Antiwork

I started a new job last year and figured out that I can get the job done in 2,3 hours a day. Was originally scheduled for 40 hours but I told them that I need 20 more hours of overtime just to make sure everything runs smoothly. Now I get paid for 60 hours a week and work between 10-15 hours a week. I even feel very very good about it, the system is made to destroy the average person this is the least I can do to escape. There is no way I will be a slave for the rest of my life, will try and game the system every time I can

We seriously can’t make sense of this. They’re asked to dress in business casual attire, but never really made specifics. It’s assumed that the general “no jeans, nice shirt, etc.” is considered. My husband worked as a professor at a big university before this, but has recently been hired as full time staff at the same university. I won’t say what his title is now specifically, but his office in particular has about 6-8 other women working with him. Students do not enter this space. He gets complimented for dressing so well from at least one person everyday on campus. He’s usually known in our friends group as being the best dressed one. My husband either does a tie and vest or a suit jacket and dress shirt. When he does the dress shirt and no tie, he’ll leave the top two buttons unbuttoned. You barely can see his neck,…

I don’t mind working on new projects such as gardening or home improvement. What I do have a problem with is when I’m stuck revolving around doing the same job day in and day out, for a specific amount of hours every week. It’s just a grind everyday doing the same kind of things day in and day out. I don’t mind the work. I mind the politics, the hours I’m forced to put in even when I am not needed, and how truly little we actually contribute. Most of my job is bs paperwork and quality assurance when it truly just isn’t needed.

Such a bad comedy joke. Much of my office, about 10 people, commutes between 45 min or an hour and the rising gas prices have hit hard. Several people approached management over the week including myself asking for concessions or ways to make things more agreeable such as partial work from home and were told it would be considered with a meeting to come Thursday. Thursday has come and I am so annoyed, so I want to share some highlights. Management said that billable hours must increase from around 2000 (been around there since start of covid, this is a service industry) to around 3200 before raises can be further discussed. The raises themselves will not necessarily match cost of living changes or inflation changes as that is outside of projected budget. At the same time, a new marketing campaign will be started to reach new clients and a business…

I asked for TWO fucking days. I am at a loss. Not only that but after I was further accused of not being able to “handle” working – at the job where I had consistently worked for almost a year with no negative performance reviews. Anyway, guess I missed my window now.

I have a masters degree and my desk job pays me $14/hr. I also have diagnosed major depression and the job is not helping. I vented to a friend and he told me to get over it and that he made “$10 an hour at his first job after college.” I saw red at this statement for multiple reasons: No college educated person should make $10/hr (he graduated approximately 6 years ago). He was comparing his first job out of undergrad to my third job out of graduate school – there’s no comparison to be made here. He, like others, just accept the awful system that exploits its workers. I have a job using my masters degree and make the EXACT SAME as those starting at Burger King down the road. Obviously, there is NOTHING wrong with working at Burger King and honestly $14 seems low for that work too.…