Antiwork

Hi y'all, Long time lurker here. I live in England. So I have a little situation at work (duh). My company is going through a major restructure right now and the ivory tower is pressuring to begin applying the changes, although, our staffing levels are severely inadequate to even function properly as is due to loss of half the workforce which was supplemented with an army of temporary workers. I'm wearing invisalign braces and have an appointment next week, I specifically chose dentist near my work location so I don't have to make a fuss and just use my lunch time to go for the visits. My work rota has been published yesterday and I immediately informed the person in charge of my work location preference as well as about my dentist visit next week. It's not that huge of a deal as I'd be 30-60 min late max. As…

We recently got a Mechanical Engineer Intern from a top 50 Engineering school in the US. He asked my salary and was completely surprised when I said 6 figures. I asked what he thought I made and he said the college said max Mechanical Engineers make is around 80 and 70 is more realistic. I told him once he gets his degree he should be able to start off at 70k. I guess they just want to say they get all of their graduates a job after college and they must not worry about trying to get them all top salaries. Tuition is $55k per year. (The school I went to the tuition is now 11k).

To interviewers who provide a set date that is impossible for someone to be at specific time… That place of work is toxic to begin with. It's really a shame that there are companies not willing to be negotiable when providing a set of time and date for the interview when looking for talented / experience people. I know a guy who was having difficulty finding work in the field he was experience, trained, certified, and educated on while balancing his mediocre career since it would have to be 50/50 risks of either getting the job or not getting a job versus not having money for bills, food, and insurances.

But I really don’t want to. I’m a college student and I just graduated last week from community college and I’m about to head to state school in the fall. Yesterday was my first day back at work since my graduation and they hit me with “do you want to pick up more hours? If not can you at least come in 30 minutes early on your half day to help us out?” I’ll be honest, I don’t want to. I already work more hours than I was hired for and the past semester was really draining. I kind of want to just relax and fill my time with things I want to do in the mean time before I have to head back to school. I did tell them I would have to think about it and they were pushy, saying “alright get back to me in 10 minutes.”…

Applied for a part time position for bookkeeper on indeed, min salary $20 max $28. Had 2 interviews, each about 1 hour and got a call yesterday saying I had gotten the job.. great! Manager tells me it’s going to be 30 hours a week ( while I had said I could only work 20-25 due to having another job/commitment) and lowballs the shit out of me. First interview I get asked what is my desired salary, I said $28/hr ( I currently get paid $30/hr at my other job). She offers me $23. Wtf! This is not the first time an employer does this. Why waste my timeeeeee??

Let me start by saying I really do like my job, and my company/bosses are great. I came from a really toxic work environment and this job has been such a blessing. But I find myself lacking motivation some weeks (not days, weeks) recently, and I have been getting a lot of headaches and migraines while working. I never used to get them; it's a new thing that started this month. I also find myself clenching my jaw a lot more as of recent, especially when I get nervous or stressed about meetings or assignments. I can't focus and it's causing my work to suffer which frustrates me, because some of my assignment's I'm excited to work on. Does this happen/has this happened to anyone else? Anyone have any tips to help with the headaches and being able to focus again?