Antiwork

I am now a 38 year old man with a halfway decent job and a home. The problem is I had to serve in the military just so I could afford to go to college and get a degree for the field that I am in. I have seen horrible things that I hope no one ever sees. Why is that the only way I could be in the position I am in? The thing is I make a livable wage. I have just enough for food, mortgage, car payment, and student loan debt. Why is this so hard? I can’t even imagine what it is like for those working under what I am. I am doing ok, but why is it that I feel like every time I make one step forward, this society is pushing me 2 steps back. Once again, the fact that there are millions out…

I'm using the last few minutes at my current job to post about not giving up and settling in your current employment. I felt trapped here with no real skills that I could apply to a different job. Through encouragement from family and friends, I out my name out there and got a few interviews. I'm happy to say I start Monday at a company that's going to pay me 25% more to do less work than I currently do. Keep fighting the good fight!

So to date I've only ever walked out on one interview. Years ago I applied for a programming position, entry level pretty minor. I had some broad experience had a degree, matched the qualifications. I saw another job that didn't match me at all, it was for electronics engineering and seemed like a manufacturing job to be honest. I think you all see where this is going. So I go into the interview for the programming position I applied for, all the emails clearly say it in subjects and all…initially I'm stuck waiting for 20 minutes, shoulda been a red flag there but I'm nice. Go in do some formalities, suddenly I have 3 interviewers. They say something about how they have a quick aptitude test before they continue…hand me a test and leave. Immediately I realize these questions are about voltage and resistors, I know somethings off but I…

It’s really taking a toll on my health. I hate waking up to this job every day. I can’t just leave it either because everybody’s got bills to pay. :/

This happened about a year and a half ago. A former coworker (and very good friend) had been begging me to apply to work at his new company with him. After a while I finally decided to start the process. Wound up having SIX (yes 6) interviews scheduled with various people over the span of ~2 weeks. Hours spent talking to different department heads, managers, potential coworkers and bosses. Everyone loved me. Then came the FINAL interview with the CTO (I'm told that if I make it to his interview its a formality and an offer letter is ready to go). And I blow it, how you ask? Because when he asked me what questions I had about the job, I said 'none really, everyone I've talked to so far has really helped me understand the role'. He apparently hated that SO much he cut it off there and killed…

There was a post talking about Salary at some point. (Pretty sure the guy was from another country his new employer asked what he was making previously and he lied) Employer asked what he was making previously and he lied and got a lot more than he would've if he had been honest. I scrolled in the comments and found a comment saying something along the lines of, “when asked 'what is your desired salary/pay for this role', divert and say, 'it's a bit early for me to accurately say how much I expect without knowing the full scope of the job I'd be doing. So I'd like more info before I give a range.'” Normally when asked this I would just say like 5 or 10k more than the previous job I had. I was prepared to say a number that would have been 30% lower than what she…