Antiwork

I started a new job 90 days ago. I had my 90 day review and my supervisor said glowing things. It didn’t make sense to me; I felt like we were both playing a bullshit game. Do supervisors write positive reviews just to make themselves look/feel good? Or is my imposter syndrome getting me? This job has a low workload, but it’s hard and really technical when there is work. I don’t have a technical background and haven’t been learning as fast as I’d think he’d expect. I’m not working as much to get up to speed as I would have done in the past either, because I’m too tired. I’m also making lots of mistakes, some of them basic, and I know he notices. I keep feeling like I should quit, and that he’s probably trying to figure out how to fire me but is saying positive things to…

I worked at a pitiful job that offered no promotional opportunities, paid crap, toxic work environment, had horrible hours, ruined my passion and self esteem. It was my first job out of college, It so dramatically affected my life I would have been better off being homeless. I tried to leave soon after I started but could not get another employer to respond after taking the position at this toxic place. After too many years I found the only way to escape them was to leave the company without a fallback. I wasted years of my life at this job and like any bad relationship I want it to be in the past. I can not use them as a reference and I don't even want to be associated with the company any longer. So I have hibernated my LinkedIn profile and do not plan on using it in the…

Seriously. The stories are maddening and I know petty tyrants exist raised on a lead-based media diet filled with anti-worker extremely anti-evidence ideas about how life and systems and people work. Real life doesn't have to exaggerated. But if I get a squig of doubt some of these stories/screengrabs/pictures are real I harsh bail. How does this subreddit verify? What do you look for to establish credibility?

Ok basically syndicalism is a socialist ideology that believes that the worker unions control the government. It never actually got much pawer as well. The resen y i give you guys this is that allot of people are joining worker unions and capitalism is dieing. Visit wikipedia for details.

Trying to get a friend to quit his job for his personal safety, but he needs the money. He recently got injured on the job (not terribly, but it necessitated a run to the ER) and his manager told him “when they ask where it happened don't you dare say at work”. The owner of this small to medium business has freaked out in the past when someone got hurt (was on crutches a few weeks) because they had to pay workmens comp, so she pressured the managers to not let any more claims be made. Friend cannot afford the medical care and time off to heal. I told him to tell the manager it needs to be workplace comp, but if he does they'll fire him. What can I say or do to help my friend?

I am working at Landscaping company delivering flyers, my family gets Covid and I am exposed to them informed them I couldn’t go to work and I will isolate to see if I develop symptoms. I continue getting text messages saying am I going to work and I’m going to work and I said that on Thursday may be able to work if I continue having no symptoms. I didn’t contact them on Thursday because I have a doctors appointment since I’m having bad reproductive symptoms and normally I work at 4. And I get a message saying within 24 hours if you don’t bring the flyers in we will give your information to collector agencies . And so got my family member who is in the house with Covid people who tested negative and allowed to leave the house, since I could catch Covid going with them to drop…

A few moments ago I asked here why the USA hates unions. The overall response was: -propaganda -individualism -Conservatives who don't want change. The new generation does not believe in the American way, the American dream or that they are the best country in the world, which is what the boomers believed. Do you think that the new generation is going to make changes in the work system? as employers or as new unions?

For months (4) my boss has been scrutinizing, avoiding, and all around being hostile towards me and has not said what I did that was so bad. I’m told my performance has been “terrible” but that’s it. I asked for my old job back if I’m not suited for this, was told “sure, I don’t see why not” then they hired a new person and told me the spots filled. The department head will be meeting with me about it soon and I might finally find out. So exciting. /end rant