Antiwork

I (27f) work in an office and this coworker (m, I guess in his early 30s) always snaps at me when I do anything different than him or make a mistake. Mind you, he is better in this job than I am and I make some mistakes that could be avoided, am working on it, but this guy shames me for my faults multiple times a day now in front of all our coworkers and our boss. He is legit in telling me I made a mistake, but he does it in such a degrading, shameful way and it comes across as if I can do nothing right. He is always angry about something, has temper issues and smokes at least 15 cigarettes a day (in office only) when he has a hard day. When I make a mistake, he asks me openly what I thought when doing so or…

In my experience, I’ve never seen a business I’ve worked for openly discourage discussing salaries; HOWEVER, I have had coworkers and peers that are adamant that this is taboo and refuse to disclose their income. How do you overcome this barrier?

I worked for a company in KY while residing in OH for the last 1.5yr. The first 12mo went perfectly fine. Work from home, gave it my all and did everything they asked, no problems. Got a new “senior” manager at the 1yr mark and she was one of the worst humans I have ever met. Passive aggressive, demeaning, dismissive, presumptuous, accusatory, and she just really didn’t like me. She was young and had zero management experience and I kept hoping that if I just did the insane task she was asking of me, she would move on and leave me alone. I was wrong. She wrote me up after being my manager for one month, for “performance.” She didn’t even understand how our department worked yet. I was doing completely fine by all standards, my clients were very happy and nothing was behind. I talked to my boss and…

I'm not sure if this really fits here, but I learned that i end up making more a month than my sister who is a Shift manager at a CVS like store, while i work a job that is at the lowest in my company, cart pusher… I'm not entirely sure how this makes sense, she worked at her job longer and even went for a degree for this job through her company. I still make more at 15$ an hour…. this just sounds a bit wrong. If this post doesn't fit here, i'll take it down…

Without getting into too much, I'm physically and mentally not in a good place to go to work tomorrow. Part of me says,”Take tomorrow and Friday off, give yourself a 5 day weekend.” I keep telling myself “_____ needs to be done.” Or “'Feeling tired isn't what sicks days are for.” And to be clear, I could just go I'm and how through the motions, which I'd another thing. In the back of my mind I think,”You're able bodied. Go to work.” I guess my question is, do you peeps have trouble justifying using your sick time to take care of yourself when it isn't necessarily a bodily sickness? I'm going back to sleep so won't respond for a few hrs, but I appreciate any feedback/insighr/comments.

About two years ago I finally dropped out of university, and it was the best decision I ever made in my life. I'd been in higher education for 8 years—9 really if you factor in my Thesis extension—and while it had its good points, I can safely say that it wasn't worth it. I now have two degrees which are essentially worthless as I never finished the PhD, and a fuck-load of student debt. I chose to commit to sciences at the tender age of 16, because my gran died of cancer and I wanted to do my part to help end it. Sounds niave huh? I had initially wanted to be a writer, but my parents drummed it into me that STEM degrees gave you good jobs, whereas writing for a living was an unrealistic fantasy. Bowing to parental pressure, I took the right courses, I worked hard and…