Antiwork

I worked a factory job for 4 years, quit a year and a half ago. I just found out that when you work overtime you're supposed to get time and a half. All the overtime I worked at that job was paid at my regular hourly rate. Is there anything I can do now? Does anyone have any insight on this? EDIT: I was a molding machine operator, non-union, Kansas, USA.

I’ve been spending every day for the last two years dreaming of working for myself. Started two businesses and landed some partnerships. But it’s all the same. At the end of the day people are just trying to use and take advantage of you for their own profit at the cost of your life. I just don’t get it… we all spend every day working for someone else and for what? Life would make so much more sense if we could make something of ourselves while we still have time. Instead it feels like this impossible quest to make money, just to use it to pay off someone else to try and make more money later… money this money that, I just want to be happy, and yet this day shift every single day seems to me more like a slave ship with no pay. Why is it so hard…

My company just announced, after 2 years of working from home, that we have to start going back to the office 3 days a week. I am very introverted and have thrived in the work from home atmosphere. The thing that bugs me the most is that they project their own attitude that “this is better for you” when they have no idea what’s better for each individual. The audacity to tell me how I feel and speaking for me is just infuriating. I don’t want to quit because of this because I do like my job, but it just frustrates me to no end that they act like everyone wants to chit chat in the hallway and walk over to someone’s desk to ask questions. Personally I HATE when people do that to me. I also only work out now because I have extra time to do it in…