Antiwork

So, I was just downvoted and got an eye roll on another sub for saying that a 6-hour round-trip daily commute is not OK. Speechless.

I’ve been seeing this a lot about people being tricked into answering questions in a job interview. It’s your right not to answer them. You can deflect, call out the interviewer, or walk away — that’s if you’re bold enough. Article provides tactics for doing so. Don’t let your desire to be liked get the best of you. It’ll only hurt you. How do you respond to or avoid these question? Please provide in comments

Put in minimal effort. The more you do, even if you’re pushing yourself, they will continue to pile on to your workload without giving you anything extra. This has happened to me several times. People leave, so you pick up the slack, and they see you can do it. Even if it’s at the expense of your mental health. They stop replacing people and just have you do more. People always say “if I died my employer would have me replaced by tomorrow” I always say if I died they’d just divide up my workload and eliminate the position

I used to work for a provider staffing company and was in an insane hospital system. Last February they decided to fire all the nurses at the satellite locations, (urgent cares, etc.) They gave them a week's notice. The reasoning was that they were not making enough money. Little did they know they were going to lose a lot more money. The nursing documentation helped to determine insurance reimbursement. As a provider, we do not have access to that charting. They were literally able to charge less than half for the same services because not enough charting points were able to be used. Then surprise of all surprises, the numbers shot through the roof, and administration was angry that wait times were on average 3 hours. The CEO refused to hire more staff to make this a non-issue. Who would have thought that we needed staff during the middle of…

I’ve always gotten the feeling that most of the people on this sub are living in poverty and/or are not financially well off. How many of you actually make 100K+ a year and are in a good place financially but still have a grip against your workplace and/or the system? What’s the field you are in and how do they treat you?

Recently I took a vacation to visit my snow bird parents. It dawned on me after I arrived that I could have stayed longer and worked from “home”. This has also changed how I date. Needing to commute and be at work made me not willing to date people that lived a good drive away. But suddenly I have realized I could date some one from the otherside of the country. I really don't mind it as much. The money I save not using gas can easily pay for flight. I can pick a cheaper day. I can work from “home” while visiting them with out the pressure of needing to drive and physically be there. Just a shower thought I had and another reason why most office or CS phone jobs should be remote. Not having to be there or navigate traffic has dramatically reduced stress for me.

I left my job that I was miserable in with proper notice last year, as my contract required three weeks notice and I had a family member who was transitioning to full time hospice care and I wanted to spend as much time with him as possible. The inevitable happened and he passed during the three weeks. I ended up telling HR I would stay on, but I’d like an extra week unpaid to grieve. They said they’d prefer I leave. So, good riddance. At the time, everyone I talked to said now was a great time to quit, that the job market was employees choice and easy to get hired. Maybe that’s the case if you’re planning to not get paid a living wage! My state is going to have minimum wage up at 15 within the next year, but places are still trying to start you way low.…