Antiwork

Has anyone worked for firms like Goldman, JP, Bank of America etc How bad were the hours? I've heard you have to do 16 hours I'm guessing there are no unions either and it's not as cool as the Big Short

I work part-time at a shelter. My coworkers and I deal with tons of crisis and bullshit, making a few dollars more than minimum wage. Due to this and general workplace violence/stress, turnover is high. Over the past three weeks, four of the shelter's five full-time staff have put in their two weeks' notice. As you can imagine this is putting a huge strain on our staffing supply. In our shitty collective agreement it states that if shift coverage is not found, the lowest seniority employee presently working must stay to cover the shift. So, imagine you come in to an 8 hour shift and find out you're actually working 16 hours. As I write this I am 9 hours into my double shift. I hate it here.

So I’m entering my first, real consultation for a farm and it’s looking really solid honestly! I’m being brought on to a up and coming mushroom farm for expansion advice and placement. We’re moving to bring me along as a private contractor, I’m just nervous about the aspects of my contract I guess. I’ve never been apart of the contract drafting and I want to be as thorough as possible. I also want to protect some of my concepts and designs so they can’t claim ownership and prevent me from building with others. I have to enter some agreements for some grants as well, I’m just trying to prepare as best as I can to really hit the ball rolling, get them up and running quickly and protect myself.

As soon as you feel that something fishy is going on with your employer, start documenting everything. Save copies of emails and memos. Logs, timesheets, post-it notes, or phone calls, anything that relates to the fishy-ness. Even conversations, make a note, put down who was there, witnesses, and what was said. Keep this all at home in case you are ever locked out of the office. If you file a complaint with any Department of Labor or other regulatory organization you will have a much higher chance of getting a positive outcome if you have evidence to back up your claims and trying to recreate this evidence days, weeks, or months after meetings or conversations, can be difficult. Be careful about recruiting others in your office to do the same. They may be your friend now, but if their job is on the line they could quickly change their tune…

I was invited to a Microsoft Teams meeting with my manager at very short notice. Upon joining the meeting, in his usual smug/false tone, my manager says 'Hiya, OP. How are you doing, mate? Is everything alright, my man?' To which I reply 'No.' There is a 5 second silence. I don't think he was expecting an honest answer. He then says 'Aw, no. Well, I'm sorry to hear that, buddy. Are you having a bad day, pal?' To which I reply 'No. No more than usual, anyway. Every day is a bad day. I am really stressed out and I don't know what to do.' There is another 5 second silence. Again, I don't think he was expecting an honest answer. He then says 'Anyway, the reason why I've invited you to this meeting is…' I was just sat there, stunned. He completely ignored what I had said. I…

One thing I have learned after a few years of working is to never wear any makeup from the start when getting into a new job. I used to try to impress new bosses and coworkers by putting on “full” makeup everyday so that I looked nicer and it looked like I cared more about the job. This is a mistake. Eventually, putting on makeup every morning becomes just and extra chore that you also have to spend money on like buying work clothes and commuting. If you meet your new team while wearing makeup, when you’re too tired or fed up with doing it everyday and you end up not doing it for a day people are going to think you look “tired”, “sick”, “not well” and may even assume you “just don’t care anymore” or you’re “not putting in the effort”. Some coworkers and bosses will even look…