Antiwork

Because they're a “secure” organisation, work won't let me print off anything at home due to it being work related and “confidential” information of their inner workings. Problem is there's tons and tons of documents to look at in order to know how to do your job and you get sick of looking at a screen all day that you can minimally edit or highlight or write notes on Anyone ever had an issue like this? Any work arounds that won't trigger security systems and the like? There's some rules that are common sense, but then there's rules which are downright stupid if you want your workers to be actually informed about their own job.

Is $45k a year worth it? It’s also an hour drive out

This is asking for any advice on course of action. I started a job with a local ice cream shop, they told me I have to do a training shift before I can work alone. I went and it turned out to he a full 8 hour shift. After a week of working I noticed I was only paid for 2 days of work out of the 3 I did. I assumed since I was paid on sundays and worked friday through sunday that week that he didn't pay me for the shift I hadn't finished yet. After another week I asked if I could start being paid for the shift I was working on sunday as well, after some talking and clearing up confusion they told me training was unpaid and it was a normal thing in “the industry”. The next week I let him know I was quitting…

Do you think that it’s possible one day far from today,post boomer generation?

Wanted to bring some positivity here. I work for an enormous company (think Fortune 150) with 100k+ employees. My supervisor and boss told me when I let them know my son might be born early that “your health and the health of your wife and son are more important than quarterly reports”. I’m taking 6 weeks of fully paid paternity leave (in US so that’s actually pretty good for here as sad as that is) and they are totally fine with it. I’m super lucky to have the bosses I do and I appreciate it. I wish everyone had my kind of bosses, and there’s no reason they shouldn’t. Don’t get me wrong, I think everyone should get fully paid months and months of leave when having a baby and it should be universal but to support my family I’ll take what I can get I guess.

This was many years ago but I have never stopped hating the company and I’ve continued to dislike my old boss with a passion. I had started this job and found out I was pregnant. I got an abortion over the weekend in training and came to work like nothing was going on. I started to not like my boss in training and got disciplined for doodling during training, it would go on to emotionally be taxing ignoring peoples problems and persisting that the pay their checking accounts when their mortgage is due so doodling and being allowed to relax somewhat would’ve been better as a corporate environment. Oddly enough we did have a meeting where a coworker not in our training class would come to say how proud and enthusiastic about the company she was and how supportive the company was of gay people. Then some bankers came and…

“Hello, I noticed that I no longer have 3 day weekends (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) anymore. I cant understand my schedule being changed so drastically and not having my thoughts and feelings considered. I already requested my schedule return to 3 12 hour and 1 4 hour shift and was ignored/denied which I was fine with since I still had my 3 day weekends. I understand its for the needs of the unit but I need to consider myself as well and its unacceptable my schedule is constantly changed without my permission. I would like 1 of the 2 to be considered so I can have more satisfaction in my work. If I continue to work every other Friday I would like to at least work 3 12s and 1 4 hour or go back to having 3 day weekends. I will accept either of these but I cannot accept none…

Forgive the rant but it seemed like a healthy way to talk about the gangrenous thorn that is a student loan, currently stuck in my ass. So I like many folks, find myself in the “I'm graduated, being paid OK money, but life and loan payments are so expensive I'm drowning” boat. I pay about $520 a month for my student loans, and each time I make a payment I wanna smash my computer into tiny pieces from pure, unfiltered rage. Life would SO much easier without it, I mean it is a literal rent payment that vanishes into thin air every month and for what? Talking with people like my family makes me wanna stick a fork in my leg when their response to it in discussion is “well when I was your age I had to pay monthly on my car/house/boat/rocket ship” like goddamn…. how do you not…