Antiwork

I work in a small pub and study at uni part time. I usually only work on Thursdays-Sundays when I don’t have classes. When I applied for the job I told them in my cover letter what days I was available to work and discussed it with my boss at the interview and he said I wouldn’t work on days I had class, I wouldn’t be working too late and that I would have mostly day shifts. Well I have only been given night shifts and they keep calling me in on days I have class the next morning and I don’t get home until nearly 12am sometimes. I would be okay with being called in if they had a genuine reason. But so far they have had no reason to. They make out like they are short staffed and then I get there and no staff are away and…

I hate that one of the first questions people ask when you first start getting to know them is “What do you do?“ I get that it’s just a piece of polite conversational fluff (something I already have a very low tolerance for) but it’s so frustrating to me that from the moment I meet someone I’m being reduced to my job. I want to respond: “What do I do? I get up everyday, shower, brush my teeth, eat breakfast, and try to endure another day of hell in this nightmare realm we call a society. I spend about eight hours or more doing something I don’t want to do for money that’s not enough to support me. I don’t get to have any real fun because my energy is constantly sapped by the mental (not to say physical) effort that it requires. Also, fun costs money, and did I…

Just had an interview with a company that was offering a nice competitive salary and part-time employment. In my country, permanent part-time is considered 24-35~ hours per week, give or take. The interviewer, which also seemed to be the person I would be reporting to, was constantly vague with her questions but demanding with her expectations of an answer. For instance, she asked me what my availability was. I told her Monday to Sunday anytime (note that this is a remote position to boot). That wasn't good enough and she wanted a more concrete answer about availability. I kinda laughed a little and said well I don't know what else to say, because I don't currently have a job or any commitments such as kids. So that is quite literally my availability. The interview was like this the whole time. Her question vague, my honest answer, followed by more 'hunt…

Sorry is format is weird, I am on my phone. So a little story, my girlfriend(25) and motber(48) work together a title loan company. (Already predatory practices as it is) I never knew much about my moms work, other than the occasional complaints from back when I lived at home, but now that my gf works there too I hear about all of it. At the end of each day, they are required to take a bank deposit to the town next to us… It is about 13 mile drive one way so 26 total. I was talking to my gf, and I asked her if she got any sort of mileage reimbursement for using her personal vehicle and she said no she doesn't, they only pay her 30 minutes for her drive. So i asked my mom about if they had any kind of policy for mileage reimbursement and…

Rushing through lunch, I literally bit off more than I could swallow and started choking. A security guard rushed to help and, though she had no idea how to do this, she called the desk for help who talked her through the Heimlich maneuver. She literally saved my life. There's no such thing as a low skill position.

Title says it all – a “passion project” of a lesser known counterpart to a very famous, turtleneck wearing tech entrepreneur is most likely going belly up unless we receive an investor, get approved for a merger, or basically prove that we didn’t fuck up majorly by putting the cart before the horse and going public before there was even truly viable business interest in a post-COVID world.  Thousands of people will be out of work, all for this twat of a CEO to hem and haw about “appreciating the value of work” and “everyone making sacrifices”.  My favorite part so far was my direct supervisor only saw fit to give the info that our company is tanking to 1/2 of our team. Thank god someone was looking out for me and gave me a heads up.  I didn’t plan on adding “job search” to my list along with “get…

finally left one of the worst jobs i’ve ever had and now working at a new place that seems a lot better… but even so, work is still work and i’m so unbelievably exhausted from being trapped in an endless cycle of being a wage slave. i just want to lie down and not have to think about anything for a long time.