Antiwork

I recently saw a thread on here regarding the rounding clock and employees that would take advantage of loopholes by standing around the clock after their actual shift start because they couldn’t be disciplined because they punched in within the rounding window. You may thing you are rebels and sticking it to the man, but it’s actually just petulance that hurts everyone else. Like a little kid that was told not to touch their siblings and would put their finger an inch from their siblings nose saying “I’m not touching you!” I worked in manufacturing for a decade with a similar time keeping system. There were quite a few that took advantage. Production quotas suffered, making overtime necessary, and these same children were the loudest complainers when they had to work said overtime because of accumulated downtime. I’m all for meaningful change, fair pay, better health coverage, etc but some…

I know. I'm not special everybody hates it. But I have had physical and mental health issues since I was a teenager and the cycle goes like this: get shitty job, bust my ass trying to make enough to pay rent and buy food at the same time, have either a physical or mental breakdown (or on a few occasions both), either quit or get fired. I don't have any marketable skills and if I get covid I'm screwed. Does anybody have any suggestions as to what I can do to just survive? I can't apply for disability or anything like that because the few times I've been able to afford a doctor they had no idea what was wrong with me

I recently presented some information to my superiors showing how my salary is not in line with my current position and years of experience. They gave me a raise higher than they planned, which still doesn't put me at what I would have hoped. I was going to just settle and be happy with that because I am okay with my current job. However, on top of that they said it would be like a promotion to me as a director too! No… the raise should have been even higher for my current position. It shouldnt put me at a new position that should be an even higher salary that I had asked for!! (I have no desire whatsoever to be a director and have to manage other people. I know my current workload will just continue right on top of all that.. ) So frustrating..

I work at Starbucks and I've been trying to get out of it for a bit because it's becoming unbearable, but that's a tale for another post. the point is I was applying to several new Jobs and internships closer to my major (History and Library/Information sciences) so I can dip my toes in and get some experience. Things like work in Libraries and museums and all around my area. When I got to the sections asking about wages specifically for the actual jobs I initially lowballed around $13-$16 with the thought to myself “I'm new and have no experience is this too much to ask for?” After realizing what sort of mistake I was making and potentially screwing myself over I asked for a more decent range around $17-$20 something. All that said Several just never responded, a few called me to set up interviews and claimed my wage…