Antiwork

I worked at a small chain of movie theaters when I was a teenager (circa 2003). They were called “Madstone”, and they had about 6 locations scattered across the Southeast US. Business model was to show a mix of blockbusters and also classic and artsy movies and serve beer, wine, and sandwiches along with more classic movie theater concessions. One friday morning, some folks from corporate showed up first thing and told everyone that they were closing our location and that everyone scheduled to work that day would be helping pack things up instead of their normal duties. I wasnt working that day, so what happened next I heard 2nd hand. The day started off going according to plan. The folks who worked the box office and concessions started packing stuff up and moving it out to some box trucks. But the projectionists didnt do shit. They sat upstairs in…

I work part time at an insurance agency and I told my boss I can’t come in because I tested positive with covid, I sent him a picture of the results and I offered to do my work from home and he’s accusing me of faking it and insisting that I go spend $100 on a PCR test to confirm. He is also unwilling to meet me halfway in any way imaginable. He expected me to work a 14 hour shift by surprise the next day and coerced me when I told him I couldn’t do it. Unfortunately I can’t quit right away but is there any solution I can use in the meantime?

Backstory: Working for a multi million tech reseller company since last July. At first it was great, but when I was hired I was told it would be “hybrid” its not, I'm training other people now and it feels like pulling teeth to get a remote day and I don't have the right equipment to make it work anyway. The CEO has been hiring his retired already wealthy friends as “consultants” instead of hiring people for the bull pen, the rest of us are drowning in work. Also he changed the insurance contribution without telling us, so I will be losing money coming up here. The biggest thing is that the people who are solid here, who I know make six figures, are also working 10 plus hours more often than not. Which is not what I want to regularly do in the future. Got offered a completely remote job…

Long but I need to talk this out. I’ve always been a hard worker. I’ve been working since I was 15 years old. I made my mom take me to go get a workers permit the day I turned 15 and started at a little pizza place. By the time I was 17 I had two jobs. We didn’t have much growing up so I wanted to work. It became important to me at an unhealthy level. I always took work weirdly serious. Even when I was a dancer for about a year when I was 19 – I took THAT seriously! Missing a day as an exotic dancer would make me feel like a failure. I mean if there was ever someone who needs to chill the fuck out it’s me. I think you get the overall vibe of my personality. I’m a little bit high strung and no…

I scored a job with a very large telecommunications “death star” — I haven't started even training yet and Im already stressed out just thinking about the job and the metrics used to evaluate you and then fact that it's a write-up happy company and how the job pays good for 15 years ago.. and I'm considering bailing on it… Any advice? My shattered mental health can't acclimate to super high stress positions… I thought I knew what I was getting myself into and now I'm having serious 2nd thoughts… The jobs close to me are paying similar for none of the administrational stress of a company that is belligerent with it's policies

It's a gardening job and already it seems a bit too anal for digging in the dirt? Idk. I almost always trust my gut instincts but I'm worried I'm possibly being irrational. Potential red flags: -Listing stated job was from 8-4, upon further discussion, it's more like 7-4ish. So that's 40+ hrs. MA doesn't pay overtime to agriculture and farming labor. -Said to keep coffee in car cause it “looks lazy” -no texting. This has never been an issue in my three years working on a farm. It's exhausting work and as long as you're getting shit done, it's no issue. -cant wear jeans???? Must wear black, or other dark colors in the summer??? No rips in anything?! As a land laborer?! -not music. Looks “unprofessional.” So I'm supposed to just be alone, with my thoughts, for 8+ hours? I've never seen a gardener NOT wearing headphones unless they're working…

So I am in Pennsylvania and am a seasonal worker, I was laid off in October to return on April. I collected unemployment for this time because it was classified as a lay off. However I have just received information that I will not be coming back (got this info from another source). I was told by my employer that I will be returning on april 15th and even told me how to file for unemployment and to classify it as a seasonal work (which I did) What do I do here? They laid me off with a return date and then fired me without telling me, for MONTHS???