Categories
Antiwork

Judge Judy and Her Not-So-Hidden Agenda

Check this out. Sometimes I like to have mindless fluff on YT while I do menial tasks. Judge Judy is a train wreck zoo. Something I noticed: “Mr. or Ms. So and So, do you have a job? How long have you worked there? How do you support yourself? How much do you make? Why aren't you working, etc…” Holy Hell! She's totally part of the propaganda machine and I imagine most courts are pushing this as well! Anyone else notice this???

Categories
Antiwork

Interviewer: Can you explain these 4 jobless years in your resume? Applicant: That’s when I went to Yale.

Categories
Antiwork

I don’t understand why it works for other people but not me.

I see so many people tell great stories about not putting up with crap and fighting back and everything working out. Every time I do that I lose everything and my life gets way worse. I don't understand why I always have to suffer for doing the right thing or standing up for what I believe in. No matter what I do my life gets worse and work is the number one aspect of my life I can't handle. I can't handle the micromanaging, I can't handle the unfair requirements, I can't handle the stress and I can't handle the hypocrisy. I am anti-boss and anti-capitalist but I am a hard worker and I always am tossed aside as a replaceable part and my body always gets weaker every time I have a breakdown. I honestly would rather die now than have another bad job or another good job be…

Categories
Antiwork

This is what my partner looks like at 7:00PM on a Saturday night, after working a 60 hour week.

This isn’t free. He kills himself physically every week with overtime, while I work a $60,000 a year office job so that we can buy a house. I never buy anything for myself, this isn’t freedom.

Categories
Antiwork

I hate my job and my life sucks

I'm in my first year of university, and I needed money because I was running out, I live with some family friends for cheap rent but I still pay for all my own food and such. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to mention where I work, but it's a retail store that I assumed would be good to work for. I've worked as a cashier for a few months before, and I thought it was fine, better than I expected for a first job. I've been here for 3 weeks and I honestly just want to die. Getting up at 5:30 AM to get there by 7:00 because it's 40 minutes away by train, stacking boxes for hours, constantly being expected to do things twice as fast even though I've only just started, my back and feet hurt after every single shift, everything is timed extremely strictly, we're expected…

Categories
Antiwork

I’m really just losing hope these days.

Hey everyone, long time reader before this account, first time poster. Just wanted to get some frustration off my chest and this seemed like a good place because of work. So, I'm not in America, so working conditions are usually better, so I can't complain too much in comparison. But the majority of the time I've spent in my 12 year career so far seems just be getting worse and more toxic constantly and I really don't know what to do. Even reading everyone's stories here makes me lose faith so much all the time. So bit of history, worked since I was 14 as much as possible, was fired during the gfc, blacklisted from a company for leaving and called 'disloyal' when I worked for them for eight years, worked for another company for two years and wasn't a brown nose to the coordinator and was fired at the…

Categories
Antiwork

Confessions of a workaholic

Today was rough for me. I work in a customer service role in a very fast paced environment, friday being a busy day. I like my job. I hate it, but I like my job. I like it because I like my coworkers, I like how convenient it is to get to from my home, I like the hours I have, I like that I'm good at my job, I like that it's stressful. I'm a workaholic and I enjoy my job in the same way people enjoy competitive or brutal games. I don't like that about myself, I know it's not healthy for me to enjoy this stress. I wish I wasnt like this but I'm not sure if I even can change this about myself.. I'm usually good at gaslighting myself into being at least okay with what I do and how much effort I put in. I…

Categories
Antiwork

A Mammoth Task

Categories
Antiwork

I work as a night security guard for a company in Ak. since I have started I have had to work overtime due to not being releived from my post on time. I have not been paid for any of this overtime

I work as a night security guard for a company in Ak. since I have started I have had to work overtime due to not being releived from my post on time. I have not been paid for any of this overtime yet if I where to abandon my post and go home without my relief I would be fired instantly. On top of that I was recently late to work. With over an hour of notice that I would be late due to unexpected issues. I was contacted by my employer the next day and was told that it was unacceptable for me to be late for work and it cost the company money if I'm not there for the scheduled time. I'm pretty irritated with my employer and feel threatened for my job but can't afford not to work so I feel like I'm stuck in a shit…

Categories
Antiwork

[Rant] Why do startups have so many workaholics in the senior tech management?