Antiwork

I've seen mention of this idea but never have I come across it happening. It's something I'm considering but not sure if others have done it?

I've been fiddling with calculating the financial burden of inflation and stagnant wages. Here's a sobering fact: The median home price in 1980, when adjusted for inflation, would be about $162,000 today. The median home price today is expected to reach $384,000. That's more than twice the financial burden.

So I have been working for my company for 9 years. It is a HUGE banking corporation here in the states. Well last year they opened a new site in another state, so naturally we all became a little nervous about possible layoffs, but our managers assured us that we are the only department in the country that does the task we do. That it would takes years to learn these skills. So of course we all go on with our lives, I had a baby, was gone half the year because of maternity leave, so I was out of the loop for a lot of things. Well fast forward to January of this year, and we got the notice that we are all being laid off! To say I was shocked is an understatement. I had just closed on my home the month before, my baby was less than…

As the title says, I got written up for “abusing downtime” or, as it was phrased to me, “spending a lot of time in the back when it’s not busy at all and taking pictures of the cats.” I am a bartender and server at a brewery that has cats; I am a very lonely guy who loves cats and they calm me down when I’m stressed. Other coworkers spend their downtime on their phones around what we call the “staff table” in one of the rooms in the restaurant. Managers spend a lot of downtime (on the clock) there on their phones, drinking sodas, and chatting with staff who are drinking and off the clock. There is a very prevalent clique there that I am not a part of but it includes management. They all hang out after work and go out drinking together. I see people slacking off…

I don’t know about you, but where I’m from (Southeast Asia), most companies will state in their contracts that if your family members passed, you’d have only 3 days of “compassionate leave” to mourn, and 1 day if they’re your grandparents. Recently I went for a job interview and I read through the contract, where the boss even elaborated and in my head i’m thinking to myself, this can’t be serious? How do these people who’ve worked for decades, just simply go back to work? Losing a loved one is just too much Literally what the fuck is this logic? How do you expect ANY human being to come back to work 3 days later and act like everything is fine? I’m not even joking, if that ever happened to me, I’d just leave my job and never return. Fuck that.

I work in a gasstation and my coworker called off today. Meaning I have to work by myself from 5-11:30 by myself. I don't get breaks I don't do my fucking job. Everyone's always complaining I'm lazy and do nothing, so I'm going to really show them what doing nothing looks like. I'm not worried at all about being fired (they hate giving out unemployment) I would honestly probably be happy about it.

I just need to vent. I've been in my position for a year and a half. We're a small company, so roles blend and flex as needed, which is not a new experience for me. (I've literally worked for a company the same size before.) The new thing I'm experiencing is that: if I look back at the job post that I responded to… about 75% of the tasks and responsibilities could be crossed out. And the 25% that remains is what was least exciting to me about the job in the first place. (Naturally.) The real kicker for me is that my tasks have been delegated elsewhere without my consent, consultation, or justification from management. When I try to bring this up with management, they respond that I need to be more flexible because we're a small company and that I'm not in a position to influence business decisions.…

Just got hired at this job whose interview and offer were the last. I rejected the first 4 offers just for this job. My new job just terminated my employment 2 hours ago. No questions asked nor was my side of story asked. See, I had a month trip booked in January for May. As soon as I got the offer letter on March 21st, 40 minutes later, I sent an email about this trip to my recruiter. He was the one whose contact information I had. Apparently, he did not tell my employer.  So yesterday, my first day, I mention it to my new Boss and he says we will talk today afternoon. Today afternoon, I'm on conference with HR and him and they just straight up told me I'm fired because of the trip. They went ahead and said that the recruiter claims to have verbally told me…