Antiwork

So, story time. I started a new job, standard work from home customer service. The company has agents across the country and my trainer happened to be on the west coast. So, when they sent us our schedules for our first production week, they sent them in MILITARY TIME. That’s not even the worst part. This morning, when I tried to log in, I was told I was early. Assuming the system was wrong, I started working for two hours before anyone in charge responded to me about the schedule confusion. After working in nesting mode for two days with this schedule, I learned that the schedules were listed under PST. So, I was supposed to be working THREE hours later. Spent the entire day trying to contact leadership with little response. It was nearing what I thought was my ending time. Since I hadn’t got a real response, I…

So I'm working in a small franchise theater and just got an email from the headquarters. For context, we focus on musicals/fairytales for kids and sell the included songs after the show on CD. Here is the mail (names are changed): “Dear friends, Do you know the argument of parents that they don't have a CD player anymore when it comes to fairy tale CDs? We as publisher have reacted to this and provided CD players to support CD sales. You can find photos in the attachment. And now the hit: You get the CD players as commission goods, i.e. you have financially zero risk. The selling price is ××× and the purchase price is ××× + ×. Only the players that have been sold will be charged. Stephanie is looking forward to your order and will be happy to advise you. Best wishes and a happy week, Charles” I…

I teach a class at a university, have an LLC with a partner, run a non-profit, and do some I.C. work for a software company. I have separate email addresses for each of these, plus my personal account, and may need to create another one for another purpose soon. I don't want all of them going to my phone, because a lot of what I receive is spam/junk. But I'm getting overwhelmed by having to check each of these accounts multiple times per day, and sometimes I forget to check one for a few days and miss something time sensitive. I've been slowly changing things in my life over the past few years so that I don't need to be a direct employee to anyone, but that has come with its own set of new challenges. I'm not super tech savvy. Does anyone else feel this way, and what advice…