Antiwork

I have only been at my current job a couple months, so I can’t really say I know my coworkers very well (although they do tell each other EVERYTHING about themselves and I am always within earshot hearing all this. I know more than I want to, unfortunately.) I, on the other hand, keep almost entirely to myself. Out of the 4 of us women (myself, my two coworkers and boss) I am the only one who doesn’t feel the need for everyone know everything about me. My older coworker 50F I’m 37F has gotten more and more combative with me. She is always trying to pry info out of me. Practically interrogated me once when asking me what I use my iPad for when she saw it sitting on my desk. She got noticeably frustrated when I gave her short answers. Even gave me a suspicious look. Like she…

As the title reads, they took a week of pto out of all employee's and said nothing until it was noticed by another. Director said it's not his problem, and doesn't matter, gaslighted us saying it was always like that when it never was. While he goes on vacation on the companies dime. We need work reform, better benefts, I'm so sick of feeling beneath other human beings. I'm at tears, there's no benefits left at my own job.

I've started being on Reddit the past month and it's actually pretty cool platform (yes I dumb monkey hello). So, I got fired today, and I've been there one week. I got fired January 24 and I was there 18 months. Let me explain (I mean complain). Start with the company I worked at for 18 months, the manager takes advantage of his employees. I'm a land surveyor, I love the field work, I've been doing it for ten years now. My boss, his name is R6fcatloseridiot, is the owner of the company, he was mainly the only office guy, and he kept field crews to a minimum; 6 people in the field, three 2-man crews. He wants all the money. Great, fine, you worked for this position idk, good job. When he hired me, he promised a retirement fund, PTO days, and bonus during holidays (I was hired August…

First ever post. On mobile sorry for any errors. I do not give my permission for this to be used or posted anywhere else. I arrived at work this last week to a meeting on my calendar. I jumped on the call to immediately be accused of changing my own access permissions in a certain system. Background I have worked in my current position for my current company for 2 years. I am in a department that represents the company and people if you catch my drift. First, I worked with a small local company that was then acquired by a large global company. To say it lightly the ENTIRE transition has been a nightmare with minimal communication, outlines, expectations or even having the systems merged together. ANYWAY, I’m my position I am in a lot of high level meetings and assisted the financial person/ people and head of our…

ALWAYS be looking for a new job–don't let getting hired at a place make you stop your job search for something even better. Your company has no loyalty for you, why should you have loyalty for your company? You need to be loyal to yourself and your career goals, not their profit margins! Leave a job on Friday to start a new job on Monday. Tell them when you clock out that you will not be there next week. No two week's notice. If your company is not going to give you two week's notice when they desire to fire you, why do you owe them two week's notice when you leave? Your skills are the coin of the realm. You will be fired the second the company can find someone to do your job for $2 an hour less, why should you stay if you can find a place…

It amazes me companies will force people back to the office to make another .50 an hour from you (Being generous since real estate savings and increased productivity from wfh is more) and people accept it. This while spending 4 hours unpaid commuting and getting ready with stress they will be late because some jackass was texting. The cherry on top is the added costs of gas, parking, transportation, office attire, and lunch. How people have not completely revolted yet is amazing. I know, because we are family who loves thier coworkers more than the family dog, with a great work culture.

Was chatting with a friend/former coworker today. Apparently our old company (his current company) is having problems with remote workers having tech issues, or calling out with no back up (the nerve!) This is after the busy holiday season (only slightly busier than every other busy season during the year, but they were slammed with calls, long shifts, and misery for a couple of months straight). He told me their main software had routine down AND slow periods during that time, but of course that was not factored into their metrics whatsoever (despite it not being their fault). The company’s solution? Well, they can’t hire more workers. Clearly they blow through them and burn them out way too quickly, and btw that’s totally the worker’s fault. Every time they claimed to be almost at staff, there would be some new notice that they were getting more floods of trainees. Last…