Antiwork

Title basically says it all. We've all had the “crappy boss/manager” – small-minded, mad with power, etc, and it seems like there are a lot of them. I was idly wondering whether there's something about being a crappy human being that pushes you towards managerial positions OR if something in the structure of the system itself turns otherwise normal people into monsters.

I'm in the job search process in the nonprofit field and trying to ask for what I'm actually worth rather than grabbing whatever they'll take me (that's a journey in itself). On an application, I asked for $75k, which is $10k over what I'm making now. Potential employer responded within 2 days to say “We'd like to have a brief video chat, but before we schedule that, the salary range is $45k-$55k, are you still interested?” I'm not sure if I am yet – there would be advantages to this job like WFH and a lot less stress, gonna chat with the wife about it tonight – but I was so impressed that they were willing to talk salary up front and give me actual dollar amounts before any more time was spent on either side.

I never give two weeks notice if I can help it. I made the mistake of providing one job two weeks notice five years ago. The work culture was extremely toxic, with high employee turn over. There was on the job training by people who did not care to prepare for sessions or were not knowledgeable. You couldn't show that you knew so.ething they did not. You could not show that you had an interest in new technology. They were actually tech phobic and enjoyed doing this by hand or in DOS. I provided my two week notice in writing and asked what were the check out procedures. What issued the next two weeks was insane, actually it was straight up harrrasement. My manager gave me the worst review of my career. I was called an incompetent. This was funny, because I routinely worked with high profile clients. If I…

So Henry Ford Health is one of the biggest (if not the biggest) healthcare companies in Michigan. They also own HAP medical insurance. Employees with insurance coverage obviously have HAP. You'd think working for a healthcare system that owns the insurance would get employees free or greatly reduced costs for coverage right? Nope dead wrong. Their insurance is as expensive if not moreso than any other employer. To add insult to injury they make you pay about $40 dollars extra per pay period if your partner is on your plan but has access to insurance through their employer. Oh and all of this comes with a threat to be terminated if you aren't truly eligible to save the money. Now they are doing a company wide audit of people's insurance coverage and dependents to make sure no one is getting those discounts if they don't deserve them. This is a…

Wake up well rested. No alarm cattle prodding you to get up way earlier than you want to. You've got all day. No rush to go do anything. No stressing about todays meetings or tasks. It's just you and whatever you want to do. A day off for a real disconnect is so important for health and avoiding/recovering from burnout. After having severe burnout I take my days off very seriously. If my boss needs me they can eat shit. It's not more important than my wellbeing. It's sad that true days off have been resigned to the past for a lot of people. It's unhealthy.

seriously i saw it in a poster and was floored that your wage wasn’t something you where supposed to ask in a interview. sorry for no photographic evidence but i don’t take my phone to school. we also did not learn about unions at all. but i have a small sample size to be fair.