Antiwork

I've switched careers from culinary to IT. I have about 4 years of prior IT experience before I went to culinary, but I found a position that was too good to pass up. I get to work from home or in-office whenever I want, it's salary compared to hourly, everything infrastructure wise is set up so neatly, the company pays for my medical and dental insurance, and I jumped about $11k a year by taking this position. I learned yesterday that they actually hired two of us. The other person would be starting on the 16th. I was told they didn't really have the work load currently for two of us, but that he felt it would be better to hire both of us, give us that space to get comfortable and learn everything before it gets busier (the company is currently growing). I couldn't be happier with this career…

I just need to rant a little. I had my yearly review yesterday. My supervisors had only good things to say. I mean serious praise, thanking me for how how well managed my files are and how smoothly and quickly my close outs are done. Meeting ends and I get my letter with my raise figures 2.86% Not even fucking 3% which is still garbage but at least it's the norm. I am worth less then the standard 3%. And the worst part is I already know if I go anywhere else it'll be just as bad. I've already reached out to others in my field and there are no greener grounds. Quitting just isn't an option, I have a mortgage and an injured husband out on disability. I'm 42 years old and the idea of living this way for over 20 more years is debilitating.

I've been working in manufacturing my whole adult life. This year after burning out and losing a job I tried looking for a different career path. My one rule was “no factories/plants” I ended up landing a great paying job in a tech company and for the first time in my adult life Im being treated like a human being with a life outside of work! Just an example, my wife was sick on our second month and I decided to try and work from home to take care of the kids. Not only did my boss approve but showed genuine concern. Get out of the factories. No plant will ever treat you like a human being and anyone aspiring to management roles will have their human empathy stamped out of them ( I started as an assembler and worked my way up to engineer manager. Was not a human…

I’m a funeral director working in Ontario and this has started coming up more and more and it’s pissing me off. After meeting with a family to arrange a funeral, the family asks me if they can have an extra death certificate for their son/daughter/grandchild, because their boss is asking for one to give them time off to attend the funeral. A death certificate is a piece of legal paperwork designed to close bank accounts, apply for pensions, etc. it contains private information about the deceased like their SIN, date and place of birth, and place of death. Information your boss has no right seeing. Instead I always write up and sign a letter on our letterhead stating that yes, this person is deceased. As can be confirmed by the obituary on our website. And in the newspaper. And also fuck anyone who tries to make their employee bring in…