Antiwork

I am an IT professional. I got thrown into this random project without any briefing. I have zero idea what's going on, no one is telling me anything. I don't know who my boss is, my coworker was supposed to help me setup my software. She legit has all day to help me and she doesn't. I don't get paid enough to put up with this bullshit. Fuck em all.

We talk a lot about discussing pay, but I noticed the other day that every single time I've discussed my preferred work hours at any given workplace over the past several years, the responses, without fail, have been utterly sick. I would either ask about whether or not the lunch break is part of my eight hours, or whether there's flexibility on when the eight hours can be worked, etc. And in response I would get… “Oh, hahah, you'll be working late into the night soon enough.” “I work 8 to 4 too! 8 PM to 4 AM, LOL!” “There's no overtime, but you're expected to be in all the meetings, so you'll end up actually doing your work later on in the day and into the evening, hahah.” Without fail, these things were said in a disturbing pseudo-joking fashion, as if trying to conceal the ridiculous nature of what's…

I'm a new GM at a restaurant in my town. I make 40k a year and so far I hate this job. Everyday I see the faces of my crew and they broken and hate it here, I but heads with my boss, this POS 60yr man thar only cares about money flowing to him. But he's miserable and I know he is, but he acts like God will magically save us from our staffing issues that can be fixed if he just pays them more. “But we need to make money before I can share it out is his excuse”. The store was GMless for a year before I took over and I increased profits by 50% in 2 months! But it's still not enough. It's never enough These young adults, high-school kids and some 30+ look so burnt out it's crazy. All we hear from customers is how…