Antiwork

I am so done with this job. Here's some context this is gonna be a bit long, because I have a lot on my mind and I have no one else to talk to about this right now. I am gonna try and keep this vague as possible since atm I need this job. Took this job as a place holder for another position. Basically they needed me to fill this role, while we waited for the person in the role I want, to leave the position. So I could replace them. I told them I would put my freelance work aside and focus on filling this role and learning the ins and outs of the company, as long as further down the road I can pick it up again. Once I have a feel of how things run. That was a lie. The role I got is labor intensive,…

I’m writing this at 1 am with a splitting headache. I’m just getting into the workforce and all I can think of is how much I hate cover letters. The amount of dickriding they want me to do is insane. Why do I have to make some shit up about why I’m the best person in the world, proofread it, rewrite it, tweak it, double check against the listing to see if I’ve used the magic key words, tweak it again, lie, h—bitch are you hiring or are you not? You can see whether I’m qualified from the resume, stop asking me to kiss ass when we both know I’m only here for the money. And another thing FUCK putting in your resume to then manually input the same information on your resume! Why the FUCK did you ask me then, huh?! GOD. I’m not looking forward to another few…

I've been working for a new company for about 3 weeks now. It's manual labor so it is taxing and has danger potential. Today I was operating a crane, I'm working by myself because we're shorthanded so no one urgently needed the crane. There's a heavy load attached to the crane and I guess I was being slow because one of the team leaders stopped me and started interrogating me. He kept saying “Are you switched on today?”. His demeanor was pissed and aggressive so I was really taken back by it because my initial thoughts on this particular person was positive, he was actually one of my favorites at work. I replied with “yes?” and “why? What did I do?” to which he just said “it's just a question, what are you doing? Are you switched on?”. He kept pushing the “switched on” part and I was really confused…

Work Strike? cutting my nose to spite my foe Tax Strike: works every time. Discuss

I wish I was the same optimistic young lad I once was, but society is becoming more of a rumble pit for seeing who can come out on top. We try go get fit, dress well, etc in the hopes of attaining higher level mates. We try to have the best resume, have the best interview with all the best buzz words and best tactics to get the interviewers to think we are the best candidate. We try to place the highest bids on houses that used to cost maybe 2.5-3 years worth of our total annual salary, but now for more like 5+ years our total salary. It's kind of exhausting. I just realized we don't get to just go to college, go work and have a wife and kids all while being like a middle ranked employee. Now it's more like you almost have to make it into…

It seems like tipping expectation went up about 5% during the pandemic and more types of transactions ask for a tip as part of the payment. For example, a local grocery store of mine now gives a tip option for purchases with a card. If this is truly optional, then I'm okay with it. But then will only tip if I experience exceptional service of some sort. Unfortunately it seems like a lot of service jobs rely on the tips to make them pencil out. While I support a general increase in wages for hourly workers, is more tipping really a good thing in the long run? I feel like we should generally have less tips and higher minimum wages. Tips seem to disproportionately favor those with charisma and can vary from front/back of house service jobs. Edit: When it comes to jobs that deserve tips, I think there should…

We don’t have a real punch in system we just write it down on a piece of paper. She showed up an hour late cause she got drunk af the night before and slept thru her alarm. Yet still wrote that she showed up at 7 rather than 8. She’s getting $38 (Sunday pay rate) for an hour she did nothing to contribute. She’s a bully and I keep getting fucked for being an honest person and I’m sick of it. But I’m nervous for the harassment I will get if I tell the boss on her. Is it worth it reddit??