Antiwork

I have already accepted the job, started working, on the payroll, etc. when they email me and say my one reference isn't good enough, I need 3, even though it isn't required. I told them “is this a personal or legal preference? Why is it being asked of me when I already started the job?” And they said “well actually it's fine if you don't want to add more.” I asked why they needed this when I already started the job, and they said “for the application.” What on gods green earth is the reasoning… I don't even like this job. So I told them no I'm not bothering/wasting more reference letters for a mediocre job that pays under what i need to save money in my city.

Imo Working in retail sucks because you can be an exceptional worker who goes out of their way for others, is respectful, and never makes problems, but your bosses use you because they know you wont say no and hold you to a higher standard then themselves. And they can sit on their asses making more than you while micromanaging you and patronizing you like you are of lower importance. Fuck my managers honestly. Also, they act like my occasional mess ups are a huge deal and act threatening and all by the book for me. But they never make any deal when they mess up and no one says anything because they are the boss. Oh, and they will ask for favors because they don't feel like doing their job and walk around like they are so busy when all they do is ask others to do work for…

I want to share what happen to me this week since it was a little bit traumatizing. After an interview, where I don't hide the fact that yes, I have lot of different experiences with kids, but no real formation, I spend 3 hours as an observer in the nursery. After the 3 hours, I'm still honest, and I admit that I'm not feeling ready to take care of 8 kids by myself. Not only it's a lot of responsibility, but I'm a bit of an anxious person and it's just too much noise and people for me. The director insist that I can do it, that she believe in me and that I'm anxious because it's a new job, but it will pass. Monday, I haven't receive any training from them, I don't know the kid's names, they didn't told me that I had to prepare an activity, I…

I am seeing ALOT of post about people being told not to discuss their wages. What exactly is going on? Are employers starting to fear backlash? Are people opening their eyes and realizing how much they are getting burnt?

I'm in Oregon – the contract explicitly states that if we talk about our wages we'll get fired. It also states that it any part of the contract is deemed illegal, the whole contract is not void. I don't have a copy of it but I would like one to send to the labor board or something assuming it's illegal in Oregon. The owner is super scummy – I know for a fact I make more than my manager I was hired on under (only by 50 cents, but that's absolutely scummy and disgusting to underpay some old person that's worked for a company loyally for, like, a decade). Essentially I guess this boils down to what would be a good way to ask for a copy and not have them immediately retaliate when I send a copy to the labor board?

When I was finishing up college, I got a graveyard shift waitressing job at a casino to support myself. I let my boss know up front when she hired me that I was a student first, and as long as she respected my availability I would work the hardest-to-cover shift every day that I came in. It was good money, and I did exactly as I said I would. I even picked up holidays for other employees cuz I wanted that sweet sweet holiday pay, the tips were amazing, and it's not like I had school on the holidays. After about a year of this, it became apparent that my boss was sort of a bitch as well as a big time power tripper. She tried pulling some bullshit like demanding we all show up to meetings with