Antiwork

I’m beyond frustrated. He had quit loads of jobs and is able to get a new one. I have had no luck, have loads of gaps, and short stints at the jobs I did get. Lately I have medical appointments every month that I can do with my schedule. One job I got from a friend that is on the weekends when doctor offices are closed. The another allows me flexible hours to work that I am able to do my appointments. He and my roommates have seen my resume. They say lie on my resume. Find something better that pays better too. They have all lied on their resume to get the jobs they did. I have to explain I have appointments every month. No job would be okay with so many appointments. I feel so frustrated to hear quit. Everyone else is quitting. I don’t have a kid…

I just have NO hire-ability. The idea of putting myself onto a resume makes my skin crawl with all the limitations and reductivism of it. I have an advanced degree and a professional degree and a license in two states and I just can't stand the idea of “going in to work” at a “workplace” or of “being on call” or “getting hired.” It makes me feel dirty, cheap, like somehow they're putting viruses in my breakfast cereal — and my brain. I guess I have skills but I don't want to use them, I'm a total novelty-seeker, gotta be learning something new, I utterly disrespect every product that has ever existed, WTF is wrong with me? Society must have some place for me. I dunno, just whining. Then I see the comments on this sub-reddit about how bad work is, and I'm thinking, “yeah, it's always been that bad,…

And they said “Yea, no problem.” I haven't been able to do this for over a year. I just started this job on Tuesday and will be working eight less hours a week, but still bringing home twice the amount I was at my old place. Paid for everyday the store is closed. Unlimited PTO, free lunches, discounts to all other restos in the group. Free concert tickets, benefits, and a 401k. My old job, which strung me along for a promotion for months and even had the district manager no-show two meetings with me, was very upset that I only gave four days notice. Reap and sow and all of that.

I put in my two weeks since I got a better job offer, but since I'm leaving before the bonus is given out, I will no longer be eligible for it. This sucks since I worked really hard all of last year to meet my sales requirement to be eligible for the bonus. I guess I'll be more careful and read the fine print next time…

Give a man the actual value he provides back to him and he will find ways to go above and beyond to produce results.

I got sick on weds with what I THOUGHT was food poisoning. fast forward to 1pm today, my partner wakes up and makes a beeline for the bathroom to projectile vomit. I checked and they have a fever like I did. My first instinct was to call into work (three and a half hours ahead of our shifts) because now I know this is contagious. 90% of staff at our restaurant do not wear masks or wash hands, because of this all of us cooks were out with the flu one weekend 3 months ago, so now I’m extra careful with coming in sick. Well, when my GM got to the phone after 10 mins of being on hold (and hearing what I now know was him shit talking us to our coworkers) I explained the situation. He cut me off with a “so y’all won’t be in today?” and…

On mobile so formatting etc, etc… I joined corporate America a month and a half ago so I'm weary of being taken advantage of. My job title is “store manager” but it's the lowest position in the company. Store managers (SM) work alongside general managers (GM). SM does the basic everyday computer tasks with a heavy focus on cleaning. We're basically assistants. Our district got an email yesterday saying every employee needs to visit the location of a competitor to scope it out. Then we need to type an email reporting what we saw and compare our store. I'm not comfortable doing that. The email pointedly said that they aren't asking us to lie, since we could absolutely tell the truth, but it's uncomfortable either way. It also doesn't sound like part of my job description to me. Is this task unusual to ask of someone in my position? How…

I'm a contractor working in an oil refinery. And I'm stressed right the fuck out. *On mobile sorry for formatting. Where I am, I'm in the minority. I take the pandemic seriously. I have underlying health conditions and am more likely to have complications if I were to get COVID. There's one unit/area in the refinery that is run by antimaskers. 80-90% of personnel; employees and contractors don't wear masks. Despite it being required by site. This sucks. Yesterday I had to go to this unit to do some work. I was bothered by the lack of compliance. But I know there's different opinions on the matter and I'm triple vaxxed so normally I would just wear my mask, social distance and go about my business. Here's the thing though… It's not just that they don't wear masks anymore. Now they are actively hostile to those that wear masks. You…

I can foresee a future where the cost of k-12 education is passed onto individuals and there's no longer any federally funded schools. Teachers may then be paid a living wage, but the cost would be too great on our society…