Antiwork

I have been offered a 0-hour contract (advertised as 20 hours, which I'm uncertain of the legality of?) through an agency to work at a large local factory. The agency has requested I buy my own PPE or buy PPE through them (which is to my understanding illegal in the UK). I'm in need of a job and uncertain how to respond to this. I have contacted ACAS and HSE but is there anything else I can do? Any advice on how to handle this situation is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

I am so burnt out from work that I am seriously thinking about telling my boss that I got Covid so I can at least just be able to work from home for 2 weeks, bare minimum. I work for a grass roots, educational non-profit in a title I district that belongs to a board that is made up of brokers in the finance industry—does that say enough? I am neurodivergent and have adhd, and am in a managerial position. I made the mistake of showing how capable I am by putting in 150% when I started here because I wanted to prove myself. Now anything less than is unacceptable. I always get tasked with brunt work that other colleagues put off because they know I’m the type of person who will put in 150% to get it done right. For those wondering, I make salary ($55k), and I was…

I have a theory that you can tell a shitty employer (lol see what I did there) from a decent one with their rules on going to the toilet. It's like natural bodily functions are the worst enemy of managers. When I started college on leaving school, one of the first things I can remember them saying is “you don't need to ask if you can go here, we're all adults”. So it's like going back to school when you leave college or university. It's like employers want you to be superhuman. I work in a call centre, which isn't as bad as others to be fair, but I'm still timed between calls, so I only have 5-6 mins to do necessary admin and then jog to the toilet, do my business and get back. What if I need extra time? It's just so degrading. Having to explain to your…

Being a landlord isn't work. This is undeniable. If we agree that a job is a task you do for money, it's not a job. If a waiter stops being a waiter, tables go unserved. If an electrician stops being an electrician, electrical systems go unrepaired. If an accountant stops being an accountant, finances go unaccounted. But if a landlord stops being a landlord, nothing happens. That's because landlords make money through ownership, not work. Now, you might ask “Without landlords, who would do all the duties necessary for a residential building to function?”. The answer is that landlords don't do those things; property managers do. The actual “work” of maintaining housing properties, from fixing toilets to collecting rent, is overseen by someone whose job is expressly to do so. If a property manager stops being a property manager, properties go unmanaged. And yes, there are landlords who do these…

Hello, this is in Québec, Canada btw This story is from last year but discovered this sub after, and was wondering if I still have options or how I should approach this. I work in a primary/high school in a very remote area (think less than 2000 ppl) where I would do extra curricular activites after school, and at times sub for a teacher if they were sick/absent. However, last year, a teacher did not come back right away after christmas holidays and I was asked to sub in for that teacher for like a week or two. I had a sheet with what the teacher asked me to do and it said to do some work in the textbook with them and that was about it. Well the teacher ended up coming back four months later. During which, I attempted to give classes to the best of my abilities…

The constant overwhelming stress. The long periods time away from home to only come home to rest up to spend long period time away from home. The “this is the way things are” mentality. As time goes on, it really seems less and less with it. Save up for inflation to eat it up. Really makes you question is it worth it

A friend of mine that started to work at my job last year told our boss that he wanted to quit. Boss got really scared and tried to offer him a ton of shit to make him stay (but my friend said no, nothing could make him stay) I’m wondering if I should do the same ? To try to get some of the perks (I’m the oldest member of the company, was even here before the manager while getting no perks) but I’m afraid he’ll call my bluff (I don’t have another job lined up and need the money) or just won’t care. (My friend is a pushover, over the year of him being here, they really screwed him in ways that I did not let happen to me, so maybe he just want to keep the pushover idk) What do you think I should do ? It happened…