Antiwork

A good friend of mine, let’s call her Janice, who works with me asked me to post here for her to see if there is anything that she can do. A member of Janice’s family has suddenly become sick and is in the hospital slowly getting better. Janice is staying with them in the hospital and will eventually need to take some paid leave when they are cleared to go home to care for them. Janice is paid a salary but always works extra hours because she says “this stuff needs to get done” I have urged her for a while to work less and she has started trying to but she still tends to put at least 8 extra hours per week (probably more). Since she is staying with her family member in the hospital she is only able to work 4 hours a day, which at first was…

Today I confronted my manager and our resort manager and we spoke about our declining numbers in the dept. We’ve lost 3 people in the last 2-3 weeks. Mostly due to lack of proper col raises, some couldn’t afford to come to work due to raising gas prices driving from an hour out and the lack of new people to ease the stress of the mounting work load. I suggested raises for all the remaining employees at least $4-6 to retain/ appreciate and raises of $2-3 to attract new employees. They declined all that so I went over on how screwed the dept and their revenue is gonna tank when only 4 people are here to do the work of 15. And let them know to prepare accordingly bc the other employees are exploring other options. It’s like they love losing money instead of making it. I don’t get it…

Going to give my boss my two weeks notice today after my shift. A co-owner sent a transphobic joke in the work group chat, which made me, a non-binary person, uncomfortable. I mask as a cis woman at work, because I wasn't sure if they would be accepting. Now I have my answer. No more public humiliation, emotional lash outs, or customers who physically assault me.

I work for a very small company in the sign business. I was recently told by my boss that he was no longer hiring a cleaning service and I was to clean the bathrooms myself. I'm a graphic designer. He's saving a maximum of $80 a month. More reasons to leave.