Antiwork

I'm pretty upset, so forgive me in advance. In December, Honda Manufacturing's (yeah, that Honda) payroll system went down. For about a month, people just got paid for 40 hours, and if you worked overtime, you did not get paid and they said they'd give you your back pay when the system came back up. Keep in mind, this time period included a week's shut-down, where some people were forced to work the holidays with the knowledge they would receive another vacation day, as well as premium pay for working the holidays. In the middle of January, they were able to cobble together a system and began to pay people for the hours worked and said we would see the back pay by February 18. Then they said March. Now they are saying April, but no actual date. When I talked to HR, and said I needed that pay they…

To preface this was through a recruiter who approached me and passed along my current salary. After an introductory phone call with the industry recruiter who approached me I was set up for a video call interview with the CEO, CEO’s executive assistant, and another executive. Video call went great and I then was invited to take multiple online assessments. The assessments gauged intelligence, compatibility ratings, and few other areas. Got high marks on all and was invited for an in-office interview. The non-CEO exec was there again, along with am HR rep, and the location manager. This went better than the first interview and there were great feelings and vibes all around. Recruiter was excited and told me that the employer was definitely going to make it worth my while financially speaking if they decided to move forward. The next day they had the recruiter call me to proposed…

So I quit my job in early January because I was working as a writer, ghostwriting my misogynistic, racist, idiotic bosses book, and I had enough. I have never been somebody that prioritizes money and the money is fine because I have a savings and I don’t really care if I have to dig into it, but I just feel kind of… redundant? I know this capitalistic training and guilt that has been ingrained in me. But the feelings of not being in the “workforce” etc. makes me feel sort of…. useless, so i’m wondering how to quell these feelings! Any advice is appreciated.

TLDR: Husband’s boss said he was observing him work because husband was talking too much and thus holding up assembly line. When approached directly boss changes story and says my husband’s team is complaining he’s working too fast and thus making them work harder. They tell husband he’s “overreacting” so husband quit on the spot. (Sorry for long post) My husband is an amazing guy. He’s not the smartest dude but he’s a hard worker and ALWAYS willing to improve on what he is doing wrong. Last year he got a job working assembly for a big company that makes boat engines. They paid great for someone who doesn’t have a college degree and the benefits were pretty good. This week my husband’s boss kept coming by his station and “observing” him. He was looking under the tables, eyeing my husband, and just being pretty intentional that he was watching…

I usually either bring my lunch and just eat in my office and take a break or go grab something and come back. If I put anything on my calendar like a lunch or out of office or a dentist appt my boss will call me during it claiming something urgent came up. And it’s never urgent. Ever. Today I went to lunch. Calendar says lunch for an hour off site. Called twice and left one voicemail. I didn’t pick up. Called back on my way back to the office and boss says “oh yeah I saw it on the calendar I just thought I would try you”. Boss trying to exercise dominance on me won’t work. I hate micro managing bosses…going to make a change soon 😉