Antiwork

I'm new here and not sure this is the right sub but I am definitely anti-work, anti-capitalist, just anti-corporate in general. I love my job, I'm a mental health therapist working in a day treatment program located within an elementary school. Rural Oregon, USA. This is the first job I've EVER had that I like and I am 54F. I've been here 4 years and I am very good at my job. About 6 months ago my agency said they were expanding into outpatient services, planned to hire 3 outpatient therapists, and offered me one of those jobs. I considered it, but decided to stay in day treatment. This may have been a BIG mistake. My boss had decided to close day treatment for the summer as most of my kids are “graduating” from treatment. I was told I could have an easy summer of planning for next year. My…

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My partner works for a large-ish company who was one of the many who laid off something like 15% of their work force a few months ago. They then told the remaining employees that they were restructuring the bonus framework, which would basically guarantee that no one would “qualify” for a bonus for two years. This is a field where quarterly bonuses are fairly substantial, so this is tantamount to a reduction in pay, even though their salaries remain the same. It's a bummer, but we felt fortunate that my partner had retained his job. Well… here we are looking at an upcoming vote to give the board of directors pay raises. READ THE ROOM, PEOPLE. Like, you can't wait until next year even? One kind of funny thing is that the company has recently moved to issuing more profit-sharing than cash bonuses, so many employees are going to be…

I went to an interview for a recruiting position. I have experience with recruiting and this is an house recruiter position, not an agency. I prefer in house recruiting because there is more structural with recruiting and compensation. I thought the interview was going great until I asked, “what are the days and hours for the position.” The managers demeanor changed and he seemed annoyed I even asked. The tension in the room became so thick, I could cut it with a knife. He answered, that I needed to be available for candidates whenever they reached out to me, wether it be 7-9 pm or Saturday/Sunday. That I could take weekdays off if I worked weekend, but I needed to let him first. If he’s acting like that now, I can already imagine me asking for Monday off when I worked weekends and him losing shit and demanding I keep…

Old timers AT* my job are trying to force me to quit because they hate the change & authority I am bringing. I have never worked in a place so hostile and toxic and I feel like this may be an actual case, but I am not sure how to proceeed. I am a younger woman (under 30) working in a position that is technically authority over everyone else in the workplace because I am corporate and I am a director of a certain department (trying to keep it vague here for privacy reasons). Ever since I got here, I have been fought on EVERYTHING by these older male coworkers that are “under me” AKA have to listen to me because I am a corporate director. They are all 55+ and have worked at this place for over 20 years, so they are all very close to each other and…

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Hi! I have a stable job, and I started before the benefits packet was changed, so that the benefits that I am set to receive when I retire are no longer offered by the state. And they’re great. They are the definition of golden handcuffs. I am really reluctant to leave because I can’t take them with me. I am good at my job. I am reliable and liked (I think) by those I work directly with. That said, my boss hates me. She only communicates with me when absolutely forced or when I have made a mistake. She’s an executive and I am not. I have been killing myself to make the unit work (I am salary), but have decided that I no longer wish to work 60+ hours a week because they refuse to hire me help. There’s the context. The rub is that I can’t bring myself…

I’ve been in my field 12 years and I’m in my late 30s. It feels irresponsible, but I just want to quit. I’ve worked a ridiculous amount of hours for years across my job and keep bumping my head on the salary ceiling – I don’t live paycheck to paycheck but my savings is growing slowly. My parents offered for me to walk away and stay with them for a while and worry about a job later, but that’s scary. I’m so burnt out and feel very lost. Have any of you walked away from your career? (I have no kids, no spouse, and rent an apartment, own my car, have no debt, but not a lot of savings. Well educated – BS, MS, and PhD).