Antiwork

I've been teaching for a couple of years here and there. I moved to a new country for school and then started working there. I lost my privilege to teach cuz I am not a certified teacher in this country. I understand the rules and I'm not being bitter about it. I had other experiences and skills which helped me to land some gigs. I'm barely making my ends meet so I am looking for a full time job once again. I was approached by a few HR working in different day care centers. I lined up a few interviews in the hope that I can get another source of income during this post pandemic inflation season. I have skills and I am good with kids. I did well in these interviews. I spent 40 minutes for each interview trying to present the best of myself to my potential bosses.…

Hi everyone! there was a lifeguard post the other day and it got me the motivation to finally call out my old workplace, The Y goddamn MCA. im just gonna list things from the past 8 months that i dealt with and see what everyone thinks. Got yelled at for not having a guard shirt. (First day, i thought we'd get one for free.) Had to be the camp nurse and social worker (with 0 background in it) Stopped a kid attacking a counselor with scissors and got yelled at over it Was part time but making me work 32 hours because no one came in Had to be “the boss” one day because my boss took a last second trip and told me the day before. Which resulted in me opening at 6 Am after working 11-8 the day prior. HE ALSO CLOCKED IN FOR THE TRIP! So he…

I took over as a manager for a small business after lockdown lifted in 2020. It was just a part time job that I had while I was finishing up my degree. The job was insanely fun and it had a lot of fringe benefits. The owner and I became very close through Covid for the shear fact that we literally survived because I lived and breathed the place even more than he did. This job was physical to a degree that working construction in the south was actually easier in my opinion. I cannot understate the amount of suffering that went into keep this place afloat. At one point when things became so overwhelming he offered to sell the place to me so he could get out of it. I declined because I didn't want to bury myself in his mistakes, which were many. In the beginning of last…

just that, i don't dream of labor

I’m a tradesman. Long hours with heavy machinery and stress. I don’t mind it too much,my choices alone got me here and I understand that. What I don’t understand though,is why I’ve constantly been lied to and cheated. 15 years experience and I never lie to a potential employer. I’m always straight forward about my abilities and the willingness to learn. Yet,literally the last 5 years has been just constant fuckery. Back in august I had hand surgery. I decided to update my resume and just see what was up. I instantly got a call from who I thought was an absolute wonderful man about a job. Literally 5 minutes away and paying decent enough that I could finally survive on a 40-50 hour week. Swore up and down they’d train me and I accepted. Within a week I told I’d be “go to guy” and get training for everything…