Antiwork

Met with my manager a few weeks ago, discussed promotion options. She said she would have to see, talk to her boss, HR etc. This happened 12 months ago too and went nowhere. Suddenly every manager around is telling me what big plans they had for me and how I’m making a mistake leaving. I have 3 question for them HOW COME I’M ONLY HEARING THIS AFTER I’VE QUIT? WHY DIDN’T YOU INCLUDE ME IN YOUR SUPPOSED PLANS NOT DO YOU REALISE HOW MUCH YOU NEED ME? . My god, the shift in the balance of power is immense since I quit. They are all asking for meetings and lunches with me ‘to talk’ if I’m not too busy and if that would be ok please. I’m leaving and I’m making it clear.

I got an offer from a similar company in the same industry for a similar complexity role that comes with a substantial pay increase. I hadn't been looking and it's a long story but it sort of fell in my lap unexpectedly. I like the company I'm currently at, although I do have issues with my current manager (inappropriate behavior, condescending and patronizing, she doesn't know how to do her job and tries to make people feel dumb when they ask questions, etc. to the point that HR has been brought in). My partner works at the same company / in the same department, and I've really enjoyed that. I've also developed some great relationships with other people in the department. I haven't been at my current company long at all, but I've been doing really well, learning fast, and received lots of positive feedback, and I do think I'm…

I work in a factory producing cars. Average about 500 cars in 8-10 hours. I'll probably work here 20 years destroying my body, helping drive up kpi bonuses for upper management so they can afford to buy more houses outright to rent out to less fortunate people. I'll make barely enough money to scrape by, but that's my fault. I'll be reminded by these managers of our great pay and benefits, told not to quit because it gets better. It never gets better, it's never going to get better. I'll slave away everyday missing my kids growing up while watching the wealth gap in this country grow. Inflation doesn't even exist for the wealthy, their money literally insulates them from it while I cringe at my grocery bill. Sorry, rant over, just tired of this life 🤦‍️

I’ve wanted to share this story here for months but my lawyer asked me to hold off. But basically what happened was we have this anonymous Instagram account in our town that publishes people’s submissions. Back in November they started to get a lot of submissions from former employees of this really popular local restaurant. The stories alleged a lot of stuff, like that one of the owners regularly served alcohol to underage women, that people were threatened to be fired if they didn’t come to work during a pandemic and then fired when they contracted Covid possibly from coming into work, and just general stuff about the owners being really cruel and toxic. I’m a local freelance journalist, so I tracked down the people who submitted to the account and interviewed them. Then I shared their stories on my personal Twitter account. The owner then filed a lawsuit against…

They fired her during a pandemic. She was able to get unemployment for a few months while she found a new job. Now they want it all back. The cruelty of a multi-billion dollar company coming after my little old mom makes me livid.