Antiwork

First off I would like to say this sub is both a gift and curse. It's grim but I find solace knowing I am not the only one suffering from similar or even worse circumstances though it's equally depressing being reminded day after day how slow change is and what small chance of hope there is for it at all. Sometimes I read a post that evokes such a visceral image or response it feels like a suicide watch. With that said, on to my entry in this hell. I worked today from 3am to 530 pm and as I waste my time to sleep typing this, I have to be back at 3 am. This is what I have to look forward to for the forseeable future because of greed. Understaffed and underpaid, the classic standard. But in my particular case, I admit I knowingly chose this again after…

I’m 24 years old and in graduate program currently. Before the pandemic I worked 2 jobs and saved my money so that I could get an apartment for myself ASAP. I planned on living somewhere really expensive but moved to a nearby area that had a much cheaper cost of living. So essentially I had thousands in my savings enough to cover my rent for 3 years and more. (I grew up on a depressing and neglectful household so I’ve been planning my escape for decades). I haven’t worked since the pandemic started. And I feel great. I find little ways to make money like making and selling clothes, voice acting and I recently started taking up work as a musician which has actually been quite good for me. My dad wasn’t in my life as a child and we only recently started reconnecting. My dad has been pressuring me…

I asked my boss this week for a raise from $11 to $15/hr at my full time job of 12 years. Since the pandemic hit I've been very flexible in my ability to grow and perform various jobs, beyond my initial job title; that the agency has needed help with fulfilling. I felt very confident in my worth to the agency, and the reasonableness of my request. Unfortunately, even though my boss who agrees with how I feel, and believes I'm deserving of the raise, doesn't have the ability to make that call. Upper management concluded they are in no position to give me a raise currently, even though they are considering giving a all around the bored raise of $1/hr to everyone in some unforeknown seen future??? Even if I received a dollar raise, I might be lucky if I could afford a nice efficiency apartment, and I definitely…

Pretty much what the title says. My boss told me that “high performance workers” spend their time in office. He also told me that High Performance Workers” tell their family that they can't get home, and get divorced (yes, he said that) I mean, I have a family, the ring in my hand reminds me that I have someone waiting for me everytime I go to work, that life is outside the office. Don't let sad-angry and frustrated people tell you that their life's are better because they work more, because they are just a failure. If it helps, he's been through TWO divorces this far, and not a single soul waits for him at night.

More like.. chronically understaffed.