Antiwork

My manager is the reason I'm looking for new work. She has been awful for a year and I can't take it anymore. I started applying elsewhere and finally got an interview. I'm now in the references stage. I haven't told my manager or the administration yet because I don't know if I'll even get the job, and I don't want to set myself up for failure at my current job. Is it okay if I wait to hear back from the second job to see if I get it before I tell anyone?

I'm 7 months into my first ''proper job'' after graduating and I have just become so deeply resentful of having to spend so much of my day getting ready to go work, commuting to and from work, and just being at work. Recently I got sick from covid and had to stay home for a week, and they pretty much texted me every day heavily hinting at how much they wanted me to be back at work, and also being asked about who was going to cover for me while I was out sick??? Like I'm in charge of that or know anything about that??? The I come back and there's just a pile of extra work waiting because the person covering for me didn't want to touch any of it. I hate all of this. Dreadful

I'm on a book binge but I've only read slivers of different historical books. I want to start educating myself on everything my education system should have (US). I'd love all the reccomendations you have for political history for different countries as well as the US, books on Economics, books on Worker's rights, Women's rights, books on (US) Slavery and the Jim Crow Era, books on how other societies and countries functioned through human history etc etc. Journals, primary texts, etc. History classes were always taught with bias by teachers (grew up in the south) and the lack of funding made the actual class material boring. I have a new interest now though, and I want to be able to go back and recall supporting evidence on WHY I am progressive in the way I am. Rather than relying on second hand sources. Feel free to PM me big ass…

I'm planning on quitting my job soon. My notice is 2 weeks and I have a few vacation days left. Would it be bad to give my 2 weeks notice, then book my vacation days so I can finish earlier? Edit: my thought process is give in my 2 weeks, so 10 days of work left, i have 5 vacation days, work only 1 week.

So ive been really thinking about this and its kind of scary to think about: On top of everything we already struggle with in out daily lives. Living within our budget, going to work 5 days a week. Making our rent payments.. Ya know, the basics to survive. But all it would take is the grocery stores to not get their shipments and we are screwed. We depend on our stores to get those shipments to survive. We are not independent whatsoever. Think about that.. isnt that freaky? What good would money be if walmart had no food because the trucks stopped running to stock the shelves? Or your local cafe stopped getting its shipments. The system is so fragile in that sense. Idk i just wanted to share my thoughts on that.