Antiwork

Just got done interviewing with a company offering $5k above market rate for my position. Somewhere in the tail end of the interview they let me know that they don’t provide free parking and that the best option is to pay $15 a day at the parking lot across the street IF you get in before 8am… The job is 9 to 5… I asked what the situation was after 8am… they said “usually around $25.” So I’m expected to shell out $3k-$6k a year for parking! Gonna try to negotiate that increase otherwise, I’ll be taking my talents elsewhere.

Tomorrow is my last day. They threw me a potluck and I had to sit there and smile like I was happy. I was brought in temporarily through an agency on a contract as an Equipment Technician. We basically cleaned and prepped equipment for the hospital. The opportunity to hire me on was there when one of my coworkers retired, but they hired someone else already in the hospital system. I felt so betrayed. It made no sense to me especially since I've been here since last April. Throughout that time, my supervisor would always aske if I wanted to get hired and that I'd be the first candidate to be considered should a position open up. I wasn't even given the chance to apply before they hired someone else. So there I was today having to listen to my supervisor tell all my coworkers how great of a job…

Currently I am a business student in college and for my minor I am taking a class that is based on criticizing capitalism. It’s quite an odd combination learning how capitalism is not the best system and then going to my next class and learning how to play the system for my benefit. One thing that has been clear in both classes is that capitalism isn’t sustainable. There are many situations when capitalism can no longer work on its own. The pandemic has been the most recent example with a massive number of buy outs given to massive companies. These companies are worth millions of dollars why do they need government funding to stay afloat? In capitalism you either are making money or losing money. All of these companies that received bailouts had no reserve money because they constantly invest their profits in risky endeavors. So instead of letting the…

My work environment is toxic, been looking for something better. Recently my stress is manifesting physically. I told my wife (she’s the bread winner) she ran the numbers and said I could quit. I feel like this is a dream? Like can I actually just… put my two weeks in focus on my kid and me and my family while I find a better fit?

When I was younger, I was particularly dedicated to my first few jobs. I was always confused when I would see people older than me who would show up at a job for a day or two, and then disappear or “found another job.” Sometimes I would kind of scoff to myself and think like, what the hell? who just shows up for like one or two days and then leaves a job? thats so strange. After seeing a few posts on here about people walking off the job on the first day, as well as working in toxic environments, I completely understand now. Those people valued themselves. They were honest enough and knew what they wanted, and decided that this situation was a mess, and decided to get out early. This is something I wish I had done. at one job in particular, I got really weird vibes almost…