Antiwork

I am a PCA . I care for the elderly in their homes aka private care. My current employer pays $13-16 an hour , but rarely more than 15 if they are being honest. I interviewed for another agency , and I up front told her “I like what I do, and am pretty good at it, but money is my main concern.” I was hired $18-$22 an hour, and I negotiate with the client , not the agency. If I want additional compensation , if I run an errand etc. I set my rate. Don't be afraid to be upfront, and bold. It's not enough to make me rich, but an extra $800-$1000 a month more. This can pay my rent, or at least most of it.

Title, basically. I just learned that they took away commissions on pools and hot tubs because ‘everyone was fighting over them’ but decided to keep the commissions for smaller items such as robotic pool vacuums and heaters thinking people won’t do the same for those. Fuck those guys, it’s a good thing I work at a hospital and this is just a side thing for me, but they lost quite a few employees after announcing this and lost the motivation to sell big ticket items for me and everyone else. Womp, womp

I had a death in the family today. I spoke to my direct supervisor as well as my director. Both of their replies were “I am so sorry. Please take the time you need. You and your family are the priority”. I am extremely lucky to work for such wonderful people, be assured they are out there. Accept nothing less.

So recruiter reached out to me, asking if I’d be open to a Analyst position. I thought sure I’ll see what happens. So I forward my resume, and after a few weeks didn’t hear anything. Saw the dm in my LinkedIn actually that reminded me about it. So I sent a follow up message asking what’s going on. She could have said “it was filled” and be over with it. She goes into how I needed 5 more years of experience and a graduate degree. I replied back, you reached out to me and can see my background on my LinkedIn page. By knowing this, why would you even want me to send over my resume when I didn’t meet the requirements? It’s a small thing, but really. This is why people hate recruiters.

Today my employer scheduled a cookout for this, hung signs around every time clock advertising free burgers, hot dogs, etc to show appreciation for all our hard work today. Go in today for it, find out it’s been cancelled day of because the Store Manager went on vacation this week and he was the one planning to grill. I expect nothing and I’m still let down

I (f22 at the time) had a job as a maternity leave replacement. Bosses (2 old males) clearly had drinking problem so they become more belligerent after lunch to become somtimes physically aggressive toward male staff before the end of the day and f'king horrible with the rest of us… I was counting the days when my time (contract) was up… One of the bosses was also always making innuendos all the time and not-so-much-of-a-pass-but-a-slight-innapropriate-touch here and there… I was in fear for my safety many times a week but couldn't get myself to just leave. I needed my pay and being young and a female in a male dominant job was already difficult. I did managed to tell them clearly from the start that I was not going to stay after the end of my contract. 2 months before the end of the contract they took me to the…

Obligatory 'this happened 10 minutes ago' I work in a large condominium housing 80+ units of some full-time and some part-time residents. I am part of the small maintenance team that manages the building and ensures it's safe and clean and everything is working properly. Myself, my supervisor, and my coworker are all enjoying our 1-hour unpaid lunch break, when suddenly the president of the building's HOA comes in and greets us, “Aw, look at you little people in here enjoying your food!” She then proceeds to ask my supervisor to do something that could definitely wait until after the break. He agrees, leaves his wife, who he's having lunch with, and goes to tend to the matter. Maybe I'm overreacting, but a week prior, the HOA president took the three of us to lunch. At the time I thought “oh what a nice gesture.” Now I'm looking at it…

We have been working on a start up for years and haven’t been able to get it off the ground. It is my dad’s idea, his expertise and know how and a result of 40 years in his industry. It is not something I am interested in or excited about. He wants his kids listed as owners so they can carry it into the future and reap the benefits if there are any. The only thing it’s brought me is anxiety. I hate even talking about the business anymore because it gives me panic attacks, and I’m so uncomfortable with the thought of sales pitches or meeting with investors. I’ve only ever wanted to help him with his idea, but all around the business makes me unhappy. He seems to think being outside your comfort zone will only help you grow. Should I toughen up and look at this as…

That I had enough money to not worry about that. But instead go and apply on all those shitty jobs or with those shitty companies I read about here. Then make their life as miserable as they have done to you all. And when they try to write me up or fire me, just buy the whole place and publicly fire all those A-holes in front of all the workers. Yeah…dreams…..