Antiwork

Another week I only had 1 day off and didn’t even get any overtime so now here comes Monday where I am even less recharged and ready for another 5 days, 40+ hours before a day off. I am so tired of American working conditions. -The 1 day off in 7 working rule is outdated. -The 40 hour work week is outdated. -A week or two of vacation time a year (if you’re “lucky”) not even guaranteed is outdated. -No guaranteed sick time and again being “lucky” to have a week or two a year is outdated. -So many companies in the US still refusing even partial WFH policies or making people return to the office for no reason other than their beloved real estate is outdated. I see so many commenters on here from the US who have it WAY worse than I do, which isn’t even good, and…

I've been in management for restaurants/Pubs/Bars for the better part of a decade now, during the first few years, I'd always receive calls, and messages during my days off and holiday and I got pretty tired of it, especially when it would come from my bosses. To combat this, I bought a cheap smartphone that's able to run apps like email, WhatsApp and calendar, as well as having a pay as you go SIM so it keeps the cost low. Once I get home from work, I put it on charge, and mute it. No one from work has access to my personal number, and I do not receive work related calls and messages when I am not at work. I also created a separate email address for the same purpose. Work stays during work hours. If you're able to do this, I strongly urge you try it. It will…

So I've been off for a lengthy amount of time and the “welcome back” text I got was “you'll have “name” as your coworker tomorrow”. Thanks for making me feel like such a valued member of the “team”. She doesn't know it but she's motivates me to do well in my university courses.

looking for knowledge/opinions… I work for a subsidiary to a large oil company, they’ve just issued me a credit card for business expenses… once something is purchased I have to reconcile the transaction in a bank system then goes to multiple approval steps within the company before the company will pay the card balance… as part of the terms for having the card I am responsible for any late fees incurred on the card. How common practice is this? I feel uneasy about being responsible for late fees when I am reliant on layers of approvals that I have no control of. -Reconciliation process is essentially uploading a receipt.