Antiwork

Long one, tl;dr at bottom. I was DJing for a fairly big night club in my city a few years ago. I had started during one of their slower nights, proven I made people show up and get on the floor, and after their main DJ got himself fired for basically having an empty main dance floor and for making threats towards the manager when they asked him to play different types of music to make people dance, I was asked to take over that night. It started off as being a lot of fun, having a “guaranteed” packed club definitely made it rewarding from a creative stand point, the patrons seemed to really enjoy what I was playing and my dance floor was full throughout much of the nights I played. Having one night a week that was really busy felt like a bit of a waste, so I…

Applied for an internal vacancy that I'm already trained for and have proven I can do by covering other people in the department got passed over because I'm not as chatty as the other person who interviewed who has no training or experience… not to mention the job is literally being by yourself in a locked office because its handling large amounts of money so chattiness has 0 impact. So disappointed.

My 1st job was Baskin Robbins at age 17, making $8.50 hourly….. Now, I'm 28, and I work in manufacturing as a sanitor, making $25 hourly. I have no college degree and never pursued any type of schooling after high school.

Everyone being forced back to work should reduce their productivity by 15-20%. When challenged they should mention that the office is distracting and the meetings take up too much time.

I work as a mortgage processor and have been with the company almost 2 years. I got hired when rates were at record lows, and business was booming. Since then it's slowed down, and they have done 5 big layoffs over the last 6 months with no notice to those they fired. Now with this recent layoff, they completely eliminated certain job roles that we used to have like a condo processing team, insurance review teams that they want processors to start doing on files with no extra pay. On top of that files processors they just let go were split up among the rest of us, and it's just so much work it's been stressing me out. I got so many dumpster files of nightmare loans that I just don't want to deal with. I hate they just lay off a bunch of people and want those who they…

I will start by saying I am a manager in manufacturing. I have 4 supervisors who report to me and 125 employees who report to them across 2 shifts. I do everything I can to be a good boss and leader. I say good morning to all employees on both shifts nearly every day. I am on site, 5:30 am – 5:45 PM every day except Tuesday when I leave at 5 to take my daughter to her tumbling class. I try my best to explain to all employees what decisions I am making and why I am making them. I have a personal, 1 on 1 conversation with employees at least once a week about something other than work. I try hard to be compassionate, but still get the job done for the company. That being said, we have really struggled over the last year to hit our financial…

Hi all, U.S. citizen here, I “retired” out of a very short career (less than 9 years) in mechanical engineering. It started off ok at my first company, then gradually got worse as I got new bosses and switched companies. Endless CAD drawing work, and less and less creativeness allowed, even as my salary increased over time. Finally, my physical and mental health broke down a year and a half ago at my last job, and I was forced to quit. No unemployment, but I was fortunate to have good savings, and found a private clinic to help with a physiological condition that became intolerable for quality of life. Insurance-sponsored healthcare would likely have failed based off my research, so did not dare to try that even. Anyhow, my completely worthless, useless skill is in designing, building, and flying walkalong gliders over the past 18 years. Yeah I'm sure you're…

Second post here based on my experience working in the Videogames Retail industry. One year my team and I made close to £250,000 profit for our firm. The majority of my team were youngsters (typically 16-22) and on minimum wage. They did Midnight Launches, 12 hour days, the lot. All because we felt the company cared for us, so we wanted to do our best. The only bonuses they got was from me. I had friends at the big publishers and format holders, which allowed me to get promotional copies of games. Our parent company gave us the equivalent of £10 per person for a Christmas Drink. I put more money into our drinking kitty than our company did. I made sure that my team learnt from my mistake. Don't kill yourself to make others grossly rich. Do your bit, but not to the detriment of your own life. That…