Antiwork

I've been working at a retail chain for almost a year while in college. During the interview I told them I was about to start school, and they said “we can absolutely work around that.” But that has not been the case. I had a whole conversation with my team lead when I was about to start fall term about when I could work. Went into the computer to update my availability. Then the first week I started school, I was scheduled during classes. I had to go to HR to get my schedule edited. It was the same way near the end of the term, when I was scheduled not just during classes but during FINALS. I went to HR again. For the next little bit had no issues except I had a hard time keeping up in school with 30 hrs/week so I talked to my team lead…

So I will start with stating I really enjoy my job, feel I am fairly compensated and would recommend my employer. My issue is with my peers not the company. Yes I know that is a weird way to start a post here, but please here me out. Some quick relevant background. I (31f) have 6/7ish years of property management on my resume. I have been burned out by the industry due to poor working conditions and have changed industries and title. I am no longer a 'manager' but a 'senior admin'. I have no team reporting to me, but my job description deals with managerial admin duties. (Documented discussions, attendance, compliance metrics, ect.) The printed job description presented to me is not company issued and was made by the hiring manager and my direct boss. It stated as part of my duties to print certain reports from our payroll…

Without going into too much detail, I was just wrongfully terminated from a job I put my heart and soul into based upon the false allegations of a supervisor. I was promoted, always receiving positive feedback, never had a formal disciplinary meeting or write up, always overworking myself (they told me to my face I was doing things out of my job description), and never took a day off – even when offered I chose to work from home. There are witnesses, besides myself, who agree I did nothing wrong. There’s camera footage backing up my story, going against what was said about me. And yet it doesn’t matter. I can genuinely say I did nothing that warrants instant termination. I think they were waiting on an opportunity, as I had been vocal about the mistreatment of lower level staff before. Now I have to find a new job. There…

Returned to the office this week (or as ny boss calls it “returned to each other :)”) and the company got a few treadmill desks- just a few rooms with computers attached to treadmills I've come across some very mixed opinions when it comes to this topic. To me, it seems pretty dystopian and unnecessary (why should you have to work while exercising), but some people I've talked to say that they prefer to be up and moving while working In response, I said that I don't believe you should have to worry about being confined to a desk for multiple hours and you should be able to take breaks/get some exercise without worrying about focusing on work. Honestly, I think it reduces someone's agency to only having utility as a worker. Honestly, do these things not prove that we might be working too much? It reminds me of the…

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i'm 20 and hate my job already. it's not the worst, but for various reasons, i'm unhappy. it's my first job and i've had a difficult time adjusting to the work environment. it's starting to affect my performance. i work at a library and don't see the point in most things i do. nobody cares about book displays or this or that. people don't show up for our events much anymore – we often have events that no one ends up attending. what's the point when no one cares? besides, i work to live, not live to work. my supervisor talks to me the way she talks to her 9-year-old son. some of us are “afraid” of messing up because she'll use that tone even with coworkers around her age. i had my six month evaluation and the verdict was “work harder – or you're gone in 60-90 days”. one…