Antiwork

Standard Disclaimer I am 38M fully employed, 8:30-5pm 5 days a week, Autistic. I had a job previous to this one for 8 years, my boss was ex-military and I still have the scar tissue and PTSD of his “leadership”. It was in a mailroom, for a brewing company, so it was good for a same shit different day, structure and routine regiment, but there was always a sense of old habits die hard. Fast forward to 2018, I got made redundant and started a new job at one of the Big 4. I was in the mailroom, then transferred to facilities. Like my title says, I feel constantly surrounded by red flags, but feel like I have no other choice but to accept them as positives. People's posts on here are usually filled with topics/subjects/posts like “What kind of job exists, where I can do fuck all and still…

For years now I have made many attempts to leave an employee review for a well known posh supermarket chain in the UK. They absolutely destroyed my mental health and are still living off their old reputation which is obviously no longer applicable. Everyone who hasn't worked there thinks they're great to work for. I've met so many people now who used to work there and they've all had similar horror stories. I've tried so many times to leave a review on indeed and every time it gets removed for not meeting their guidelines. I've tried rewording things, leaving things out. It used to tell me that it was because I was “accusing of illegal activity” when I was literally just telling my story, which says a lot about the company tbh. It worries me as I'm so scared for the other victims of this company, while I was working…

I enjoy my job and I am good at it, it involves looking after people I care about so I see it as more then just a job sometimes. Management are so nice to my face and have called me into meetings to say how good I am. Though they done some little things and its boiled over to make me pissed, here's the list: -I do lots of overtime, my mum said I should be checking my pay check to ensure I'm paid for it all, I check and I've been underpaid 12 hours and 18 hours holiday been wrongly removed from my allowance, no problem I talk to admin and they say they'll check it all up, nothing for 2 weeks, I don't mind, I send and email for an update, they say to wait until my next paycheck next month it may show up, it doesn't and…

My friend recently got hired for a part time job but when they were still interviewing they were told it was going to be a full time job. Is that legal?

Who does it serve, really? I’m not necessarily looking to make a point, but hopefully to be proven wrong… These days our retirements are tied up and bound to the stock market. We should be grateful with the upward trends on Wall Street. Yet, the money sending company stocks ever higher comes from us. It comes from our labor. Our labor is the engine that drives the economy. It comes from our pockets. Our purchases are what powers any successful company. There has to be a better way. How many times over, again and again does a company go public, or is otherwise bought, and the product or service suffers as a result? How many concessions are made in the name of the shareholders? In the name of profit alone? Billionaires, for the most part, aren’t worth actual billions, at least not in immediate cash. Their money is their stake…

I have had multiple conversations with my mother lately about the fact that my depression keeps coming back, no matter what I do. It feels like I have tried everything, from being more social, therapy, working out, eating healthy, being outside more, finding hobby’s, trying new things etc, and every time I think ‘I just need to do this and then I’ll be happy’, which never is the case. I find myself thinking about capitalism and how most of my issues stem from it I think. I’m also neurodiverent (ASD) which makes me (currently) a ‘non-contributing’ member to society, by not working or being in education. I don’t see myself ever being independent and owning a house, having a stable job, marriage or kids. Every day that I try to ignore the system and just do whatever makes me feel good in the moment, my mind wanders off to all…

My workplace has crappy communication and my boss is to blame, so two days ago I point blank told him so, with everyone around. He tried to give excuses and justifications and I was having none of it. At the end of my rant, he said I was right, but I know not a damn thing will change. Why do I even care? I have come to realize I hate it here. Oh and he is such a lack luster of a manager that I know I won't be disciplined for my unprofessional outburst. All any management seems to care about is making production.