Antiwork

A direct quote from Neal Stephenson’s Anathem: … the work that people did had been broken down into jobs that were the same every day, in organizations where people were interchangeable parts. All of the story had been bled out of their lives. That was how it had to be; it was how you got a productive economy. But it would be easy to see a will at work behind this: not exactly an evil will, but a selfish will. The people who’d made the system thus were jealous, not of money and not of power but of story. If their employees came home at day’s end with interesting stories to tell, it meant that something had gone wrong: a blackout, a strike, a spree killing. The Powers That Be would not suffer others to be in stories of their own unless they were fake stories that had been made…

Lately our company changed the boss, and this new one start to change everything from shifts to work statuts, and now he's making our work toxic so people can get sick and quit without firing them due to the economy crisis, and now all my co-workers start feeling sick of work, and same for me, we use to work freely without pressure, but now its getting worse day by day, and a lot are quitting, others they are married and have families to feed so they have no choice but to face that toxic boss. Am trying to respect the chart of work and stay away ftom him as much as possible, also i try to enjoy the good part of my work.

So, I worked at this job back during December of 2019-March of 2020 back when COVID was kicking off, and I was 15. A guardian made me resign during this time due to a family member passing away and fear of me getting it. By the way, this is important to mention; this was an independently owned pharmacy. There was also more staff during this time. Cut to November 2021 to the end of February 2022. I returned to work at this pharmacy, now 17. Still COVID found out that three staff members other than myself, and two part time workers, left the pharmacy. Now it was just this guy who we'll call Randy, another Joel, and another Lenny. All very cool dudes. In this job, Randy and Lenny and I were all expected to stop what we were doing at any given moment. We all worked in the back…

I like insurance as long as I get to be a CSR. It’s what I have always done, so I got good at it. I got good at solving people’s insurance problems. I take my position seriously because, as a licensed insurance specialist, my job is helping people protect their assets. I take pride in that. I want to build their trust. After all, they are putting their trust in someone who helps keep their assets safe and in line. What I am not good at is sales. I HATE sales. Always have. That’s why I got out of retail jewelry. I loved building relationships with clients. I did not like trying to push them from a .5 carat diamond to a 1 carat just so the corporation I worked for could put more $$ in their pockets. I cared that the man, who was proposing to his girlfriend he…

I’m sick and tired of my job. My bosses and I can’t ever see them to stay on the same page communication wise. Projects that are developed never reach fruition because of a slow, overly collaborative environment. Lately, I’ve been feeling like the workplace has become more toxic as both parties have realized we’re not a match. I’ve only been there for 5-6 months but right now, I live with an insane amount of dread every day. I can’t function on my weekends because all I can think about is the coming Monday. On this last Friday, I was issued a warning for something I’m too paranoid too reveal here. But it’ll suffice to say, it was a minor offense most businesses who have remote workers wouldn’t bother commenting on. I understand their position and took my licking with grace. But it really didn’t sit well with me. I have…

I graduated with an art degree a couple years ago and I wish someone would have told me to wait a few years before going to college. I'm 24 now and have no idea what to do in this job market. I feel like if I had waited until now, I would have a better perspective and could start getting a degree in computer science or something in high demand. My parents just told me to go to college and get any degree and it would help me to get a job (not that this is their fault, they gave me a lot of opportunities). I'm grateful for my time in college and I learned a lot about life and the world, but I have no idea what to do anymore. I feel like I have no value in American society and none of my skills are valuable. I was…

Context: Work in a big-4 consultancy Last Friday, at 2030 (already worked 10 and a half hours), I was reviewing a file to be sent to the client. I found a lot of errors and informed my manager (who stops working at 1700 and goes out) that we could not send this out today. I was then berated for not giving jt my all, not going beyond (after doing 5×10 hour days while the inefficienct worker logs off early), and being careless. I was asked to mail a delay message to the client (more on this later). I interrupted my Pm and said we will discuss it on Monday as its the Friday night. I have plans. And i straight away told that I wont do this regularly to get a better bonus (2% difference between average and a good performer). Plus, I am salaried and dont get paid as…