Antiwork

If you become anxious when thinking about how your manager/coworkers/company owner will react, please understand they don’t care about you. They only care about the inconvenience you’re causing. I’ve worked in corporate America for 10 years and food and retail before that. It has all been draining and frustrating and all of my managers titled from Store Manager to GM to VP to CEO are the same brand of manipulative assholes. Don’t feel bad. You aren’t bad. Take care of you and yours. If you think your next employer will call for references, they won’t. It never happens unless they personally know your old boss, and even then it’s extremely rare. There’s no special “previous employment check” for anyone to refer to and you can even choose not to put employers on your resume. I’ve done it. Nobody cares [insert Dennis Nedry gif]. DO NOT DISCLOSE WHO YOUR NEXT EMPLOYER…

A few weeks ago I saw a nifty graphic posted here comparing how much employers steal from employees vs how much employees steal from employers. I forget the exact language that was used but that was the gist of it. I can’t seem to find it now. Anyone know where I can find that again or what I’m talking about?

I was let go (my position was terminated) on Monday without any notice and I was rushed out. I have been trying to put my portfolio together showcasing the work I did with the company (creative position so portfolio is needed for future hiring) but all of my work was on my work computer. So I guess now I know to save a copy of everything I do on a personal device.

Finally leaving my shit retail job tomorrow. I work for a phone company that’s paying me $10 an hour, gives lackluster commission, and is ran by dumbasses with the personality of drunk college kids. My manager is possibly lying about having COVID-19 to get out of work for the weekend, and for the past 5-6 Friday’s has tried to get me to come in from 12:00 to 8:00 PM to cover his closing shift. I lit a fire under his ass by exposing all the bullshit he’s done to higher ups that i’ll possibly share after I quit. I am fed up with being treated like a joke, being talked down to, working harder than I should be, and picking up after my manager who’s a filthy trash goblin. Feels good to finally say this shit.

Mom is super conservative and has been on the “nobody wants to work” train. My sister doesn’t do we’ll standing up for herself and has been a professional doormat most of her life. My mom was invited to apply for a different roll – basically similar work but at a district instead of a school. Her resume was fantastic, her performance reviews have been outstanding for the 8 years she’s worked there, and her professional references were from people with glowing praise for her. They offered her the job, but at the lowest possible pay rate for that position. She faced them down and told them that the offer was insultingly low. The position has been open for almost a year, the amount of work it will take to get caught up is daunting, and that once she’s caught up it will still be about 20% more work with less…

Back in 2018 I worked for a Christian ministry that served individuals with mental disabilities, generally autism, in a multi-group home setting. In retrospect, it was an awful place. We got paid barely above minimum wage, worked weirdly split hours throughout the day, were not given any benefits, and were at risk from being physically harmed by the residents. I didn't realize it at the time, as I was freshly married and happy to be getting any work I could. I worked in a home that had four guys living in it. Due to their capacities, I needed to cook them dinner every night. It was a special night where we were having chicken nuggets for dinner (they generally made us eat incredibly healthy). Three of the guys were home. They had their fill and we were winding down for the rest of the evening. One of the other guys…