Antiwork

Don't want to go on a long rant but… (insert long rant) Basically, whoever is the manager for the day posts a daily schedule saying when people are supposed to go on breaks, that way we don't have too many people gone at once, and being further short staffed at parts of the day. So like normal, they posted the daily schedule, I saw my break time, no problem with that. Now here's where the problems begin. The person who was scheduled to go before me did go before me…well before their actual break time. So that already was annoying. Then, when my break time came up, they still didn't come back. I was mad at that so I just left to go on my break at my scheduled time anyways. The manager saw me going, and without hesitation started yelling at me “WHERE ARE YOU GOING? IS __ BACK…

(For reference I live and work in Connecticut) I asked my HR lady (who's also a co-owner/boss's wife) via email to have a meeting with her, my boss (her husband), and all of my coworkers to discuss whether or not my coworkers and I can begin to file mileage claims for our commutes to job sites (we work in a field that requires us to drive around the state). I cc'd my boss and all of my coworkers since this meeting would require everyone to be in attendance. She replied that she would discuss it with me individually and would discuss it with anyone else interested in an individual basis. Clearly she can tell that my coworkers and I are talking to each other about the issue so I guess she would want to have individual talks to try and strong arm us all to our minimums. I'm going to…

Out of frustration and genuine curiosity, how is that companies are able to post false salaries and hours for their jobs? I've encountered a handful that disclose towards the end of an interview process, “oh you'll actually be doing none of the job descriptions we posted, it's actually part-time and you don't get paid the posted amount.”

Basically beside my university studies, I'm currently working as a call center agent (service Desk). So basically my company does what I'd call 'IT HelpDesk Outsourcing' because 'our' clients aren't from the country where this company is located. So anyway, I was told I have to: Take calls within 30 seconds Respond to incoming chat requests within 6 seconds Even if I'm currently already working on a ticket or am literally on the phone (SoftwarePhone) with a given client and trying to troubleshoot their issues, I have to respond to incoming chat requests within 6 sec I haven't yet asked my supervisor(s) as to how tf it's rational to expect this massive workload from an employee, especially when he's already working with someone on the phone… I don't think this is rational, but isn't something like this illegal too? So say someone gets fired because he couldn't handle 3-4 task-intensive…

One of my pet peeves is when people say the person THAT did such and such. I started to notice this change creep into the English language back when we started tolerating companies calling us “their greatest asset.” Last I checked, I'm a person, at best I can be described as a resource. I am NOT a thing. I am NOT a that. I am a WHO. Will you help me push back and remind employers that we are not objects to be bought and sold?

My manager has been working at our company for over 35+ years. Myself, about 5 years (also in a management role) He is “respected” by the older generation but moreso feared by newer employees. Since my time working with him, he's admitted that he doesn't believe we should hire minorities because of how our customers would perceive our organization. Further to this, he's made numerous comments about reasons (pregnancy, relationship situations – whatever that means) why we shouldn't hire women after one of the women I hired needed time off after she had gotten abused from a domestic violence situation. And that, my employee is paid too well for a women compared to her male co-workers and that she doesn't deserve a raise over her male colleagues. Frustrated, I shared these comments with another female co worker that I trusted and she went to see hr and shared my comments.…

I literally sit in my office at work 8.5 hrs a day so bored. My job is not interesting to me in any way but it does pay the bills (sort of.) I find i am most productive between 9 am and noon when i actually have tasks to do and all the other hrs i spend pretending to look busy. It makes me feel physically nauseous. This must be how fish feel when they get put in little fish bowls.

I have an interview on Monday for a custodial position within a school district. The pay is $11/hour “non-negotiable.” That's garbage pay, obviously. I asked the guy about raises when I spoke to him on the phone. He said something like 2% raises per year were standard. How do I make these people understand that I need a living wage to work this job??