Antiwork

Yesterday was my first day at a new job. They didn't know what to do with me and shoved me into a different role for 2 hours at the end and I was so uncomfortable. There was too many people. I think I'll just do doordash or instacart or something where I don't have to interact with so many people and I can stop whenever I want. Idk. I feel so defeated.

So I have 9 years of retail experience 8 of them being a supervisor. I received an email about a hiring event so I thought cool I’ll check it out. I head to the store there are no signs indicating any event is taking place. I check front of the store after walking the sales floor looking for said event. I come to find out there is no event but the hiring manager is in today that’s why they sent the email. So I’m a little peeved at this point but I sit down for the interview, explain my previous experiences, which include 3 years as a store hr manager. Everything is going good, until I ask what positions are available and what a rough schedule would look like. The interviewer either didn’t know or didn’t want to tell me. The only thing said was they preferred open availability. I…

If you cant afford to pay what you post as a wage…. Then ask me how much I would like to be paid, and I reply with a solid figure within your range posted…. And you continue to schedule an interview just to offer the bottom of your range, you should be sent an invoice for my time. I literally just left an interview after 5 minutes and told him good luck and thanks for wasting my time. Call me when you can afford me. Dont ignore me and my precise salary requirements. If you cant afford it why did you use my time and offer me a wage I would have turned down before I used my gas and my time. Invoice# 69420 $100.

I don't mind work in itself, I mind the fact that I have to make multiple times what I need to support my lifestyle due to guidelines on how mortgages/leases/renting works. I cannot decide for myself that I want to work harder in order to have a better house and car, nor can I decide I want to live a minimalistic life and work less. I have to live comfortably below my means due to a perceived duty to society to spend large amounts of my income on local amenities like bars, takeout, and restaurants.

I got recruited for a new job just under 2 months ago. They promised me heaven and earth, gave me a 25% pay increase that I couldn’t say no to, and seemed like a really good company. The problem is… the boss is really shit. I have two disabled kids and I had to take my own annual leave allocation because their childcarer was going on vacation for 3 days. I got complained at for that. They promised flexibility. I was told I could work from home and in reality I’m needing to travel into the office every single day and pay fuel and tolls. I asked to finish early and start early one day, and I got shit for it and complained at about how “unfair” it was on everyone else. No one else gave a shit. The guy called my colleagues when he was on actual leave to…