Antiwork

So I've worked in this (chain) restaurant for just over four years, although I do leave every summer but it suits them too so we (should) are all good. I've seen them open 8 restaurants since I started with them, before they only had 2. I have the most experience, great soft skills for the job, the mind of a boss (grew up in a restaurant, I know all the is and outs)… bla bla bla I don't want to bore anyway so I'll try be quick. I've seen the most useless waiters be promoted to manager over these fours years, you have no idea. I never got offered any promotion, despite everyone always recognising my work as stellar. It's likely because I “argue with them”.. aka, I demand to work the hours I'm on contract, not 16 extra. aka, I moan about them not paying nightly rates (I finish…

I was working at a well known tech company in Oregon. I had moved into my car to save money and get out of the rent trap and after about 4 months of car living the pandemic hit. Everything shutdown and I had no resources and a friend/coworker offered to let me move in with him. We worked at the same company as software engineers but we lived completely different lifestyles. The man is an extreme diehard workaholic. He works 8am to 5pm. However, he starts work an hour early around 7am and works until about 11pm. We work from our computers but he never leaves the office. He is 6’3 and weighs about 145lbs. Only takes short breaks to come out of his room to use the bathroom and MAYBE make something to eat. At its worst he admitted that he literally waits until he’s about to soil himself…

I've been trying to find a new job, but every single one involves work on the weekends or it goes over 40 hours. I just want a 9-5, normal job or something remote (if I can find one) to pay my bills. That's it. Why is it so hard?! And then everything wants 5+ years of experience, so I get denied for everything. Sometimes it feels like the normal work week is just a lie and no one ever works that unless you're like a lawyer or something, even they work all the time on the weekends.

I made a big mistake going into sales lol its always 'sell warranties, we're down' and 'make sure you pressure them to sell warranties' and warranties this and that and so much pressure to be perfect and to sell stuff because 'team! we're below a certain percentage!' meanwhile they dont realize how bad of a boss they are by literally pressuring and improperly teaching. since they entered SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE QUIT and another one of my coworkers just quit due to stress. I told them i wanted to transfer to a different department but for some reason they insisted i stay when this isnt my strong suit, then get mad when i forget steps. im tired of bosses who are like this

Helpful reminder any overwhelming sense of powerlessness

edit: Apologies for the aneurysm of a title, autocorrect got me good …and she doesn’t realize how much I support her. Call center manager and recently did yearly reviews with the team. Company gave merit increases of less than 4%. This one agent did the math and realized the raise would be less than .70 cents. So she submitted a letter asking for $2 more or she would be going to a competitor. When I saw it I immediately thought of this sub and thought props to her. I didn’t have power to approve but did kick it up to my cheap ass boss who I knew would say let her walk. So she did. We had 5 reqs opened last week for new positions and have lost 4 ppl since that req was opened. I’d say its worth paying the $2 more an hour to keep an experienced agent…

So I've been applying to every job I can, finally got a hit. Score! Scheduled an interview ASAP and was ready to go that morning…. Except I had a medical emergency because I had pissed blood. Yikes. Soo with about half an hour before the interview I called and rescheduled (after being on hold for about 10 minutes). No big deal, had a legit reason and was already writing the formal apology in my head on my way to the doctor. Next day comes and so does the interview. Double check the email to confirm who's going to call me and I'm ready to rock and roll. 10 minutes passed. Then 20. Then the time when the interview was supposed to end passed and I gave up to go do other stuff. No email, no text, nothing from them. I debated trying to reach out to them before I realized…

My brother died. Well not biological, but my cousin but since his parents died he lived with mine. He was my brother he was who i looked up to. My boss hated me (and i have no idea why; i’m still at the same company with a new boss and i’m universally loved), so this is probably why it happened, her hating me. I told her that my cousin died an unexpected death. For bereavement , since it wasn’t a parent or immediate family it was to my bosses discretion to give me up to 5 days . I was given no time, she disliked me so much she choose to not give me any time. It’s okay, I used my PTO for my cousin’s funeral so i took 2 days of my PTO no big deal but still it felt wrong. I also always will remember this. No company…