Antiwork

Throwaway account for reasons… I’m just so tired of working. I have nothing left in me. A bit of back story; I’m a receptionist and at my previous place of employment, I was beat down almost every single day by the manager. When she wasn’t there, she would plaster my desk with sticky notes the day before. My mental health was declining and I wasn’t the best employee because I called in sick a lot. Near the end of working there, my anxiety blew up and I was one breakdown away from checking myself into the mental hospital. I couldn’t eat, sleep or do anything but cry and panic. I stayed with my mom who took me to the hospital twice and I was put on another med. I started to go to therapy but the workplace was so toxic that one time I left in the middle of my…

I recently joined a startup where I handle the HR department and the Social Media department and I want a designation that is suited to the job description, whereas my manager wants to give me the designation of an “HR Executive” which i believe doesn't quite fit the bill. The pay is great, benefits are great, but I'm confused about my designation, any suggestions?

So I have been an bookkeeper with a small sized law firm for 7 years. My manager of 10 months had a violent outburst last week where is slammed her keyboard into her desk several times (all for the stupidest reason). I'm afraid of reporting her to the managing attorney because I think it would tank my career with the company if she remains onboard. This is the first violent outburst I have seen but she is incredibly two faced and most of the staff hate her but I dont think the lawyers have seen any of it. This will really be the first time it is brought to the light. Do you send the details in an email or have a meeting face to face. Any advise is welcome.

I work at a dollar general in Ohio. I’m a key carrier and was hired in around January of this year. I was barely trained and at every turn when I made a simple mistake or accident, my store manager would jump down my throat and act very aggressive and rude. Then flips like a switch when I explain I didn’t know as I’m not fully trained and I get nervous (I don’t enjoy confrontation, especially so loud and bitchy from the start). She acts like she wasn’t just cussing me out over something silly and smiles saying “oh you’re fine sweetheart!” Everyone who works there agrees she’s a bad boss. She doesn’t communicate what she wants done/ what her expectations are and then flips when you don’t meet them. I’ve covered many of her shifts from her sleeping in and having to pick up a car. Shifts I was…

I truly don't understand why we keep going to work when the world is on fire. Not even because we should be focusing on other things, though this is true, but because our presence at work is the ultimate bargaining chip of the masses. Protesting and taking to the streets does nothing. They just pepper spray us and arrest us and nothing changes. The most effective protest we could ever hold is to just stay home. Do not go to work. See how quickly the people's voice matters when we are no longer acting like well-trained cogs in their wheel of profit. We want fair wages so we can afford to live? Gun reform so we don't have to fear being murdered while out on an errand? Access to safe abortions and birth control? Rent reform? Access to affordable healthcare? Affordable childcare? A social safety net? DO NOT GO TO…