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i work at a bar, and my manager is ridiculous.

a lot of people have been requesting off lately because of spring break coming up, and the management is pretty stressed with St. Patrick’s Day coming up. I requested off for spring break almost 2 months ago, and he said just last week that he is not accommodating for any call offs or request offs until March 22nd (that’s including those who have already called off). he says that we are “replaceable” and if we don’t comply, we won’t be on future schedules…. i, along with a few other coworkers who requested off early, already had my tickets and travel plans in place. we were initially approved!!! also, we are living in a pandemic!! how is he not tolerating call offs if people are sick??? the majority of his staff are also college students going through midterms. i am a college student, and this job, in the grand scheme of…

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Wage theft? Labor law violation? Or both? What should I file for? (CA)

Has anyone dealt with this before? My employer has tried to deny giving me rest breaks and meal breaks owed and demanded by the state of CA and I’m not sure which claim to file. The business I work for is trying to exploit the local college kid population by not offering rest or meal breaks. Often kids here will work 8 hours straight with no breaks offered. I’m fed up with it. Any help is appreciated!

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How can I stop feeling guilty for my sick leave?

First I took one cause I had a Burnout and wasnt able to do anything mentally anymore. I got three weeks and they did help me to recover. The next months someone in my family died from covid and it was also the first time for me. My boss didnt care so i got another sick leave to grieve properly. He wants a personal meeting with me now cause of this which sounded like a threat tbh. And now i wanted to go to the doctor cause i have pain in my Hands for weeks which dont let me sleep properly. Although my company and my boss treat me like pure shit I still feel this guilt? I dont get it. My hands literally hurt and dont wanna move anymore and then I tell myself its just stress, i am weak, i can just pop pain killers. But at the…

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Probably just gonna call in anyway.

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Dramatic Manager

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I can only imagine what working there must be like.

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Wtf… wages

I found out my job hasn’t been paying me the correct wage for over a year now. What can/should I do about this?

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Would love some advice.

So I currently work in the IT/Helpdesk space. For all intents and purposes I love the job, it pays pretty well but not great and I know that I can make more money and get better benefits at another company or startup as I have well over 15 years in IT experience. But my problem is that though the money and over compensation is a improvement no doubt, I LOVE the people I work with. Specifically the guys in the IT team! We all get along great, hang out after hours, have an outstanding chemistry but I’ve lately felt disillusioned with the job itself. Has anyone left a gig that they thoroughly enjoyed all due to the money?? What was your experience like? How did you come to making your decision and what were some things that helped either leaving or staying? I’ve recently been in touch with an old…

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Feeling hopeless, what can I do?

I'm working 10-hour shifts late at night from 1-11. I struggle to get to work without a car and I'm starting to lose my social life trying to get enough sleep for another workday, with no 30 min breaks it's putting an enormous amount of physical and mental stress I'm not ready for, causing me to vomit on my second day and calling sick on my third day. I want to quit immediately but it would make my at-work referrals look bad, and I don't have any other job lined up at the moment. What advice can a bunch of internet strangers give me? What can/should I do?

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Please don’t make me go to work tomorrow

I’m laying awake dreading morning. I work at a public high school in the special ed department. Every day I get punched and scratched and bit and pinched. I come home with marks all over my body. I have made the principal aware of what’s going on but there’s not much to be done. I’m late every day because it’s hard to get out of bed, and I get a talking to for it. Could anyone blame me, I get less than 1000 bucks a month getting traumatized for a living. Been applying for new jobs but never get answers. Isnt there some sort of law about this? I’ve filed 3 injury reports in as many weeks for my bruises but nothing has come of it. I am at zero dollars with zero patience. If anyone has insight on what I could do, it would be appreciated.