the end. Someone in 2022 actually thinks this way and is in charge of hundreds of lives as the district manager. We are doomed if we don't change some part of this structure!! And this comment doesn't even touch on how this is an offensive comment to Chipotle employees or food service employees everywhere……

I have been asked to interview a candidate for a role on my team. She is an engineer who previously worked at Google. She passed the primary screening and a BA interview and a technical interview. I am the FOURTH interview. I have myself bailed when asked to do more than 3. I feel like such a jerk going through it – I plan on telling her the interview is going to be quick as she has already interviewed on many topics. I will offering a few softball questions on some specific topics for the team. I have already pretty much made my decision that she is going to pass my interview – my goal is to make this as painless as possible for her. Edit:. There ended up being 5 people on the call. Still only lasted 30 minutes, tried to be relevant to the role. I don't think…

So I had to take a sick day because I was seriously messed up (I get migraines pretty bad so it’s kind of a semi-regular thing). I tried to put in for sick time but my boss came and told me that I’m out. Now, when I look at my previous pay stubs since January, they all say I have 24 hours available (the legal minimum sick time for California). I tell my boss that I have this balance on my pay stubs so it’s in writing, his response is that “we’ll have to fix that” since according to him I don’t get more sick time till my anniversary, which is in less than two weeks. Is there something I can do or am I just fucked out of a day of pay?