Antiwork

So I need blinds… I go and almost immediately am like “boom. Those.” text my gf and she also says (unpromted) “boom. Those.” So I'm not handy or anything so I go to the desk and it's almost like. I've intruppted something… So I apologize… To the man on my left who is looking like he wants to help and stumble around asking how pricing works on custom blinds, I think it came out something like “so if I were to add… Uh… What is the most for blinds” yep my brain doesn't work most times. There are 3 people Left ro right New guy (older, skinny, maybe 55-60?) Manager, we'll call her Gilda (mid 40s, sternish, short responses, to the point, wants to gtfo of holding new guys hand) Other dude, we'll call him Dennis (early 50s (bigger, louder, on the phone amongst the entire time) So Gilda looks…

I‘ve been working at my retail store for five months now and have had two reviews in total, with literally all good things in them. I make $18/hr and they told me I needed to wait until my six month review because that’s generally when they do raises. I didn’t even call it a raise, I just told them that in Los Angeles, $18/hr is not a living wage. They didn’t even disagree with me, they just told me that the pay is good for a retail job. I’m nearly 30 years old and I’m expected to work my ass off for this company, open to close, with constant improvement— all while they cannot even provide myself or any of my coworkers with enough money to cover the average rent of $2500/mo to live in the city they built a store in. I feel so discouraged and defeated and disrespected.…

This is an argument I hear all the time. So let me get this straight, we all know that the rich own and control the government. So what you’re essentially saying is “they created a system of spending our tax dollars so inefficiently that they shouldn’t have to contribute to it either” Make it make sense

I know there are plenty of stories like this but I feel like this may help someone along their path. A little background – I was a software engineer at a fortune 50 company with a shitty boss and low pay considering my field. The company has been extremely shady when it came to our return to office. I’ve been remote for over 2 years and have been doing my job and more every day, thinking if I keep trying I could make it to the next level. A few days ago, we had our raise discussion and I was told I was getting a measly 3% raise. My boss in a meeting yesterday was telling us that starting next week we would need to come into the office for 1 day a week. I know that’s a slippery slope and we will be back to fully in office sooner…

I don't get it. I got my job (which isn't the best) before covid. It was hard to find a company that was offering more than $17 but I found one. Now I'm qualified for jobs that pay $24-28. My current job accidentally trained me when they dumped more work on me. Now I'm a pretty decent, fast worker. I have been TRYING to apply, but none of the posting sites will just let me submit my resume. My cover letter is generic. If they want one they get a generic one. I have it ready. I have at least four references. They're all real and willing to vouch for me. I'm a huge square too. I got guilted into doing extra work at my current job, and now I want out. I'm not a flight risk. I'm not an addict. I'm not a scam artist, but every job site…