Antiwork

Does anybody else struggle with this idea that work should be your life’s purpose. Meaning that what you do for work is important to you. I was raised to believe this but am starting to have doubts. Has anyone had doubts and they leaned in to work and those doubts went away

So I had posted earlier about having a new role dumped on me in addition to my current role and looking for another job. I actually heard back today from a company I applied to and interviewed for and they offered me the job. $70k+ salary, so an $18k raise, full benefits, 3 weeks PTO, fully remote, great supervisor. My would be new boss called to tell me that I had been selected for the position, but the new head of department had put in a hiring freeze due to “budget cuts” and let go a ton of people. My would be boss was actually crying on the phone as she had mentioned several times how excited she was to be hiring as her team was really understaffed and now not only she can't hire more people, her remaining team got cut in half. I would've been thrilled to work…

I have learned a lot about labor laws from reading this sub, and man do I wish I had known all of this at my last job, and I wish I could share this knowledge with everyone I worked with. Utility Partners of America (electric utility subcontractor) has policies of no wage discussion, extremely toxic and racist culture (in NC where I worked), and inconsistent and contradictory safety policies and execution. Nearly everyone there has the brainwashed mentality that antiwork means lazy, federal income tax means socialism, and mask mandates mean fascism. I am glad I don't work their anymore, and glad to have been educated about my rights, thank you r/antiwork.

I work for a nonprofit that is supposed to train elite athletes in a certain sport. Im not even gonna go into into the daily disregard of the law and her workers rights and safety but there is something that really crosses a line. There is a kid with autism who is part of the staff (even shown in the website) yet he is not paid nor does he even have a contract. I’ve done some research and I know that the law does not favor people with disabilities when it comes to wages. They do give him room and board which is given to all the employees since the salary is so low but there is zero pay. Somebody once asked whether he is a trainee or a staff member, and the boss goes between both as they see fit yet there is no paperwork showing he is part…

This is my s/o’s work (he’s not on Reddit) and it just happened. CEO scheduled a zoom call with all employees which everyone assumed was a back the office announcement. The announcement didn’t turn out as expected, instead of mandating an office return, she said individual department managers would decide the policy. Enough people actually like their managers that there was hope they would retain their flexibility. S/o then spoke to his manager for the first time since announcement (they get on extremely well and she is a good person). She asked how the zoom announcement was. He told her everyone was pleasantly surprised at CEO giving discretion to department managers. You can probably tell where this is going. Manager tells s/o that CEO had already dictated a back to the office policy to all managers, rule is that everyone must attend office 3 days a week including requirement as…