Antiwork

I have been working at my company for more than 10 years. I am in accounting and have risen up through the ranks to a mid management position. There were a series of org restructures and my team ended up reporting to a person who is a really poor people manager and needs everyone to say yes to them. I have never been a yes man and through a series of events, I ended up openly going against this manager. Much of it was against how the person expected me to have my team work unnecessary longer hours and say yes to taking on more work. I slowly started to get sidelined and he bypassed me to to get a manager reporting to me to get things he wanted done. Then I was labeled as a troublemaker and the senior folks were all given feedback about me. I had been…

Quick story about some sweet sweet revenge I got on a bad employer who screwed me over unfairly. I started working for a tree removal / arborist company with no experience as I just needed the money to get on my feet. I soon found out this is not a job for the faint hearted. It's ball breaking, heavy duty, devastating physical exercise 8-10hrs a day lifting chopped up tree trunks and dragging branches into a giant wood chipper. It's also super dangerous because if one branch catches your glove or clothing it can drag you into the chipper and you'll literally be spat out the other side in a million pieces, there was actually a few close calls with it catching and dragging me until I ripped away. Regular near death experiences for $20 an hour. Anyway, after months of this and getting up to speed where I was…

Dear Antiwork, Hi! I’ve been a follower of the sub for some time now, and I must say: I’m with most people on this sub, and it has been eye-opening what some of you go through on a daily basis. I’m not here to give another ‘I had no idea’ speech (I had an idea from the moment I started working, I have my own work-100-hours-a-week-and-forget-appreciation experience). Rather, I’m here to talk about the company I’ve been working with for a little over one year now, ABB. (I joined them at the start of 2021 as Marketing and Communications Specialist for the Motion business division in Belgium) I framed the following in a little bit of a ‘Q&A’ way, to keep it easier to read. These are solely my opinions, and I want to clarify I hope you understand I’m not trying to act in bad faith here. Have a…