Antiwork

I see all your posts about quitting toxic workplaces (and I’m here for it ) but you could improve your chances for unemployment compensation if you do the following: Keep a log of any incidents with dates, times and witnesses Notify HR Cite these reasons in your resignation letter and keep a copy. Don’t screw yourself out of financial support until you find a better job.

This is happy story in my book. Two weeks ago, I turned in my resignation, effective this Friday. The new position is similar to a promotion that I had recently been denied because I refused to relocate. Heading to a seemingly friendly workplace at a big locally- based company with tons of room to move up, and a 21% pay increase. So I’m good. The management expressed interest in promoting my assistant to my current job, which I wholeheartedly supported. She has essentially been doing the same thing as me for over a year, for a lot less pay, has been with the company for a couple of years longer than me, and she is great. Truthfully she is more knowledgeable than me. She was concerned about getting a lowball offer, so she asked my pay and I shared it with her without hesitation. A similar position was posted in…

Hi everyone. Here is a script I have been using to avoid wasting my time with recruiters who are fishing for information. Most of them balk at the salary range question, one once refused to give me the job description. I am happy in my current position so I can afford to be picky. One recruiter gave me all the info and I determined it was not an opportunity I wanted to pursue, so it was great and I would listen to them again. A couple have gotten angry but whatever. Feel free to use this. ———- Hi xxx! Thank you for this exciting opportunity. So we do not waste anyone’s time, I have a standard set of questions I ask recruiters who cold contact me so I can judge if an opportunity is worth pursuing. Once you answer all of these, I can determine if this opportunity is something…

Hi all, As the title suggests, my company's making us come back to the office soon and I'm absolutely dreading it. Because of WFH, the flexibility and freedom aspect is just so much greater. I don't have to wake up at 6 AM when it's cold, put my silly suit on, make my hair literally every day, catch the crowded train, make sure I reach the office on time at all costs. This way I can wake up closer to 9, work on my schedule (still obviously get everything done and meet deadlines), have lunch with my grandma, maybe take a short nap if I'm too tired/stressed and even have something playing in the background as I work. And once work is over, I can just kick back because I'm already at home, unlike reaching at like 7 PM or so after a long and tiring commute. All the work…

In my sector, nonprofits in DC that rely on grants, it is customary for organizations to provide all employees with annual cost of living adjustments (COLA). The funders even expect the increase in multi year budgets. This year, however, the CEO is refusing to give any COLA to staff citing a “tight budget” after providing staff with 3% increase last year. We are a staff of just 9 employees and with inflation at a crazy 7%, I think getting no COLA is outrageous. Your salary is practically worth less. I spoke to the CEO to convince her and she claims COLAs are never guaranteed and the organization provided it last year during the pandemic even when most places did not. She suggested that we could do 1.5% increase now and if things improve for us income wise we may add another 1.5% mid year. I’m never a fan of employers…

I’ve been working as a trainer and coach for a mortgage company since November of 2020. When rates were low, my job was great. Now that rates are picking back up and tons of people have been laid off, I was told that my job now requires me to make out bound sales calls 40 hours a week with no commission. If I don’t hit goal, I lose my job. Now I’m sure I could do the job but I have no intention of making that company extra money for no additional compensation. So I resigned. Today I got info for a coding boot camp I’m going to begin in July. Until then I’m going to Instacart, drive for Uber and maybe take an MMA fight (I was an active fighter for years, don’t worry) But I’m excited about the next stop on the journey.

So my dad has been in middle management, the higher end I guess?(distribution manager) he’s always made a good 6 figure salary to support my mom, my brothers and I. Which as long as I can remember has been his entire life. He works, comes home and when we were kids used to have some free time to be our soccer coach and baseball coach and whatnot, but as we got older and he had less of that it seemed like he kept getting more and more work. A few years ago he got a new boss, a guy half his age with little experience. Worked my dad ragged. Assigned him to nightshift work in his early 60’s, which also became weekends and part of days as well; bottom line he was working practically nonstop. Gets home to his work laptop in the early morning after a full nightshift on…