Antiwork

Title pretty much says it all, I was excited about it initially at the interview because they were the first company I applied to to reach out to me and say they wanted me after many painful months of job searching, but the hours are exhausting, either stupid early or unsafe late. Pay is dogshit as well, they pay minimum wage and expect maximum effort and everyone is so goddamn chipper and happy to go above and beyond, it was just a very weird work environment. Not to mention I had to commute to this job because I live out of the city and after doing the maths, essentially half of my pay is just spent on transport. I was pretty miserable just after my first two days and just chalked it up to growing pains since this was my first ‘real’ job but what really cemented it for me…

We are required to sign an agreement stating that our primary residence is open to on-site visits by my employer. This seems like a crazy invasion of privacy or am I wrong? I love teleworking but this seems to be going too far.

I work from home at a customer service job doing phones and chats. My boss has been asking us (the customer service agents) whether or not we have a webcam and whether it’s attached to a laptop or desktop. I have adhd, in order to focus I must be doing a lot of things at once. Fidgeting, watching YouTube, getting up from my desk, etc along with work. It works for me. But if they implement this camera policy, I can’t do any of that because it will be deemed as “unprofessional.” I’m terrified. I have been working here for a year and a half just because I have the freedom to watch YouTube, go on my phone, and get up while I’m working. Are they even allowed to record us? I live in Canada

Is it just me or have others noticed just how tired everyone around them is. I get it. I’m exhausted all the time too. It’s not just certain sectors either. Talking to people and looking a different subreddits based on profession makes it seem like everyone is just over all of this madness. Being severely underpaid and continually being forced to produce some good or service 50-52 weeks per year is severely soul crushing, and it’s only getting worse as time goes on. Just wanted to point this out and see what you all think.

A few years ago, I got hired at my job at the same time as a man about 15 years my senior. He got hired in at around 20k more a year than me (all of our salaries are public). No big deal— he’s got years of experience on me and they’re not the same exact roles. Then I find out that they made all kinds of exceptions for him to get hired. I had to do an all day interview and an hour long presentation for the entire organization. I was interviewed and judged by multiple groups of people and I competed for the position against other candidates. He was a friend of a friend of the director and only had to do an hour long interview with administration- no real search was conducted meaning he was the only one who interviewed. He turned out to be a blowhard…