Antiwork

I'm an electrician. I started electrical work after a messy divorce. Ex-wife sold the tools I used to be a mechanic and I had to get something else going to pay the bills. A friend of mine was doing commercial electrical work for his father's company and helped me get a job. I had no experience, no tools, no background in the field so I started at the bottom. Trade work isn't going out of style… Ever! We rarely work on the weekends. If overtime is available, it's optional (unless there's an emergency or something – very rare) and we work 8 hours a day. But most of all, we get respect from our employers because they all know we can easily go someplace else. I've been doing this for more than 25 years now. I've made a career out of it. There is always demand for new workers. Most…

All a break does is make me realize how much of my life I'm missing out on, how much happier I am away from my job, and how much my job takes away my sense of humanity. With 4-5 days off I actually do my hobbies, clean my house, hang out with my family, make art, try a new thing or two. I made a blanket for my grandma, I made garlic and cheese biscuits and little hot chocolate bombs just for fun and handed them out to my neighbors, I tried starting a small garden. My house was spotless, I didn't eat any fast food, I slept 8 hours a night, and didn't take any naps during the day. I spent time outside. I felt like a human being. But now that's stopped, because I'm working 8-10 hours a day, 5-6 days a week again. And I will be,…

Depending on your circumstances – consider ghosting them or searching for a new job during off hours. You might just leave and provide them with resources to hire a contractor if they need a replacement quickly. Or, give your two weeks notice if that seems like the way to go.

You could die tomorrow and they'll have a job listing the next day When you're on your death bed you won't look back thinking “thank god for all those extra days I came in on my day off!”

My Mum says this, my Dad says this, every boomer I come across says this. I'm fucking sick of it. My Mum stopped working at 28 to be a stay at home parent, their “hard work” including the horrible concept of “mowing peoples lawns every Saturday until 1pm to save up for the deposit”. Their idea of doing it tough was “One time we had to sell our camera”. I'm a professional business man earning a decent salary. My wife also is in a professional career earning a decent salary. Combined we CANNOT afford a fucking deposit. We save and save and save but even if my entire wage was put aside, it still can't keep up with the rising house prices in my country (Australia). I would need to be earning over $200,000 p.a before tax to beat rising house prices. No amount of fucking Saturday morning mowing will…

Mostly just venting. I've worked for a call center since 2017. Started out as a Representative and worked my way to Lead within 2 years. I'm an ideal employee. I work hard, I've rolled with the punches when they switched us from one major software to another and then back to the original software, changed our center's department from general support to new account support and now to retention. I have assisted with training new representatives and new leads. I have stepped in for a Supervisor when they were gone for a few days to take care of their team and fill out the daily report. I communicate my time off requests. I do a lot of overtime. I was the first Lead to be pulled back to supporting the representatives right after the transition; I didn't even complete training fully before they pulled me but I did a damned…

Last month I finally quit the job that’s been making me miserable for the last 3 years. I started a new job in the same field (I’m a vet tech) and it turns out… I just hate working. I hate my job, I’m tired of aggressive cats and dogs, I’m tired of clients who can’t/won’t take care of their pets (owning pets is a luxury, NOT a right), I like some of my coworkers but the few I don’t really just ruin my day. I just can’t take it anymore. I’m a student as well, and these 40-50 hour weeks are seriously interfering with my schooling and the new job won’t accommodate my schedule needed (I was hired for 4x 10hr shifts a week, but I’m being scheduled more than that and when confronted, they make up some excuse about why it won’t be changed… or when I change my…