Antiwork

I work as a behavioral health specialist in an adolescent mental hospital. We run groups and activities for them that range from karaoke to school work on a daily basis. Today the group I was supposed to run was “How to behave an dress for interviews.” The four page packet covered many tricks and tips on how to dress, how to groom yourself and what to say and what not to say. I flat out refused to do this group. Instead we spent 30 minutes talking about how the concept of “dream jobs” are bullshit and capitalist conditioning.

Why does every job application have a stupid personality test, a line that says “up to ___ pay”, or some crappy cooperate thing like “Fun and fast paced work environment.”? Kill me.

I keep seeing posts here promoting a 32 hour work week… Hell… I wish I could get the old standard “40 hour” work week… Nowadays people seem to boast working 60 hours is “normal” and somehow I can get fired for refusing to come into work on my day off… My shift especially has to work super late at night and we are not allowed to go home as scheduled until all work is complete. (normally 1-2 hours over each day)… And it's especially bad for salaried workers who don't even get overtime and must work crazy hours… Anyway there should be a law that allows people to “opt-out” of overtime without being discriminated.

That hard work would get you where you want to be? That getting a college degree would open up a world of possibilities? That spending endless nights studying and sacrificing your social life and sanity to earn a bunch of A's and a high GPA would all be worth it someday? That being booksmart meant that you would someday “be the boss” of all of the smarmy rich kids who never apply themselves? That living within your means and not wasting your money would lead to financial success? Yeah. I'm 25 years old, I've been working for 10 years, I got straight A's for 10 straight years in high school and college, I graduated Summa Cum Laude from a great university with a solid degree…and I'm a full-time DoorDasher who is one blown tire away from total financial ruin. Meanwhile, those smarmy rich kids all have great careers and no…

I lost my hope in working. Working is not fun anymore. After university I thought that I can fulfill any dream but now I am just tired. Everyday I am so tired that I could stay in bed for hours and still feel like a potato instead of being refreshed/rested. I am currently working in part time but don’t like my job. I would like to change it but in my role (software engineer) it is hard to find a job in part time from the beginning. You need to start in full time and change to part time after your probation period. This means I need to work 40hrs or even more for the first 6 months. I am mentally so tired that I cry solely by thinking of it. I am so tired of this life. Nothing enjoys me anymore. What shall I do?

This is just a rant and I will find a new job but I need to vent: I managed a small family owned restaurant for three years and was underpaid and overworked and definitely under appreciated. I started seeing Job offers within my level of experience for a dramatically larger salary. So I applied to some. Got an offer within a week for a job paying $10K more per year than I was making as a base salary before bonuses. I was so excited for this new opportunity. I put in my notice and worked my two weeks. My old boss didn't make me a counter offer. Now, the day before my orientation is scheduled, I reach out to the hiring GM to confirm things for tomorrow and he replies with: “I'm so sorry to say this but I sent you an email on February 3rd notifying you that we…