Antiwork

Hey, everyone! I usually lurk and only comment on this sub but lately had an experience that I thought you all may have an opinion on or even get a kick out of it. I’m a registered nurse (have been for 14 years) and have been applying to all kinds of WFH/tele health positions. Last week, I must’ve put in about 12 applications alone. I immediately got a text back from a company, it was one of their nurse managers who wanted to set up a time for a phone interview. I was excited and thought that I might finally get a nursing position that I could WFH. I asked if we could set up a phone call the following day because I just got home and was putting a ton of groceries away and wanted a little time to brush up on my interview skills and get focused. She…

For a bit of context it is a remote job for a financial company. I decided to call the client a bit early because assuming they had time in the morning. And the disgust/annoyance in their voice wanted me to drive me to the brink, with saying I do not have time/”very upset you (I) messed it up. For more context, it is not my job to communicate with clients (surprise, surprise that's someone else fucking job, yet I did it because it's technically my job to make sure it gets done). The coworker who is supposed to relay information and etc did not do it correctly and did not follow up. Yet my ass is on the line. I should have stated that it is not my job to reach out to clients plus the fact they refused to be on the call with me is their own negligence.

I can't stand this. I dont want to effing work here, why would I trick someone else into doing it. Oh and they raised the starting pay to $15 this year ( a 20% increase ) and didn't raise anyone elses salary. The sick thing is i got hired on 20 years ago at $12. Billion dollar company , no layoffs , no raise in benefits, just constant paycheck if you go along with the program.

Management has lied from the start, putting full time on the listing just for him to turn around and say he does that to get applicants, One of my co workers is constantly rude and belittling me And I got a great 9-5 in my field of study So why am I so nervous

Feel like venting somewhere. Working for a call center as a TL and the workload is simply unbearable. They add up more and more. The schedule is terrible as well. No organizational skills at all. Everyday I am planning my tasks as I have to get done way more than I am capable of and the upper management still adds more tasks and changes the schedule everyday. Been in this situation for a year but the last 6 months it got worst. I feel overall depressed and today I got a panic attack too. On the other hand, I feel guilty for not being able to do this job any longer and I keep applying for other jobs meanwhile. I can't believe I let myself destroying my mental health because of a job. Thanks for reading.

I'll be talking to a former employer today about returning two years after retirement to pick up a 2-4 month project. Backstory: I worked for them as a contractor through an agency for a total of 4 years, 2016-2020. Covid knocked their legs out from under them and as the only agency temp I caught the first layoff. No animosity, actually just the opposite. Being full retirement age the ex convinced me to file for SS benefits and call it a career. And I did. Returning for a few months would be mutually beneficial. It would let me put off hitting the IRAs for a few more years. Put back a little structure in my life. As before it would be 50% or more WFH. So I'm open to it but I am going to try real hard to hold the line on rate (no agency, give me half their…

I started out working for state government back in 1998. I remember a colleague of mine, let’s call him “Scott” taught himself a very specific skill and got his certification on his own dime and time. The agency immediately began taking advantage of Scott’s new certification and assigned him work outside of the position he was hired for. Scott was making about $31,000 a year asked for his position to be reclassified and an increase in pay of at least $9,000 a year. The Director as anticipated flat out denied this request as he thought Scott should do this very specific work out of the kindness of his heart. This is illegal in most civil service jobs because you can’t make a person work 100% of the time on something outside of their job description. Scott quietly updated his resume and offers immediately poured in with the highest bidder offering…

I am not a good employee. I actually don't have any issues with my employer, but work in the general sense. I beat myself up everyday because I am not interested in or even able to be productive at work every day, 5 days a week, from 9 to 5pm. But what's worse is I don't even pretend. Working remotely, I do exactly what every employer would hate. I go for walks, read forums, watch youtube, do yoga. Anything. Barely open my laptop until 10am. Because I can't care about the work I'm doing day in, day out. I wonder how I used to do it. I guess being in office, its easier because the pressure is more palpable.