Antiwork

2 years ago, my company trained me to use their interface system that carries data from client to corporate. They didn't bother to train anyone else, because I could fit the entire workload into my regular work hours. I have been very vocal that this is a bad idea. If I were in a car accident or otherwise suddenly MIA, they could not function normally. As much as I have tried to draw attention to their total lack of a back-up plan, they have repeatedly ignored me, all the way up to the company's president & ceo. I have always been fairly open about my Lean-FIRE lifestyle, too. And about a month ago I quietly passed my LF number and have been roughly planning my exit, riddled with guilt over it because I know it will cause issues for people who had no control over that decision. Friday, I let…

TLDR: Long story about how a general manager tried to set me up for theft. So the last time I worked fast food was a shit-show from start to finish. The place had an average 2 week turn over, they were constantly under staffed, and there was no security for the place after dark. We were open to 11p every night – even weekends – in an area known for high drugs, high robberies, and a huge homeless population. The store owners owned many stores and had one general manager who worked all of them. As much as the store owners liked to claim to be hands on, they let the general manager do everything – except for 2x a week when the owners went from safe to safe and balanced the money out. The first thing I noticed about the shit-show was half the employees were high-school drop outs.…

As someone who is not a big negotiator or aggressive enough, I appreciate it when the manager automatically assumes I am and try to preemptively reach my targets. And that only happens when they've been traumatized by aggressive extrovert candidates who fight to set standards. So even if you decide to skip on something, put up a fight before you withdraw, it helps the next one line.

I currently work for a major healthcare system in south Florida. I have my degree in ultrasound and have been looking to move up for quite a while. The supervisor agreed to an interview with me and would provide someone for me to scan. I spent pretty much the whole night studying so I can be prepared for it. I didn’t sleep so I was already tired by the time the interview began. The “interview” was a 15 minute lecture on why they won’t hire me. There were no questions regarding my skills or qualifications. They didn’t even have me scan! It was really unprofessional and a waste of time. I’ve worked at the company for years so why is it so hard for me to receive a fair chance to pursue my career?

If you have a remote job make sure you do work on a work laptop. Then have a desktop for when you want to do gaming, YouTube, streaming, or web surfing.

I am an elementary school teacher. ​ We have illness just running RAMPANT through our school and grade. More than a QUARTER of the entire grade is out sick right now with flu and strep and who knows what else. 28 kids out of 78. ​ And do we have functioning heat? Nope. ​ So what are we told to do? Open the windows. But it is FREEZING outside, and where my classroom is, the wind comes HAMMERING through like a damn cyclone, so now my classroom is FREEZING cold, and my kids are wearing jackets, and my hands ACHE and I'm literally sitting at my damn job SHIVERING, trying to fucking teach, and kids are begging to learn in the hallway because at least the hall is a LITTLE warm? ​ So I ended up CLOSING the windows, and now all we have is the univents, which are blowing…