Antiwork

I'm extremely agitated. I'm a college student and I'm currently running on fumes as the money I saved up over the summer is running out. Previously I have been able to find jobs in a week or 2 and start almost immediately with no problem but for some reason the search this time was impossible. I applied to 8 jobs over a month long period and only heard back from 1. By the time I was hired my first shift was halfway through Febuary. They told me at the job interview they have a lot of employees so most people are only scheduled 1-2 shifts a week and you might have to go a week without working once in a while. I'm thinking okay that's fine with me, I'm pretty busy anyways. Well all the scheduling has been done up till March 13th and I don't have a SINGLE shift.…

According to Illinois, I can’t qualify for unemployment because I didn’t work 6 months or more.

I don’t know how to garner replies without people revealing their personal details, but I just wanna know which employers (large or small) are doing right by their employees.

I’m in Canada and have been working for a large org for ~4 years. It’s long, but the backstory helps understand my situation a bit. I recently got diagnosed with sleep apnea and it was so bad that my SO panicked and called family to talk me into going to the doctor. Turns out sleep apnea is you losing oxygen to your brain while you’re asleep so it’s like being strangled, and your brain tries to wake up but it doesn’t succeed, then you choke some more, so you’re never fully asleep or awake. By morning I feel like I haven’t slept at all, I’m falling asleep while driving, while doing my job, while playing with my kids at the park. If I’m seated for longer than an hour I’m 100% going to fall asleep. Worst part for me is being very irritable and impatient, something that’s very bad for…

My first job was as a ranch hand in the south of the US. I was paid 5.15 an hour to scoop heavy pads of horse piss and horse crap, help rich people's kids saddle and tack their horses, clean filthy horses, all while being treated like a dog by nasty rich people. Used to get kicked and bit as well. Things are better now, but I'd like to know your stories too, bonus points if they were uniquely bad.

My recruiter called me and said that one of the companies I interviewed for didn’t continue with my interview process. She advised me the two reasons they gave is 1. They are looking to diversify their environment and are looking to hire a female candidate (both people I interviewed with were female). The other was I didn’t have experience selling in their vertical. (I do software sales) Isn’t this illegal to not get hired because of gender? I don’t really care about not getting this job but I was just shocked that was the reason.

Why do I work? Our shitty medical insurance didn’t cover all of the cost associated with the birth of our first daughter. I pay $4,000+ a year in premiums and then they stole $4,200 from our tax return. Basically the whole return. I made about $6,000 too much a year to qualify for Medicaid. That money ($3,000) from the government was to help with the cost of raising a child. How should they be allowed to take that?