Antiwork

As the title states, I quit an hour into my shift yesterday. It’s a long story where I was being overworked and underpaid, and I was getting so tired by the unequal treatment. We go to stores all over California and I was supposed to be partnered up with this guy and we do 8-10 stores together. Well the entire previous 3 weeks I hadn’t seen him once. I was given more and more work until I couldn’t even complete it in a 9 hour day while my coworker was still doing 3 hours and getting paid for the whole 8. To top it off I was being sent constantly to the “worst” stores by myself. Yesterday I had enough and called my boss to ask what was up. He immediately started yelling and berating me before I even said hi. He told me I just don’t want to drive…

I've spoken a little bit about this in some comments in the past but I've actually completed my time there so I figured now would be the best time to speak about it. I know a lot of us yearn to quit our awful jobs, but the lack of money and need to pay for rent and food often stop us. I want to preface this by saying that this is (probably) not a long term solution, nor is it a good idea for those supporting families, but it might be the kind of break that some of you single (or coupled!) folk can use. The program is called WWOOF, Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms, and the premise is simple: you work on a farm of your choosing, for the length of your choosing, and in return receive meals and housing. There are no monetary transactions, no contracts, and no…

Title pretty much sums it up; I worked as a Assistant Manager/Accounts Manager for this loan office for almost 9 months. I started at $12 an hour and for the last few months was pressing them about raises, and they wouldn't give anything certain (We've been discussing, working on it, etc.). Anyway, earlier this month was the last straw. I was told that occasionally (and they used that term very loosely) I would need to travel to cover other loan office branches as needed. I had up to that point, covered every branch they asked me to cover (some being over 100 miles away) and was asked to cover a branch for just a day (this one was closer to 70 miles away) I said sure, since I figured it would be reflected that I never turned down a request. Well, “just today” turned into 3 days of me driving…

Felt like this belonged here. The culture of corporate treatment of parental leave in the US is disgusting. Leading up to the scheduled FMLA they constantly assured her of job security. They had her on a really nice insurance plan and 6 weeks paid leave. It just seems so fucked they would pull the rug out from under her days before they knew she would go into labor. They celebrated our child to be as a “company baby” and even threw her a virtual baby shower. The whole job is remote. It feels like a betrayal- she worked hard and the company CEO is a billionaire. They blame the lay off on company expense and financial cuts but it seems designed around her pregnancy due to her excellence at work. I guess we’re just exasperated and tired. I’m a struggling small business owner too and we both just find that…