Antiwork

Hello all! I wanted to see what your thoughts are on my job as I am about to turn in my notice but wasn't sure if I am being overdramatic. I work in financial services and have my financial licenses and have an OK job making about 65k/year. While I am underpaid, my issue isn't necessarily with my pay. I started in 2020 and was in a fully remote setting running meetings virtually. There was always the potential to travel for meetings in the future, but with new variants always got pushed out. Now that COVID is essentially “over”, my company wants me on the road traveling (driving) to appointments which are typically 2-3 hours round trip. They compensate us for mileage, but with current and projected gas prices it doesn't even break even. They mention wanting to embrace the “new normal” of virtual work but don't actually stick to…

It's been two months since our operations lead left, and all of his responsibilities have fallen on me and my supervisor. The owner doesn't “abide by” titles, and gets frustrated whenever they come up, but at this point… I was hired as an administrative assistant ten months ago. I now have a four and a half page job description, which parsed out, equates to Human Resources Coordinator, People Operations Coordinator, Customer Representative, File Clerk, Office Manager, and administrative assistant. I'm getting dragged into shift scheduling because the owner doesn't trust our new scheduling coordinator. I'm job tracking every contract that hits five figures. And in the meantime, I'm getting slammed on all sides because I've been assigned to literally every single department in the company just to patch holes as people leave. I'm exhausted. I've developed an eye twitch. I had to talk down a 6'4″ man who was yelling…

Can they find out how much you make currently? Or would it be beneficial to say somthing higher to guarantee you hit the top end of what the new company is willing to pay?

I work retail in an airport. My store is right next to an ongoing renovation. My business is slow because of it. I have no new merch to put out, I have nothing to reorganize or move, the back room is a nightmare, but I'm not allowed to be back there too long lest a customer comes in AND no phones, books, magazines, or headphones. How the fuck do these companies expect people to just stand here mindlessly for 8 hours a day? This is ridiculous. Sorry bosses, write me up, cash me listening to my podcast or YouTube. If you can't give me anything to do, I'll pass my own time trying to not go insane. (Oh and my boss is on their 3rd vacation since I started in Dec)

Just a note, something that happened to me that I found interesting: Last July, after much back and forth with a crappy manager, I quit my job. The idea was I would find something quickly, but I ended up being unemployed for 3 months. As this caused me to get behind on my mortgage I applied for a moratorium, so I could catch up, and they wanted a denial letter from unemployment. Well, I never applied. So I applied in October, and before I got an answer, I found a job. I expected a quick denial – I mean – I quit! So forward to now, and I was laid off, should be easy enough to get my benefits, but no; because that old case was still pending. So they finally got around to making a decision on it today: they approved it. In short, they decided that my managers…

Hi all, I posted about my situation before and wanted your perspective on next steps. Basically, my entire department quit (3 ppl) so I'm the only person left + my manager who came back after 3 months of leave who knows nothing so i have to get her up to speed (im shocked she wasnt even given a handoff). My coworkers quit because they were overworked, pay disparity, significant process issues and because the department has poor leadership. I met with HR who asked me how they can improve things and I told them all the issues + my rec on how to restructure things. I also set boundaries letting them know I will only work 40 hours and asked for a substantial raise. She said she would get back to me since performance reviews are also going on. It has been 1.5 weeks and complete silence from HR about…

Currently I work from home making $14.75 an hour at a call center job for a health insurance company and I absolutely hate it. Bad management, rude customers, we can’t go to the bathroom when we want, etc. But I can’t find anything else! I have a bachelors degree in health care administration. Graduated 2018. All of my experience is in call centers and retail. I’ve applied for entry level desk jobs making $13/hr and can’t get the job. Hotel reception, reception for dental offices, jobs like that. At the local hospital I’ve been applying for the SAME ENTRY LEVEL JOB since 2020. It’s always up to apply for and I never hear back. I’ve tailored my resume for each company showcasing how my experience will match up with their needs and nothing! I have 3 years of call center experience and like 10 months of retail. $13/hr is LOW…