Antiwork

And neither did you. ️

TL;DR: In a hostile work environment and finally posted notice, but I need out earlier because it’s too much. I need advice on how to get what I want out of HR. I want the paychecks I should get if I worked out my notice, and a positive letter of recommendation, without having to actually work my notice. Backstory below: I work in a hotel in a sales position. I’ve been here about 5 years and have always gotten positive reviews, written up only once (ADHD late arriver in the morning oops), and have made my sales targets every year since I started. Exceeding by 2-5% a year for a YoY of 5-7%. Basically, I’m objectively good at my job, but my boss is awful. She lies almost compulsively about everything, from where she goes during the day (Oh a sales call? Funny, where did those macys bags come from?),…

Monkeys run on peanuts, lions run on monkeys

I'm not familiar with this subreddit but my boyfriend suggested I share my story partly because I can appreciate the humor of the situation and partly because he thinks it might help cheer me up. I've been a cocktail waitress for six years now and I started working at this particular bar almost a year ago when they had just reopened after being closed for a year and a half due to COVID. I was a part of their first wave of hires and because I had a good amount of craft cocktailing experience I was quickly made a bartender despite my lack of actual bartending experience. The craft cocktail industry in the Midwest is very much a “boys club” and it's still very hard to cross the ranks from cocktail server to bartender. I've dealt with all sort of harassment from guests groping me to coworkers telling me to…