Antiwork

I’ve stayed in my current job too long because I hate this profession and I know another job will be more of the same shit (been doing it for 10 years). Every time I think about changing, I read a job description for a graphic designer and I feel like I genuinely want to die. I literally have no clue what else I would do though. I’m so burnt out with working in general that I lie awake in panic knowing I still have 30-40 years left of it. Cost of living has risen dramatically where I live and I need a job that pays more. It feels like such a trap and takes me all my strength not to give into thoughts of well… yknow, being unalived.

So I’m frankly fuming for my best friend. We work in two completely different fields. She has normal person desk job and I’m a pilot. Requesting time off or calling off sick or being tired never has been an issue for me. I was actually a flight attendant before my aviation career and decided to go back to the same company because how much I loved the life style and how I was treated as a human. So I tell the bestie let’s go to Hawaii. Yolo. But I looked up confirm seats and they were actually cheaper! So she tells her boss. A month in advance, saying hey I’m going to Hawaii on these dates. Which 3 were business days. Her boss responds. “No, I’m taking half days so you need to be here” My friend says well I wish you had communicated that to me you were taking…

So at the beginning I thought it could be a really great position, turns out hey don't pay you for training and expect you to 'invest' in this job. The fucking partner of the company told me people get gig work with doordash, ubereats, etc. until they complete training. If I wanted to do that I would. Not to mention needing to pay for licensing's on top of that. Once I looked into the company it turns out it's an insurance MLM where you work under someone and you could start your own if you do well enough. I feel stupid for getting dragged into but thankful I saw how fucked that is. For anyone interested in the name it's Symmetry financial, if you're looking for work from home options stay far away.

Does anyone else’s boss require them to ask your coworkers if “it’s okay” to take a day off? I have to do this and I’ve always thought it was a bit unnecessary if you’re giving them at least a month in advance notice.

It’s completely unfair for employers to hold onto paychecks for a month. Totally normal for an employee to have to wait 2 weeks for their first paycheck, or maybe 3 weeks depending on if the start date fell on a weird payroll cutoff date. These employers are literally stealing from their monthly paid employees.

This will be a long one, so I apologize. Tl; dr: Treated poorly and unfairly by supervisor, finally took my life back and quit the FT position that makes me miserable and will only do the PT position that brings me joy. I’ve been working at my current job for over a year now. It’s adjacent to what my bachelor’s degree is in, so I enjoy what I do, and I also enjoy nearly all of the people I work with. I’ve really never worked for a greater bunch of people. That being said, there is no work/life balance, and I’m exhausted. I’m unhappy in my position, and I’ve tried, countless times, to resolve the issue. I was told tough luck by my supervisor. I’m currently FT in one position and PT in another (the PT one I love. It’s what my degree is in. The FT is adjacent). I…

So I got a job in a production facility 2 years ago. (Not naming them as I am dealing with a work comp thing) . This place was hands down the most toxic place I have ever worked. I fell about a month ago and serially injured myself. Since the injury I was told I was not dependable, I was worthless, etc. This was just the icing on the cake. Last week, I was told that I'd be better off dead. So I just clocked out and left. Screw that. Got a new job two days later. I started at my new place three days ago. I just got a raise today. And this was after a major screw up on my part . I dropped a production piece. An expensive production piece and it broke. Last one in the plant. Went to my supervisor expecting to be yelled at,…