Antiwork

As the title says, i am scared of work, i already worked as a seller but now i know that my mental health is at its worst place (plus i am autistic), i am 23, i live in mexico, hustle culture here is so present. I want to start my own business where i only work by myself because my social anxiety doesn't allow me to talk to people without feeling that i am going to puke after my hours. i don't know what to do seriously, i don't feel ready to work again but my mom is pressuring me because she doesn't want to support me anymore and she is tired of me. Thankfully i live at my grandparents house, the bad side is that they don't treat me that well but at least i don't pay rent. When i tell people about me being so scared of work…

I applied to this “ethical” “natural” small-business juicery place in my little city in vermont (not naming names) as a college student. they told me that they were flexible with the hours and that they would need a weekend shift and a weekday shift in the job listing. I applied for PART TIME. They knew I was enrolled in 18 credits. I was interviewed and the interview went great and they told me that the next step was to work a shift that was fully paid to see how I work (it was procedural for the store). I agreed only because the person there was highly optimistic that I was going to be hired and I made it apparent that I would be quitting my prior job in order to fit this working shift into my schedule. so I worked the shift, and they basically had me do labor all…

I’m angry I worked for them for so long and never got a raise. I’m angry that I ran their entire business and never made over $10 an hour. I’m angry that last year they didn’t withhold any federal tax so I now have this huge unexpected payment I have to make. I’m angry and I had to leave a job that I loved so much because I couldn’t support my family on such a meager wage. I’m angry.

With costs of fuel on the rise, soon our food will be increasing along side it and then all others services. A lot of us are forced to drive in to an office to do work that could be done remotely. We're unnecessarily burning fuel and increasing demand. Imagine how nice it would be if the US federal government passed a law, if you can work remote, you shall. Maybe we could even start converting buildings to housing for people. Fuck man, I'm tired of this.

I haven’t been this mad in a while. I just found out about this today because I do not live with her and she called me crying. So she works as a waitress and her manager(the owner) schedules her almost everyday after school and on the weekends. On top of that he makes her serve alcohol which is illegal. She has told him she can’t work everyday but he still does it. She told him weeks ago she couldn’t work yesterday (Monday), but he still scheduled her. She didn’t go in and he told her if he finds out she was at the high school soccer game there would be a consequence. Most of their servers are high schoolers so she’s scared he’s going to ask them since she did go. Finally, she told him she was quitting today and he told her that she has to come in to…

American here. My boss just called to let me know that he's so, so very sorry, but he forgot to approve my hours this week and I might not get paid! BUT it isn't his fault, as he shouldn't have to approve hours and “they” shouldn't have put it on him. I mean he's been approving them for months, but that's besides the point. This is on top of the fact that I was hired at 32 hours with the promise of 40 hours once another part of my job became available (a part that hadn't been active for two years, but they were hoping I'd revamp). Instead, they've kept me at 32 hours, switched me from salary to hourly, and brought me on for “just a few weeks” to help complete the part of my job that was supposed to get me to a full 40 hours. I work…

Background info: I work at a community college in the Chicagoland area. I have a masters degree, ten years of experience in higher ed, and work in student services. My position is part-time, non-unionized, no benefits, no sick or personal time. During the pandemic, we all worked from home and provided our services virtually. Last fall, admins had to decide how we would continue. My boss decided that all of us would have to go back to the office. Remote work is not an option, even though the majority of my appointments are still virtual. I commute 45 minutes to sit at a cubicle and talk to students virtually. Yesterday, I called out of work because it was snowing, and I did not want to drive in the bad weather. I offered to work from home but was told it wasn’t possible. When I get to work today, I notice…