Antiwork

One morning I noticed my cat wasn’t feeling well. It was too close to my shift to call out. When I got to work, I asked if there was any way to leave early, as we were completely dead. Manager said no. I begged him to just please let me leave. My cat is really sick. He said you should have gotten coverage. I was like it was way too sudden to get coverage. Get off work hours later to take my cat to the vet. He died the next day. I took a couple days off work. The same manager comes up to me. Hey, how’s your cat? He’s dead Ryan, f*cking dead. This is the day I stopped doing anything extra at my jobs. Fck you Ryan. Fck you.

The only problem is my current job is 100% remote. Been remote for nearly 2 years. It’s fantastic. The recruiter asked if I was ok making a commute again and I told him “I’m going to be honest with you, I make 60k a year. Fully remote. If you want me to drive into an office every day, you’re going to have to offer a lot more than 75k a year.” He said “ok, that makes a lot of sense.” Did the interview and made it to round 2. No news yet if they’re going to follow through, but it seems like they’re willing to play ball. Even at 60k a year I’m working part time as a pizza delivery driver AND just got a job as a dishwasher at another restaurant. 15k more a year is roughly 300 dollars more a paycheck. I know what I’m worth and I…

My friend works for an insurance company, she and 4 others were allowed to work at home. Recently her boss told them that he wants to install camera in their homes to make sure that they are working and not off walking their pets or making lunch for their kids. No word on what will happen if they refuse

I know that this isn't truly anti work, but I just accepted a job offer where I lied to get more money. I told them I had a second job offer (which I did) that was offering 7k more than they were (which they weren't). They accepted my counter offer for 4k more, a later start date (still burnt out from my last job), and full remote. I really should have asked for more money, but didn't want to push my luck and I truly would have been happy with the lower amount since the job excited me. I knew they knew I was excited for the opportunity, but I didn't let them screw me over with a low ball offer. Also, thank you again to this group for helping me get the confidence to actually ask for a better offer.