Antiwork

This has happened to me too many times. When I want a promotion I get strung along, outsmarted and used while others seemingly jump the line. If anything attacks the credibility of the so-called work ethic this is it. Is anyone familiar with what I’m taking about??

I work (or used to I guess) at a Midwestern hardware store with a catchy jungle. I've been in near constant communication with my manager and HR, with 5+ doctor's notes excusing me from work. I returned for two days after a month of being sick, just to be left in a dead sweat and out of breath, unable to truly perform my job. So I went back to the doctor, communicating with my manager, and was diagnosed with a respiratory infection, and now have pneumonia. Last Friday I emailed HR my doctor's note and asked for my missed time to be excused on extended medical leave. Today, I get this email: “Since we hadn't heard from you after several attempts by [Manager] and myself we were forced to terminate you.   We assumed you were a no call no show and had pointed out.” I have been the only one…

I work as a retail assistant: no emergency job, nobody is dying for me not going to work. Tomorrow was supposed to be my day off, but today the store manager asked me to come tomorrow afternoon for a 4h shift. I said I already had other commitments of medical nature (and that's true, I have my therapist appointment among other things) and she vehemently scolded me, since my flexibility was the most important quality they were looking for in a candidate. She also diminished my examples of me being flexible and changing my shifts with really little to none forewarning. To be noted, They hired me on the spot because they were desperate and short-staffed, around Christmas time, so they really needed me. I'm pissed and the more I think about our conversation the angrier I become. I eventually agreed to go for 3 hours after my therapy appointment…

Hi all- long time lurker first time poster. Well today it happened to me: at my part time job before I went in my boss called and said I should not be discussing my salary with others and that she was upset I told another person how much I made and that said person is asking for a $2 raise now and it’s my fault. I work as a receptionist- it’s really not that big of a deal imo. I then asked her for this in writing and she acted astounded why I would ask for such a thing. I said she just violated federal law and quit on the spot. My question is do I have any grounds to file with the DOL if it was verbally threatened? Other things they have done that added to my instant quit: Taken away commission earned bc they didn’t like smaller things…

Frito-Lay in CT has changed drastically in the last decade, becoming more and more hostile towards employee's. When first looking for a job there it was simple, put in an application and if you got hired it was full-time. Eventually they changed the hiring practices about 9 years ago to you start as part-time and could bid to become full-time as postions opened up. This formula changed again to you got hired as a temp worker for 90 days and then you would become part-time with ability to bid on full-time jobs. It has rapidly become worse since that desicion because of overtime rules. As a temp worker you could be forced to work OT, as much as 28 extra hours a week over your 40. So you start as a temp with outlandish amounts of overtime, making decent money to part-time with a cap of 30 total hours until…

I was born and living in eastern Europe, and kinda raised watching much of American movies ( as all my generation of 90s kids). The majority of my friends were dreaming to somehow end up in the United States, as movies portrayed stress free life, cool cars and a powerful government which cares about its people. So now, I have grown up, and read all these posts about disaster conditions, I think my country is NOT that bad. Medical insurance is much better, working conditions are better. It's like knowing that Santa does not exist anymore. Stay strong.

I started a new job last August and for once it's a great fit for me personally. While I did get a raise, there still wasn't a salary range on the job posting. I look at jobs in my area all the time just to see what the job market is like. It blows me away that companies do not have to post what the salary range is. I personally think it should be required.

I’m sorry but I don’t know why it’s such a big deal if employees are on there phones or talking to each other during down time I want to Point out a extremely good reason why it’s completely acceptable for people do as they please during the 5-10 minute downtimes people normally have during there work day (and honestly I’m surprised this sub hasn’t brought up this fact for any other argument yet either) It takes me a hour to get ready for work a hour to drive to work and another hour to drive back home and I feel this is pretty average for most people…..that’s 3 whole hours of my life every day I work that’s unpaid for that involves working or preparing to work for my company 🤮 With that and that alone I don’t understand why we still allow the “your on company’s time” mentality finally…

So I manage a very small team and I just finished their annual reviews and it’s time to dole out merit increases and yep, it’s 3% per employee unless I decide to give some more than others. With inflation at 7% (or at 15% or more depending on if you use old ‘80s metrics before the govt started manipulating data to make things seem not so bad), anything less is essentially a paycut. Of course 3% is better than zero, but with everything we’re being asked to do more with less, the rising cost of gas and food, and the pressure from senior leadership to get butts back in seats, it’s just extremely de-motivating. My other peer managers give me Pikachu faces whenever I tell them about inflation, and then we wonder why our teammates are leaving in droves for better pay and remote opportunities. It’s gonna be a long…