Antiwork

I cannot tell you how much I value my staff. I credit my staff 100% with every success we encounter. I didn’t start my own business until I was almost 40 and before that I hit the grind just like everyone else: coffee shops, pizza, retail, software development, and eventually IT. The shit you guys are rallying against is a fucking nightmare and all of the employers you post and give shit to 1000% deserve your venom. Employee’s are taking their time to make MY VISION come true. They are SO SO valuable and should be treated with absolutely nothing more than the utmost respect and space. Give someone a job they enjoy, a wage that is commensurate, and just give them SPACE and an open avenue of communication and no shit they will blossom and give you the world in return. Keep doing what you are doing because as…

Co-workers talked crap on me and would screenshot my social media and share it. I was an adult and majority of my co-workers were 16-17 but kids are cruel. They liked bothering an adult and mocking me. My boss made us ask permission to use the bathroom. I got accused of trying to sneak out of work and made fun of by the boss for attending my uncle’s funeral instead of going to work. Heartless. I wish I never had that job.

I don't have any concrete proof of this since I only overheard it verbally, and I live in a state where you can be fired at any time with no reason so I'm not exactly optimistic, but I really want to help this guy because he is easily the best manager at our store. I overheard her talking about how he was “stirring up the pot” by bringing up his pay with another manager, and she was going to fire him as soon as she could find a replacement for him because it is, in her words, “a huge no-no to bring that up on the business world”. And by “business world” she means the food service industry. I don't really have any way to contact him since I don't have his number and we work different shifts due to our schedules, but it is so infuriating to see things…