Antiwork

I live in Scotland and work for the NHS. My current role is coming to an end. I applied for a role within a larch insurance and pensions company. During the interview they asked me what my pay expectations were. The job was advertised at £24k so thats what I said my expectations were. One of the interviewers asked me what my current salary was. I said that it was minimum wage at £9.5 per hour and after some discussion I said its around £18500 per year for 40 hours per week. (My hours recently changed and so I didn't have a solid per annum answer). At this point both interviewers were joking and laughing at how bad a salary that was. I'm literally sitting there with my tummy rumbling struggling to make ends meet while one of the biggest asset managers in the country is laughing at my income.…

So over the last month about 12 hours of work weren’t registered on the system for payouts. I told my manager about it and nothing was done about it. I have been really ill over the last 2 days and called in sick just to be told that the fact I called in a half hour before my shift is inappropriate, no empathy whatsoever as if my priority is to help a workplace that can’t even be asked to pay me correctly. Fuck em’ so happy this notice is ending tomorrow.

I'm mostly venting because just is just typical. So I drunk posted a few days ago because I was upset with my employers hiring practices. They have no system and hire people for the same jobs at all kinds of different pay rates. Its not based on experience obviously, just whoever is hiring at the time, and how much they like you. My department was supposed to be getting a small raise and management went around to get us to sign a pay change form. I was the only who didn't sign because I wanted to know if any of this would be retro because I already dealt with the same issue right after I got hired. I knew someone with less experience came in at a higher rate and basically wanted to know if are pay would be backdated to account for the discrepancy. Well this obviously became a…

Dear __ I apologize for not communicating with you sooner, but I find myself in a difficult position. I am currently in a pretty fragile mental state and I am considering leaving nursing all together. So before I land myself back into a mental health facility, I’d prefer to take steps to prevent that from happening. My family and I have decided it’s best if I remove myself from the bedside all together for the time being. Until I find a position better suited for my mental health needs, I suppose. Please know that I would have preferred to offer the 4 weeks notice as is the proper and professional etiquette. However I do not feel it is appropriate for me and my current state to practice at the bedside right now. While unconventional to provide you with so much detail but given my history and candor I think it’s…

I don’t want to make money taking advantage of others. I got a whole bunch of money saved up despite working a job that pays not necessarily the best because I live with my parents and have very few expenses. I was wondering about the different perspectives on this sub regarding someone in my situation investing in the stock market. Would that make me a member of the owning class that makes money off of the labor of others and therefore immoral? If I only invested in companies that pay their employees a living wage would that then be moral? (If so, do you have any suggestions of companies that would fall under this)? If members of the working class own stocks does it make it socialism (or close enough to that idea that you would consider it moral)? If so, if I were ever to start my own business,…

I don't really know where to post this, but how does one get over feeling guilty from vacationing? Im 19 and recently got my first job with an actual contract. The colleguaes are okay, it pays better then the alternative options I have, but whenever I use my vacation days I feel really lazy and selfish thinking I should be there. I don't know how to combat this feeling of “not deserving” time off. Btw It's not like I like the job itself, so I'm pretty sure I don't “miss it”

That happened a few months ago. I'll give you a background story. I started higher education as a florist in a flower shop in Zurich. I already knew my boss because he is my aunt's boyfriend. At the beginning he was super nice to me but then everything went downhill very quickly. He interfered in my private life and told me not to post pictures on Instagram (the pictures were normal and not inappropriate). He was constantly criticizing and putting me down. I quickly went from being a passionate florist to a depressed florist who hates her job. I got severe depression and was close to ending it all. One day he attacks me again. He takes me to his office. I knew then that there would be drama again. He asked me “Are you okay?” and I honestly told him that I was about to end my life. I…