Antiwork

I was unemployed for most of 2020 and after applying for dozens and dozens of jobs, I got 4 interviews, and 3 of the 4 required me to do some sort of unpaid project for them as part of the application process. One had me design a brochure, one had me design 2 social media posts, and one had me do a video editing thing that took me a whole week to make. (I know it might sound absurd to do all this, but I was absolutely desperate for a job, and I was going to do pretty much anything to get one.) Is this actually a common thing or have I just been really unlucky?

I’m a high schooler and also a member of FCCLA (Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America.) Clubs similar to this that you may recognize may be DECA, HOSA, FFA, and so on. The purpose of these clubs are to prepare us high schoolers for our future career and activities usually consist of shoving leadership building down our throats. I’m even going to competition for FCCLA next week and one subtle detail I absolutely despise is the dress code. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it’s supposed to prepare us for the professional dress of our careers, but I just cannot understand the point of it. Who decided that I needed to be wearing a pantsuit, blazer, and kitten heels as a teenager? Yeah, let’s just weed out any remanent of individuality so it’s easier to sleep us into one big worker bee. It’s just so bizarre. What’s next? Will I have to…

Was looking around on Indeed and found this gem from Notarize as to what they're primarily looking for in an HR Director: “A willingness to depart from 'best practice ' and do what's best for Notarize”

Original post here My employer has agreed to mediation to settle things between me and the group of co-workers stealing my frozen burritos. How do I prepare? Any advice welcome.

I’ve been at my company for almost 4 years. I wanted to quit back in Jan 2020 but I got a huge promotion that put me in charge of my department, and I accepted because of the massive boost to my career. I excelled at it, but it absolutely ruined my mental health. For 2 years, things got increasingly worse, and it was suggested to me twice by my psychiatrist and therapist to take a medical leave of absence due to work-related stress and anxiety. I listened and took about 5 weeks off. Now I’m back to work and I’m so numb, I feel paralyzed from even sending an email. I’ve been looking for a new job, but not very actively – I can’t seem to muster the will for that either. I have no passion for it, though I used to. I’m just so burned out. I wish it…

My wife called into work saying she was taking a day off for her mental health. The same day the supervisor grabbed her buddies and starting asking several of her coworkers if they knew if she had any mental issues. How would you guys deal with this situation?

As I was leaving work today, I saw an email from my boss. In it, they said they were approached by another employee who referenced my pay rate (not my name) when discussing their own salary… my boss “gently request[s]” that I not share my salary and hourly rate with other employees and that they will expect the same from other staff. I obviously know that what I did was perfectly legal and that my boss cannot terminate my employment over this. However, I’m unsure of how to respond in a way that asserts my knowledge of my rights and my disappointment in their wide range of pay for the same position, but keeps me in the somewhat good graces of this employer. I am currently living in one of the fastest growing cities in the US, if not the fastest. There is no rent control on top of the…

I'm Spanish and I work as computer engineer, 3 years in the same job, last 2 working from home, but we have to return back to office in April. I have tried to negotiate keep on working from home, even asked for 2 days in the office and 3 at home, suggested to reduce or even quit my transport plus. Also I'm about to get a pay rise and I'm even thinking about refusing it in change to work from home… But they always say no to all my requests about that to date. I have started to learn ASP.NET Core because I'm a little old school and I need to learn if I want to apply for other works that let me work from home. This makes me spend all my time between working and learning, and I'm a little stressed, and return to office will be even worst…

Does anyone know some relatively easy entry level remote work that doesn’t require a degree? Easy aka able to get paid for full time but it requires 20 hours or less a week (roughly)? Or some entry level remote jobs that require a finance/business bachelors, ideally meeting the above “easy” goal, but it doesn’t have to! I’m unsure if either of these things even exist, which is why I am asking. Thank you! Edit: Or any positions that require some experience with the finance degree works too.

I reached out to my former boss in a pretty long email. I told her I hoped that her business was going well, that she had not been too affected by covid especially this past 6 months. I explained that I have been extremely sick and bedridden for the past six months and that I wasn't able to physically work right now, so I was looking towards doing graphic design work for an indigenous organisation. I asked if she would be my professional reference to apply to volunteer for this organisation, and she never responded. I texted around a week later checking in to see if shed gotten my email. Ghosted. I was really good at my job. I was thorough, I had a list of clients who specifically wanted me to clean their house, not my coworkers, who when I was off work due to my chronic pain would…