Antiwork

Greetings everybody! I have followed this group for months now, and I have appreciated all your stories freeing yourself from toxic work enviroments. For that same reason, I have decided to write today to get some enlightment on my future. I'll provide some background and you can take it from there. I'm currently 31yo with a BA in Communications and an MBA in Communications. Due to not being “formally” hired during my 20's due to various life reasons, I made my ends meet by performing as a live musician. It was all good until due to infections and vocal cords injuries took a toll on me. I can speak and sing today, but I'll have lifelong issues that will definitely wear me out faster. I'm suffering from inflammation while taking back to back calls on the Internal Revenue Call Center for only $15-16 per hour. I'm tired! I'm looking for…

I'm tired of people thinking it's a flex to say they work 60 hours a week. I want to hear about how little you had to work last week.

Dear work, I don't want to work. I never wanted to work. I don't want to chase success, instead I want to chase what is valuable to me, and what is valuable to me is my time, time I can use to enjoy my hobbies, time I can use to spend time with friends and family, time I can use to do whatever I wish to do with the limited time I have on this earth. My labor for thee is but a mutually beneficial courtship for which I exchange my time, body and mind in exchange for currency, currency I need to live for the things I value. And yet you ask for more than what was agreed upon, you ask me to take out more time from things I value in exchange for next to nothing. You ask me to work to the very bone for nothing to…

I've seen a Redditor recommended on here who can be paid to help refine your resume for better job search results. I am looking for this service. I'm a US-based IT developer turned Project Manager and ready to move on. If you are that Redditor or you know who I'm talking about, please point me in the right direction! Thank you.

I’ve been struggling finding a job in my field after graduating college. It’s been almost a year and I’ve done everything. I always get close to a job offer but never actually receive one. Well two weeks ago I was interviewing for a remote job in Boston and it seemed amazing and I fit the job description perfectly. I did three rounds of interviews and I was told I’d hear back by X day. Well that day came and went and I thought “eh it’s happened before time to move on.” Three days later they email me and I got the job! They said they were excited to offer me the position and I would soon be receiving my offer letter and welcome package. I replied immediately thanking them for them for the opportunity and that I was excited for their email. Well two days went by, three, four, a…

Actual conversation I had with a colleague over chat this morning: Colleague: Hey, the meeting you have at 12pm, is that lunch or an actual meeting? Me: Yeah, it's my lunch break Colleague: OK 2 minutes later: new meeting invite from 12-1 with 10 other people on it Seriously?

This is what the hiring manager in my organization just said. They’ve had the job open for a year. A year. Why? Cause they want to pay 2019 hour wages. Nobody applies and when they do schedule an interview they get ghosted. The position requires $3-5 more an hour now from what I’m seeing. The boss would have to bring up the two other people that same rate cause they are underpaid but comfortable. And they won’t do it. It would cost them probably 15k total to have a happy dept. Coincidentally, 15k is what our CEO spent on meals at steakhouses last year. Can’t stop the big guy from eating. He’ll get the message when the walls come crumbling down.