Antiwork

I’ve been with my current company for ten months, taking a job which I was totally overqualified for. (I hold a masters degree for a position which only requires a high school diploma, though all of my team members have at least a bachelors.) When I interviewed for the position, I was fed the same old bullshit that “there would be a lot of room for growth.” Fast forward to today, and nothing, no promotion, no raise, which is especially upsetting considering inflation. As a result, I’ve started applying to new positions. I imagine it will take 3 to 6 months before I find something, perhaps longer. Once I do move to a new company, I know it will only be a matter of time until I’m forced to begin looking elsewhere, yet again. I’m so tired of having to constantly hop from one job to the next because employers…

I'm a new hire and in the first few days of orientation/meeting managers and execs and having to answer the dumb questions like where you're from, a superpower, random fact etc. The role is a technical support/customer service one that pays a lesser wage in training, because according to HR, they don't believe in paying people their full $16hr wage if they are just going to be here for the duration of training. The $16hr wage is given to employees once they finish their 4-8 week course. As a training group, we are in a zoom meeting with our trainers and they mention that an operations manager is going to be coming in later today at 9am. When it comes time to 9, trainer stops the lesson and we wait until 9:27am to meet this particular manager. Hellos are said and the bullshit question of the day is 'If you…

A few years ago I did some deep reflection on my fear around being fired, I noticed that a majority of my decisions were being made based on the assumption that if I made a mistake I would be fired. It’s shortly after this I realized how deep this went, I wouldn’t take days off, if I did I would feel guilty and panicked. I would apologize or give the major reason why I need to call off. I realized I was okay with being manipulative, I’ve lowered myself to their level, and I was filled with shame. Being sick and not being able to come into work does not warrant an apology. I’m not doing something nefarious by calling off. If I’m going to get fired, an apology won’t stop that from happening. If I make a mistake I will apologize for the inconvenience I have caused but even…

I’m really sick of it, and it’s always completely apropos of absolutely nothing. 2nd week at a new job and still meeting people as they are coming back into the office. I met someone in the upper management circle and within 5 minutes they spit that out. I found it a little unprofessional, but luckily he’s not my boss. Ugh. Beyond that it’s always an off topic comment. I can’t recall a time where it was actually organic to the conversation in itself.

I've worked at big corp's for years and also for small mom-n-pop shops as well. I had been in I.T. support for up until 2011. I had worked for some large companies (IBM, AT&T, and GM) and the perks were great. In the mom-n-pop shops it was feast or famine. If you are in I.T., or even if you're not, if you can see if all the technology in the place is up to date or not that is a big telltale sign if they're going to be cheap with pay (let alone any benefits, or not…). The technology I was specializing in was the larger IBM servers and I could tell if a client was going to be cheap AF, just by looking at their equipment, or looking at the software they were using. One insurance company I applied for had servers that were SEVEN years old and about…

I interviewed for a position yesterday, and after countless rejections, I was so relieved that the interview was going well and it sounded like a good fit. Until I asked about compensation. The interviewer repeatedly stated that the job could be stressful because of the many projects they are working on and how small the team is. She said it was fast paced and stressful. Okay, no issue, as long as the pay is on par with the responsibilities/stress level that comes with it. I asked what the salary range would be like during the interview and she immediately said that salary is not to be discussed with anyone, it was strictly prohibited and that she would call me separately to discuss. During our private phone call, she asked what was the lowest amount I would take an hour. I said $22/hr which is about ~45k annually. Which is fair…