Antiwork

I figure this is the right place to ask and I lurk this sub daily. I’m currently trying to get out of corporate America and pursue my original passion and become a high school teacher. I have a mortgage high HOA (so lame) so bills are high. I think we can manage off one salary if I work part time. Working 10-12 hours a day right now is NOT going realistic right now. My partner just suggested trying to figure out a part time job where I can study on the clock. I know there’s something!

Not sure if this belongs here. Maybe its a Devil's Advocate kind of thing. On the one hand the guy is a POS. On the other hand who the hell COULD make it these days? I can start by saying that I don't know what people made there but I can only assume it was the sub minimum/tip model that all restaurants use. I'll also say that, yes the pandemic hit everyone hard but he was one of the success stories, they tried EVERYTHING to keep from going under, from drastically reducing dining room capacity, upping their carry out game and even constructing an outdoor heated space for bands and diners. And they closed for a week at a time, multiple times, any time an employee tested positive. But he doesn't list the pandemic as a reason for closing. As he says he has been a restaurant owner forever. The…

I get why this is here but I would like to see people start talking about ways to GET OUT OF THE RAT RACE. For example growing your own food, starting a small business cheaply, or saving techniques for those on the lower end of the pay spectrum. I agree that it’s important that we continue to fight those in power, but the best way to go about it is to rid ourselves of the dependency upon them. This may get downvoted to hell but we can’t expect these corps and people to change any time soon. The best way to combat these problems is being more independent without them. Edit: please don’t get hung up on the term rat race please. I’m not suggesting dropping everything, I’m speaking about breaking your dependency for the need to have the jobs that you all seem to hate so much, and rightfully…

I finally gave my notice at the large hospital chain I work at. I had long fantasized about ripping them a new one in the exit interview and I had a lot of material I wanted to bring with me. My bosses retaliate hard against anyone who snitches to HR or a government body so I’ve had to be quiet for a long time. However, our turnover is so high, HR stopped doing exit interviews except for managers and high ranking personnel(which still keeps them busy lol). I’m very crushed that I got robbed of my fantasy to show HR all those horrible things my department and peers are doing, but at least it’s because of so many of my colleagues and coworkers waking up and betting themselves.

so I applied for a job and the interview went well. The hiring manager pretty much said the position would be mine. I send my references to HR the same day they asked for them. 2 weeks go by and I hear nothing. I call and email HR and they said they never received my references and ended up choosing another person. The email chain clearly showed that it was sent and delivered and I didn’t receive any undelivered notice. So I basically didn’t get the job because some boomer didn’t know how to use email. Or they were playing games with me, I don’t know. I turned down 2 job offers while waiting for them to get back to me. These bullshit games were a great reminder of why I initially said fuck it with corporate. Got my own small business that I’ll continue to grow. Even though I…

What would be the alternative? How would you ideally have it structured?

I told my manager a couple of weeks ago before they went on leave that I want to start working less when they come back. Apparantly next month is going to be super busy and they are saying I might not be able to go down in hours until the month after. I want to quit but that means I would still have to work full time until then for 3 more weeks. Can they force me to stay in my position as full time employee? I have already started an online course and wont have time to work that much.

Where do I begin? My job was paying me $85,00/year Now I’m down to zero Fuck. Big fuck. But I’m happy I don’t have to go the office everyday. That was such a nightmare. I got sick and even caught covid by going into the office. Sacrifice my soul for everything what a disaster. What do I do now? How do I make cash in flows so I can survive?