Antiwork

So I work for a major grocery retailer in Texas. I moved to my new position in receiving in August after being with the company for a few years. My boss decided in February that she was leaving the company and started using her vacation time since our company decided it would no longer repay out vacations starting this year. She gave them plenty of time to find a replacement, but I have been running the department while she used her PTO. Interview day arrives at 1:45pm and I work 3:30-noon. Instead of going home to shower and look over stuff for the interview, I stay and pick up a bunch of crates that had fallen over in the receiving area that the wind had blown over because I’m a team player (and nobody else was doing it). Instead of naming me for the replacement, which I feel like I…

Meeting or even exceeding the daily average of sales is apparently no excuse for not doing more than the required amount of tasks. Most gas station attendants often work alone for more than four hours without breaks or sitting down, and yet they're lambasted when they haven't done MORE than the required amount. They're tasked with not only a repetition of customer service without adequate breaks but forecourt safety, restocking shelves, cleaning, cooking, heavy lifting, even troubleshooting and coordination with local authorities about the theft of products and fuel. Fast food staff have teammates and individual tasks while gas station attendants are unreasonably expected to multitask without breaks. And of course, the companies and managers don't want to know or do any better for them, because they're getting an excess amount of output for the minimum amount of concessions and wages.

I feel like most people here prefer working from home than in the office. That's cool and all, but I actually like working at the office. Well, I would like going into the office if not for one thing. The problem is I can't stand the commute. From waking up early to get ready, drive to the train station, take the train in, walk to my building, and do the same thing on the way home, it burns an extra 3 hours that I lose everyday. (Train ride is only about 45 minutes, but waking up early to get ready, and walking to the office all adds up). I feel like if I lived within 15-20 min walking distance of my job, I would never complain about going to the office. I would gain so much time back on commuting, and can use that time to rest, play games, or…

I've done lots of them, diligently prepared and have done mock interviews with friends. However, the failure rate is extremely high in my case because they'll ask one question I didn't anticipate and that's it, boom, job gone. Imagine in an exam, you come across one question that you might not have the answer to, you'd still pass or even get a high mark, not so with interviews, they are awful experiences because you're dealing with a minefield, one wrong step and you're done. I've always been a misfit and have never been accepted by any group, I think interviews are an extension of that. When talking to friends and family I realise, I'm not that bad and am just as good as anyone else, interviews are the inverse, a constant reminder of one's inadequacy and inferiority but they're false and completely scripted. I've found that I've passed interviews where…

Boomers were born into a Golden Age where they had less competition at the job market because there were less people – they had far less requirements – everything was much more relaxed and easier. Then world population doubled from 3 Billion in 1960 to 6 Billion in 2000 and the internet came. As a result the job market worse because there were more people who needed work – there was more competition because through the internet one job offer could be seen by thousands instead of hundreds. Companies became picky and the requirement were raised to preposterous levels. If the Baby Boomers of the 60s and 70s were transported to today – most of them would become homeless because they would be destroyed by the requirements of the current job market. If on the other hand Millenials from today were transported to the 60s or 70s most of us…

Hi everybody, This subreddit has inspired me to take a leap of faith. I've been stuck at the same job for 8 years now, I can't really leave because they pay me a lot of money and any job similar would pay probably half. So I have sat here and taken the stress and abuse in the name of the almighty dollar. I haven't taken a vacation in 8 years. Well I saved up about 200k during this time and was trying to figure out a way to quit my job. I was invested in real estate but it didn't make enough money for me to live on. But then I realized if I just go to another country, 200k is plenty. So I am moving to Colombia, TO RETIRE I have been practicing spanish for the last 4 years and become completely fluent. My job sent me to a…