Antiwork

I'm an Architect in the UK and I started a job at a new practice last September. At the interview I was clear about what my limitations are due to only have become a registered architect a year ago. I explained that I have experience working at another practice prior to this (mostly as an assistant) and as many people at my stage, experience and exposure to certain type of work can be limited. This is a place where the smaller scale of the projects mean that there is a faster pace, and every architect is managing a higher volume of projects than I'm used to. I have communicated that time management is something i might need training on and getting used to the processes they have in the company. Fastforward 3 months and I have my first review, where these comments were made by an English director: do you…

I got an email a few weeks back from a person at the same place I'd applied at for a lower position in the same department I'd applied for just weeks earlier. I assumed they promoted and wanted me to fill that vacancy. I ignored it and got one from the the department manager about applying. I replied to that just in case I did need to apply there. I wasn't interested because I'd applied to the same job I do now at their location. That zoom, and on site tour like it was my first day after an easy interview, I figured I had a great chance. Then I got an email to submit the references in a system they use. That goes well and I wait, a week passed. No call but I got an email. I admit I didn't understand it, because it was from the same…

I have a vacation coming up and I’m taking one week off work. I’ve only done this twice in five years because I have no backup at my job and I come back and it takes me weeks to unbury myself. I usually just take a day or two off here and there. Im getting to the end of my rope at my job and just thinking screw it im taking a week of vacation. But I’m nervous of all the work to come back to. I just want a job where I can go on vacation and come back and not return to a mountain of papers.

My co-worker was pregnant and had to undergo cervical cerclage, a medical procedure that stiches the opening of the uterus to prevent miscarriage. Ou boss insisted that she had to keep working, but that was already the third trimester of pregnancy, and they did not release my friend of duty. I offered myself to help, and took most of her job, and, fortunately, the baby was born. If she had lost the baby, what would the boss say 'I'm sorry'? Later, this very boss was promoted to a higher position because of her 'productivity'. My friend left her job, and never returned to work.

Any help would be appreciated. I have a co-worker who was with our company for at least a decade if not more. While I’m training for a new position she suffered a medical issue that put her in the hospital. She followed procedure and was granted a medical leave. However, while on leave she she was forced to resign. She is now out of the hospital everything is fine and her leave is up on Monday. They have made her reapply to the company. She has lost all her bonuses and tenure, basically starting over as a new employee, even needing to interview. They offered her a crap position with crap hours and she declined due to the hours. Now they want her to come back on Monday after her leave is expired to look for a different position but the whole thing seems super shady to me and wrong…

I don't know how to start this besides saying that this may be along post, I'll leave a TL:DR at the bottom of the post just in case. So I browsed this sub for awhile and read a lot of stories of peoples struggles with their jobs and the complete incompetence that is shown from others managers and higher ups. So I thought i would tell you of my own and see if I could provide some insight on how to handle something like this? oh and just so you know, I know everyone is different and sometimes you can't help but do the best thing and quite a toxic work environment. With that being said, I use to own a small coffee shop in my hometown and before that I was a sales rep for insurance, when I owned my coffee shop, I managed 5 employees that were paid…

I literally just wanted a sick note until Tuesday because I can't stop coughing and I was physically sick last night twice from the coughing. My GP won't give me a sick note because it's COVID and I don't have to isolate, I wasn't asking about isolating I was saying I'm physically too sick to work. I'm a cashier and worked the whole pandemic to just not even be able to get a few days of sick. Even if the doctor did give me a note ssp is only what £96? Employer won't pay anyone any sick pay for COVID. So I'm going into work coughing and spluttering and very much contagious and miserable.