Antiwork

A story they told me today: One employee was meant to be clocking off early to take their kid to a job trial or something. Another employee came back from break in pain and needing to see a doctor because she was literally defecating blood but got yelled at because the appointment time was about half an hour before work ended. She left anyway because, y'know, screw management, she's going to the doctor. She then got yelled at by a the coworker who was meant to be leaving early as she could no longer leave. They both would have been fine to knock off early because they had another employee still there to answer the phones… except that is the Favourite Employee who cracks the shits when she has to work on her own even though literally every other employee gets made to suck it up and deal with working…

Bruh I thought I was damn near looking at the worst-case-scenario but I'm actually living in my truck. Every damn interview goes nowhere and I'm broke as shit. The cost of living in has gone up so much in Florida. Like seriously I'm 18 I just wanna place to shower and to be able to afford college, I can't even afford food I had to fucking steal a can of beans from walmart earlier so I could fill up my gas tank. I know I'm just bitching but I feel like some people in this sub might understand the feeling.

Alright, here's some context for you. I work for . A few years ago, when the pandemic started, we closed the doors on our operations center out here on the west coast with the express understanding that it was going to be temporary, and we'd all be back in a few months. Needless to say, that time came and went, and eventually HQ gives us notice that we'll be rolling out a work-at-home program in the wake of the restrictions and requirements of our states in regards to viral health. Thanks WHO. So, we finally get our shit, go home and set up. That was two years ago. A week ago, I got an email from on high, long and short of it was “hey, did your boss talk to you about this list we have of people? Y'all have slow internet, and it's mucking up the business, and the…

His reason ? “He didn't want to have to write an injury report for such a minor cut ” FUCK THAT, I knew I was fine I just wanted to make sure it would not get infected since I was on trash duty