Antiwork

This was precovid but several years ago I had to call out sick from my job because the coworkers that had more seniority than me (3 out of 10) planned to go on vacation that weekend. Every year. We got 3 personal days a year but they could not be next to a holiday/only to be used on one weekend a year (we are required to work every other) and they were pissed at ME because they felt entitled to that particular weekend and took it every year. It was frustrating because two of them put in for it to tend to their gardens and one of them just felt like it was “their weekend” I told them the previous year it was the only day my venue was available and I couldn’t hold the wedding at my house due to 4 of my close family members’ failing health, it…

Have been working customer service in a major US city for the last five years, despite having a degree there just aren’t options that pay as well and don’t require an hour and a half commute. I have been verbally abused, stalked, harassed, a customer has even threatened to call the police on me all just for existing and doing my job by the book. I am constantly told that people are upset about other issues and just want to be heard by someone, but I’m certainly not paid enough to be a therapist. I feel hopeless, I’ve worked in customer service since I was a teenager and see no escape. I guess I’m just ranting but also looking for any guidance people might have to help me out of this situation.

After like your 100th interview do you fake deep thinking about those “Tell me a time when…” or “What is your best blah” questions or do you just blurt out a canned response slightly modified to fit a particular variation?

You guys can see my profile for more posts with details on this, but… Look, I am not the type that would usually be on this subreddit. Raised in a protestant household with good old fashioned work ethic taught to me from a young age. Regardless, I’m a naive little autistic mess in their first job, just happy they were wanted by society for once. But this call center is hell. My parents keep invalidating me and saying I am just over emotional and unstable. (Who wouldn’t be handling calls from people begging you for help saving their homes or screaming at you over a 5$ fee all day?!) At this point I hope I get sacked. My parents won’t let me quit until I pay off the car they bought me without my consent, which is really their car on their credit. If I can’t leave, then I want…

Just saw the post of the poor guy who’s piece of shit CoLleAgUe snitched on him…so I thought I would share this story 2 years ago I started my apprenticeship with another girl for an office job. Both of us starting together , we got along pretty well. A few months in we still weren’t allowed to take vacation and her Mum’s birthday was around the corner. She had no idea what to do, as she wanted to visit her mum badly, since they don’t see each other that much, but couldn’t take any vacation. So I tell her to call in sick and go enjoy they day with her mum. She posted a lot of instagram stories back then, so I told her to hide it from all coworkers who were following her or not make any at all on that day. Smh, she still posted lol. I see…

I work in tech sales so it’s probably starts up that do this. I’m sick of recruiters and companies reaching out to me and saying the amount of money they raised from funding and investments but nowhere will they mention salary until I commit to an interview. I really don’t give a damn how much you raised or really anything about your company. All I want to know is what I will be doing and how much you are willing to pay for me to do it. I am not going take time out my day and prep for an interview for a “competitive salary” that come to find out isn’t competitive at all.

Title says it all.

I work in as a after school day care instructor. I have toys for the kids to play with.(can’t be specific)Any I got complaints by the parents because, I told the kids I got into a car accident. I hit a huge bump, and flew into the curb. All my toys went flying so I wasn’t as prepared as I usually was because everything spilled in my trunk. It’s just amazing how people can have no remorse I have about 600 dollars in damages. Now I might not be able to return to that school. Which means I’m out of a contract for this minimum wage job.

IMO there should be much more talk about why judicial dissolution or the corporate death penalty is hardly ever used, when it should be. It's exactly the kind of thing that might get corporations to stop screwing us. Why not make it a bigger part of the conversation?