Antiwork

Pretty much like the title says.. today they announced, that, while it's not full-time (for now), the current “plan” is 1-2x per month (but, I'm not stupid and I feel as though you give them an inch and suddenly it increases to 1x a week, then a 2/3 hybrid split…). I absolutely LOVE my WFH set-up. It was a huge incentive in me taking this job to begin with. It's given me so much more of my life back, and quite frankly, I have no desire to shake things up. My commute would be an hour each way, causing me to not only tack on 2 hours more of my day dedicated to work, but also put unnecessary wear and tear on my car, oh, and not to mention the soaring gas prices! My commute also involves one of the deadliest highways in the country that boasts multiple car accidents…

I found out that I have a brain tumor a few days ago and today I tried to explain my medical situation to my job and was handed a final write up for missing shifts when I had to have my partner call in for me at 4am while I was simultaneously vomiting and having a nosebleed. I can't do this anymore. What the fuck. How does one human hear another human say 'I have a brain tumor' and respond with a WRITE UP for missing work due to aforementioned medical emergency

My new boss has me feeling all confused. *Her first offer was higher than the going rate. *Pitched giving me a higher title purely for the benefit to my future career, then negotiated with higher-ups for it. *Gave me a bonus because the onboarding team took a while *Explicitly told me to bill hours I normally wouldn't have(part time ATM). Also, gives me full schedule flexibility *Mentioned that she thinks healthcare shouldn't be attached to jobs *Is looking to either keep me long term, or “make me very expensive for someone else”, and meant it *Excited about giving raises, mentions them often Is this what employment is supposed to feel like? Is she one of us?

Hey everyone who is also burnt out from the rat race. Like many others, I do not want to spend my whole life working around the clock, especially when a big chunk of that money ends up paying just for a place to sleep at night. With the housing market being so awful in recent history across the board- low inventory, building supply shortages for new builds, renovations, & improvements, elevated rental prices)- home buying is seeking further & further away in my future. Every time I see a relatively cheap piece of empty land listed online (no houses/structures built on them), I keep wondering: “I like camping. I have a shovel, basic tools, and an able body. Why not just buy the land, dig myself a little hobbit hole/dugout, use the materials already on the land, and live in it for dirt cheap? It would cost very little other…

So before Covid, I was able to find work pretty easy. I've never been very social and don't have any real connections to leverage, but in the service industry I could easily walk into a new job if I ever needed one. I'd always last at least a few months to a couple years at any job. But ever since Covid, I've noticed a change. Since lockdowns caused my original employer of 2 and 1/2 years to lay me off, I've been constantly in and out of work. Everytime, I never last more than 2 weeks before getting fired. It always goes the same way: I get met with an extremely unfriendly staff who barely regard me and behave anti-social as fuck towards me, nothing I do is appreciated, I'm treated as if I have been there for years, nobody is actually willing to fucking train me, then all of…

Work write ups are equivalent to an elementary school teacher telling a 6 year old “it will go on your permanent record.” Tell me you lack communication skills without saying that explicitly…

So I’ll try to keep this short (no guarantee). I started a call center job almost 7 months ago. This is the second call center, I’ve worked in. It pays $20/hr, the insurance benefits are good, and I work from home. My shift is 8 AM-5 PM PST and they require a mandatory 5 hours of OT every week, on top of one Saturday shift per month (and this is only for my department). I take anywhere from 80-100+ calls on a daily basis. I’ve had numerous coworkers quit over the past few months, out of nowhere. My stress and anxiety has never been this high, until I started this job. I have headaches on a daily basis, I can’t go to bed at a normal time anymore, I barely enjoy my weekends, because I am so anxious about going into work on Monday. I have rent and other bills,…

In 2020 I claimed unemployment benefits after being laid off, and some HR company in Florida(I live in NY and have never worked remotely) cited my SSN. I unknowingly received someone else's unemployment(?) And a document(my monetary determination) that made me responsible for the mishap was sent to me. I was unable to properly interpret much of what they sent me, due to dyslexia and stress I was dealing with. When I brought up my dyslexia in the appeal, in the determination they basically said, “well, you could have called the DOL for help interpreting your paperwork.” I told this to the lawyer group I was talking to and they didn't really have any advice for me(in fact they told me bankruptcy was an option LOL). This point they made about calling DOL makes NO sense to me, as I called DOL hundreds of times before and after receiving the…