Antiwork

Never understood some corporate leadership. At a previous job I ran the IT department (pre-pandemic), was essentially the CTO at the company as I reported to the board of directors and CEO as they were my superiors. Anyways corporate policy as far as time off was considered included something called comp days. Comp days were awarded to people within your department who worked in excess of 45 hours per week and could be taken at any time, this was company wide. So I restructured the IT department to essentially always, always have comp days. As people know corporate IT is a 24/7 operation. So first thing I do is skew the schedule a bit. Instead of assigning hours, I informed desktop support that we needed onsite coverage between 7am and 7pm, then asked who wanted to be the early person, could leave early, and who was the late person, could…

Seriously what’s the point. I am a person who did everything the “right” way. Earned a BS and a PhD in a STEM field and work in a top 10 science company making good money. But All along the way, it seems like the more and better work I do, the more disappointed my managers are that I’m not “doing more”. Or that I could somehow be better despite already outperforming. Im completely burned out to be honest, and don’t see a point in working hard or caring.

im really mad about this. my boss promised me a promotion 3 months ago because of the effort and ideas ive implemented at work. ive saved them thousands and they already use my ideas on the new day to day. when i asked again about my promotion all my boss could say was “he was sorry” and “not right now”. i hate that I feel used by them.

I've given up on the thought of ever owning my own home. I am 29, I don't consume a lot, I hardly spend on anything other than basic necessities, bills and rent. I make close to minimum wage but jobs are so competitive its the only thing I can do right now. Housing prices are through the roof, everything is going up in price. All of my friends at similar ages to me are in the same position. None of us have our own home and we don't know of we ever will.

I've been given basically no work at this new job I started in mid May. A coworker emailed me saying he'd send out a meeting invite to me so he could walk me through how to do this request he got. He never sent the meeting so I'm not sure if he forgot or just did it himself. I asked my mom and sister and they both agreed it was my job to remind him. Thoughts?

I'm tired of 12 hours days building sunroofs for 200 thousand dollar cars and getting shit pay for it. I've saved. I live very cheaply in an impoverished area with very very cheap rent. I just realized that I'd rather be writing screenplays and finishing editing my novel. That's what make me feel alive. Last week my boss said that this is the best career opportunity in the area. I thought by the time I'm his age robots will be doing all this shit…even his job. In that moment I took a big step back from myself. Sadarta became the Buddha when he recalled a memory watching ants doing ant stuff. Today I got outta bed after watching my ceiling for awhile and watched some ants on my patio eating a loose french fry. I realized that out of all the times I'd watch ants that was the first time…

When did it become necessary work 40 hours + a side hustle in order to have a successful retirement like our parents or be able to afford a home? With all the new technology, we are more efficient than we have ever been compared to our older generations but yet are working more.

Anyone who has a marketing background will likely agree, nobody other than your direct report understands what you do and even then, they have no clue about workload. I work as a marketing coordinator for multiple resorts. My day to day involves graphic design, website management, video and photo editing, digital asset management, email marketing, and whatever IT clerical or administrative tasks my boomer coworkers come up with. I’m burnt out. My boss is a director and works remote. She makes priority lists for me as if she knows exactly what my workload is. Design a flyer for this, signage for that, upload a TB of photography and video assets here, why isn’t it done in thirty minutes? I’m so tired of this. I left a field I loved because I was not receiving the mentorship I thought I deserved and now I’ve regressed even further just spinning my wheels…