Antiwork

I work retail in an airport. My store is right next to an ongoing renovation. My business is slow because of it. I have no new merch to put out, I have nothing to reorganize or move, the back room is a nightmare, but I'm not allowed to be back there too long lest a customer comes in AND no phones, books, magazines, or headphones. How the fuck do these companies expect people to just stand here mindlessly for 8 hours a day? This is ridiculous. Sorry bosses, write me up, cash me listening to my podcast or YouTube. If you can't give me anything to do, I'll pass my own time trying to not go insane. (Oh and my boss is on their 3rd vacation since I started in Dec)

Just a note, something that happened to me that I found interesting: Last July, after much back and forth with a crappy manager, I quit my job. The idea was I would find something quickly, but I ended up being unemployed for 3 months. As this caused me to get behind on my mortgage I applied for a moratorium, so I could catch up, and they wanted a denial letter from unemployment. Well, I never applied. So I applied in October, and before I got an answer, I found a job. I expected a quick denial – I mean – I quit! So forward to now, and I was laid off, should be easy enough to get my benefits, but no; because that old case was still pending. So they finally got around to making a decision on it today: they approved it. In short, they decided that my managers…

Hi all, I posted about my situation before and wanted your perspective on next steps. Basically, my entire department quit (3 ppl) so I'm the only person left + my manager who came back after 3 months of leave who knows nothing so i have to get her up to speed (im shocked she wasnt even given a handoff). My coworkers quit because they were overworked, pay disparity, significant process issues and because the department has poor leadership. I met with HR who asked me how they can improve things and I told them all the issues + my rec on how to restructure things. I also set boundaries letting them know I will only work 40 hours and asked for a substantial raise. She said she would get back to me since performance reviews are also going on. It has been 1.5 weeks and complete silence from HR about…

Currently I work from home making $14.75 an hour at a call center job for a health insurance company and I absolutely hate it. Bad management, rude customers, we can’t go to the bathroom when we want, etc. But I can’t find anything else! I have a bachelors degree in health care administration. Graduated 2018. All of my experience is in call centers and retail. I’ve applied for entry level desk jobs making $13/hr and can’t get the job. Hotel reception, reception for dental offices, jobs like that. At the local hospital I’ve been applying for the SAME ENTRY LEVEL JOB since 2020. It’s always up to apply for and I never hear back. I’ve tailored my resume for each company showcasing how my experience will match up with their needs and nothing! I have 3 years of call center experience and like 10 months of retail. $13/hr is LOW…

So recently I’ve been applying for jobs, and I noticed particularly with the food service jobs, they demand and insist on an in-person interview. They won’t talk over the phone. And they are usually pretty quiet about revealing the pay rates. Why do you think they do this? Is it to: 1. See your physical fitness when you show up, and potentially discriminate illegally based on that. 2. To put a high (hourly) number in the job ad, then low-ball you when you get there hoping you just “give in” and accept the low rate of pay. 3. To test who’s really desperate enough to take their crap job so they don’t have to worry about discontent?

I just accidentally tipped thinking that my tip was going to the server when it in fact was going to a nonprofit. Which I assume the business gets a write off for. If I had known I wouldn't have tipped. Is this illegal in Massachusetts?

Put down the torches and pitchforks, and hear me out… please. I'm gen x, parents were boomers. On here I keep reading on how bad the Boomers are, and how they don't understand today's generation. I grew up late 70s to mid 90s. Both my parents worked. I watched Cosby Show, Family Ties, etc.. Most of those shows off the “ideal” family, both people worked. I grew up in a world where it was normal for both parents to work in real life and media (Those parents were boomers). But people on here keep talking about boomers act like if if a woman works she is a failure, or how their boss talks about how they had it so easy and thinks that's the way it is. In 2022 boomers are 58 to 76 years old. So I payed attention today in my video meetings (of which I have a…