Antiwork

I had an interview the other day and I asked about work-life balance. I got phone call today saying that they wanted someone to work passed their scheduled 8-5 work day due to new work coming on. Other than that I had all qualifications and I currently perform this job in my current position. The best part is the guy who interviewed me ruled me out because I asked about work-life balance when he had to cut our interview short to go coach his kid. Which is cool, but that’s why I got ruled out. This was the second scheduled time because the first time I got notified 15 minutes before the scheduled time, which I was off work for.

In every job I've held, I've been told I'm often unprofessional or I don't create a “friendly work environment”. That was until I got the job I have now and was told I was just being too blunt. I'm finding a lot of people like myself who simply prefer efficient problem solving over kowtowing to someone's feelings. We don't apologize for the inconvenience, we ask what the problem is, find a solution to it, and move on. We have no problem letting customers and clients know when they're wrong about something and that we're not going to jump to help them just because they're throwing a tantrum. We clock in on time, we clock out on time, we don't do favors or go “above and beyond” without pay. So stop letting people tell you you're doing something wrong when you're doing exactly what's expected of you.

I've been reading posts here for a few months now and can't believe some of the crap employers try to enforce upon their employees. If you're okay with numbers and have a chatty personality, you might want to try the mortgage industry. Great pay and you're in charge of yourself. You just have to be good at connecting with people. I started out in this industry last year after bouncing around for a few years. I thought I'd hate the sales aspect of it, but it turns out I love it. Someone you know is bound to need a refi or a purchase at some point of their lives and would prefer to use a friend to walk them thru it. I also chat with almost everyone in public and carry cards on me. I work 2-4 hours a day, some days I just send an email or make a…

I worked at a company and the boss drafted people into a “Holiday Party Committee.” Against my will, I was forced to go to meetings to plan a 2020 holiday party (spoiler: that didn’t happen). Anyways, the boss told us that we unfortunately didn’t have the budget to fund this party, so let’s just assume that every employee would go and that they’d be okay with a $50 price tag ($75 for couples). As the meeting ended, he let us know that his wife was the motivation for the party. “She really wants us to have a big holiday party so I can take her downtown and show her off.” Good to know that management prioritized wasting our time and money to impress his wife…

This is what my employer just told me after an hour of sitting in my car. After the fire department showed up and evacuated the entire company because our carbon monoxide detector was going off. 10 minutes after we were evacuated, the office staff was sent home. Not my department, not the ones that make the company money. I've worked here nearly 5 years, this is a company I truly thought cared about me and my family. Until today. It's the bottom line, that's what's important.

Honestly, it's really disheartening knowing that I make slightly more than the average salary for a bachelor's degree holder in Los Angeles and I still can't really afford to live by myself, my car, all my expenses, and then save enough to buy a house (or literally any property really), (not to mention grad school student loan debt, feeling like a fool for trying to better myself with more education lol) I really get why people are moving to Texas and just working remotely. Fuck, does it get better with a $80K? I'm trying to figure out a salary that I can live comfortably aka I don't need to feel financially strained living on my own in a one-bedroom. But like the more money I try to make, things just seem to get more expensive comparatively. Truly feel like I'm on a hamster wheel, I can't seem to be making…