Antiwork

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…

This questions reeks of narcissism. Companies just want to hear their praise on how good and desirable they are and how everyone is falling over to come work for them. I've actually replied to this question by saying it's the job I am attracted to. Organizations are just that, organizations. It doesn't matter. And you know what, this culture bullshit? It don't exist. Beneath the skin and past all the eye catching slogans and hype, most companies are the same. Its a business transaction. Treat it as such.