Antiwork

Short backstory, I worked for this small family run digital marketing company for 1.5 years and during my time grew the company’s client base and revenue. At the end of my employment I was solely responsible for 80% of the company’s revenue (£800k) and paid a salary of £19,000 (no extras). Whilst at the company, our team shrank from 4 others in my job role and as a result of this, I was given the work loads of my peers. For 6 months straight I worked 70+ hour weeks to manage the workload whilst my employer did not attempt to hire. They kept dangling “we’ve got something special in store for you” in front of me to keep me hooked. At my annual review I was told moneys tight and “I’m not quite ready for the next step”. Unknowingly to me at the time they had just bought a brand…

Hi there, I have a telehealth visit with my pcp today and while he has expressed willingness to support my request, what type of language should I be sure to include so HR and my shit bosses have no flex in responding. Im diabetic, overweight, have chronic bronchitis, and feel like the earth is melting when confronted with the thought of returningn to in-office work, as I work in a redneck town and my bosses boss caught covid and didnt tell anyone AND still went into the office. I dont trust anyone to prioritize safety protocols. A panic attack is too small to describe the sensation I will endure if I have to go back. Please offer guidance. Tyvmia

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…