Antiwork

So I’ve been working for a medical device company for some time now. The company has been going through a massive amount of leadership changes in the last 2 months, which included a new CEO, new chairman of the board, and new head of sales. The stock price has is down nearly 77% since the summer… I’m 28 and hate it here. Anyway, For the last month I’ve been preparing to put my house on the market, quit my job, and travel. So I was going to put my 2 weeks in on March 15th (idk why, i just had that in my head). Yesterday I had a scheduled zoom call with the new head of sales. He said I’m being laid off along with the rest of the sales team. But I’m being given an 8 week severance package along with other benefits. i think i just hit the…

I read a lot of the posts you all put up and it shocks the hell out of me. Keep quitting and know your worth. Stay sexy and don’t get underpaid for the time you’re giving up out of your life.️

So to make a long story short, I start a new job very soon, it's a job that I haven't applied for but have simply been offered it through various contacts, and it is only a 6 month contract. Supposedly, the manager who hired me has received my resume and cover letter, we've spoken over the phone too, along with my soon-to-be direct in line managers. Everyone seems on board with things, it's more of a technical role than I'm used to (I'm trade based and now going into an office supporting field staff + other activities), I was told the pay would be good, everything is sweet. Well I got an official letter of offer yesterday, completed all the necessary paperwork online and sent it off, then got super surprised at the larger than expected pay (no complaints, but it did send off alarm bells). I decided to look…

My department's old boss left in December. He was the best, but he couldn't handle the CEO and I never understood why, he just always complained about him. Anyways, we started looking for a new boss and told the CEO what we were looking for. Someone with experience in creating new business branches, because we had a concept for a new business branch that was pretty lucrative. We were motivated to put the work in, if we had the right person (aka someone with expertise). The CEO let us write the job announcement and had us invite people for interviews. Had them hand in assignments. One candidate looked particularly fitting. She had it all, everything we wanted. After interviewing the last candidate, my CEO who was there for the interviews told us that he had already decided on a different person. Somebody from a different department who he described as…

Just to clarify, I don't detest my job. However, this really angers me. I work in a corporate job. All my calls are video calls because we have offices all over. If I go back to the office, I am being asked to do video calls, from the office. I'm already starting to update my resume, because this is bonkers. Anyone else hate this?