Antiwork

They never disclosed that they were in another time zone. They didn't interview me nor attempt to reschedule the interview.

As the title is saying, I recently took a new job to leave a toxic one, but this one turned even worse. The joke is on me as I had read tons of negative reviews on Glassdoor but since it was more closely related to my field I took a leap of faith, only to end into another hopeless sinkhole. Now I am contemplating leaving my entire field, I’ve become convinced that the field is the problem, it breeds certain type of people and environment. At my old job I was able to stand up for myself, but here I have been told by colleagues the way to survive is to be “yes mam” and apologize for anything they claim you did wrong. I am already updating my resume, and looking to apply for other places. But how do I survive in meantime, how not to take it personally, or…

TL;DR: My Supervisor wrote me up for standing at my station, talking, and not having any work to work on. And my lead never told me she was putting me in a violation. “Details From: [REDACTED] About: [REDACTED] Feedback: [REDACTED], on May 3rd you were placed in the violation log for not being on task and getting out of your workstation to talk with another associate. You were placed in the violation log 7 times after being instructed by your Lead & supervisor to remain on task and in your work area. You were also informed and placed in the violation log twice on May 10th to make sure you are working. You are in a key and vital area on Prep. When the line is slowing down, you are to remain prepping casing with buttons and holders, also it has been instructed for you to grab your buttons from…

Company called a meeting for 6pm (after hours… will be demanding to be paid for it, otherwise the Labor Board will be getting a complaint as well) to announce that they are getting bought out. I spent the entire meeting filing a complaint about my concerns for how it will limit competition and harm wages, to the DOJ's Antitrust Citizen Complaint Department. ​ Don't expect it to stop Ferguson Enterprises from being allowed to buy out S.G. Torrice Company, but who knows, maybe thousands of other complaints will pile in.

I’m the member of a union and we collectively bargain. I recommend that if your workplace doesn’t have one that you look into making one as it’s your right as an American. This is a test to see if Reddit takes down this post.