Antiwork

I come from a family of workers. My great grandpa was a floor salesman who worked his way up to the VP of the sport company he worked for. He was outspoken about working with athletes of color for sponsorship deals and once threw Hank Aaron a surprise birthday party. When I was a kid, he would tell me all about his exploits as a relatively high up employee in the org. He also taught me some simple rules. 1) Always be nice to the secretary and the janitor, they're the ones that actually run the show. Know their names and treat them with respect. 2) Make sure that everyone on your team is paid well enough to support themselves and their family. If they're not, they're going to look for another place to work. 3) You're never too important to be kind. If you're mean to the waiter, or…

I have a super crappy job that I am considering venting about but I need the money from it so bad that I fear retaliation if I say anything anywhere online. I guess when you get to the point you are going to walk out, you don't give a $hit any more.

I had an interview on Monday, that's now 2 days ago and I feel like a train wreck. If things weren't already bad enough… Being that frank to someone you don't know really takes balls. But is it wrong? Impolite? Am I just unfortunate for the experience? It definitely lessens the blow when all you ever normally get is a form response by email. They all look the same, but they don't have the sting of being directly rejected. Been out of work since I got canned over 4 months ago. It just sucks.

I'm switching companies within the same career path. More money, a better position, better company, etc. I have 8 days of sick time and I will not get cashed out on upon leaving. I can only use these days if I call off my shift. These days are separate from my vacation days. I will be putting my two weeks in on the 21st. My question for the r/askmen is would it be appropriate for me to take all of my sick time off in the coming two weeks leading up to my last day?What would you do? What did you do?

so i started a new job last monday and i’m being told that i’m “bringing everyone else down” because i “stand there not knowing what to do” as if it isn’t their fucking job to help me. even when i do ask for help i feel as though it’s just an inconvenience. they knew prior to this that i have 0 experience and i got told i would be provided with training (their idea of training is just to throw me in the deep end and hope i have a photographic memory or something lol). also, just a side note, this one manager made a massive deal about how i took too long on my break and that “breaks are only 30 mins” even though i literally left at 12:50 for my break and got back at 1:20. i’m so confused. i just want to say that my coworkers told…

I'm a contractor who works on site at our companies global R&D facility, I was hired about a year ago and the salary was less than expected but I took the job in hopes of job growth which they ensured. They gave me a speech about how if I give them a year they'll give me a nice raise and more opportunities. Obviously I was cautiously optimistic but the year is up shortly and I've been notified that they want to renew the contract and are in the works of a compensation increase. My salary has been 65k which iis simply not enough for me and my family in the area we live, especially with gas prices going up and I have a 50 mile commute each way. What is typical of a first year raise? Or is that too broad of a question. The other contractor who I work…