Antiwork

Context: Back in January I'd had enough. I quit. I began to work on what I ACTUALLY want to do. Spent about four months on it. Then, a few days ago, I started a new job because it's fucking HARD to keep the achievability of the dream alive when all you can think about is 'where's the next rent payment coming from?' I have decided, after four days, that I'm going to quit again. FOUR DAYS back and I'm already: depressed, feeling like my life is headed nowhere, socially anxious, [insert any possible symptom here, because they're all plausible where the workplace is concerned.] The trainer is being passive aggressive to me because I fold my arms when I listen, saying 'I can't be sure if you're listening if your arms are folded.' WHAT?! It's already clear there's a culture of misogyny, that the trainer doesn't challenge, homophobia and general…

To start I was approved for time off from Thursday to Tuesday for a personal event. I called in sick the day before I was supposed to take off with a temperature of 101.2 and a positive test for influenza A. When I called my boss to inform them I’d be out for the day they reacted very poorly. They stated I was taking too much time off and this would be an issue. I reminded them my time off was approved and I cannot control that I got the flu. I was even more upset because I would be missing the event I took time off for in the first place. They reminded me that when I had an on the job eye injury I rushed straight to the doctors office instead of waiting to go through occupational health first. This was despite knowing the ER doctors told me…

Just overheard a conversation between my boss, his boss, and his bosses boss. They started by talking about how “kids get paid way to much today” ($15/hr) and when they were young they started out at McDonalds or moving pipe (for farmers) for $4.75 an hour or .10 cents a pipe. Then immediately after went to talking about how the housing market is way to expensive and “I don’t know how my kids will be able to afford a home” Honestly how dumb and hypocritical can you possible be??

I quit! That’s all. Just wanted to celebrate my one week left tomorrow with people who love to hate their horrible jobs!!!!

UK 20M here. Getting an engineering degree. Applying for summer jobs so I can actually afford to go uni. Got A*AB at a level. Volunteer work at local church. (Didn’t mention how I’m studying for a degree as that might hurt my chances). Ran my own business for a while selling custom computer but stopped he to how insanely expensive parts got due to shortages. Applied to Tesco, Next, John Lewis, Morrison’s. There all hiring. Desperate they claim. Yet I get rejected every time within a week. I don’t get what I should’ve done differently , I guess it’s lack of experience on my end. Guess there right, I should’ve got a job at 16 instead of focusing on my studies Fuck this

I work for a (literal) prison and am in a grueling week long training. It's mostly mind numbingly dull, peppered with moments of total bullshit. We're in a class right now about Personal Accountability – which you would think would be really important and a great opportunity to help exercise and examine personal values while working in corrections. Instead, we're getting a lecture about how we shouldn't be asking questions like “Why don't I have the equipment that I need?” and “Why are we so understaffed?” Seriously. I was blown away. The answer to those questions is that department heads get a huge bonus when they stay under budget and because not only is this a potentially dangerous job but the company culture fucking sucks and is riddled with burnt out, morally and ethically bankrupt people and rampant sexism. I can pick up as many extra shifts as they need…