Antiwork

I finally got my first corporate 9-5 job this year and I’m so grateful for the pay raise and the opportunities I could have just by having a job like this on my resume, but the longer i’m here the quicker the rose colored glasses are coming off. I won’t go into too many details and it’s not a terrible job by any means (just a shitty boss lmao) but being honest, my anxiety and rapidly growing agoraphobia due to all the gun violence in america is making me want to turn to something safe and stay at home. any advice on how to land a legitimate job that can pay $20+ hourly ? I feel so hopeless when it comes to finding remote work. Thanks in advance!!

The short version of my life is, I served two tours in Iraq as a combat medic, then spent a decade or so working myself to death for poverty wages in our American medical system until I had a nervous breakdown and now live on VA disability. I am now arguably The World's Only Retired Millennial and it kinda sucks. The good news is, life is unimaginably better! I sleep and eat and regularly make dents in the big pile of books I'd always meant to get around to. PTSD is actually a lot easier to live with when you're not being yelled at by managers and customers. The bad news is, it's lonely because everyone my age is still being worked to death and even when they have a little free time they've monetized every possible activity. I do some volunteer work but that's about all I've got. Not…

So I'll just get to the point. I've been with a Sporting goods retail store for just over 5 years now. I've had to fight for any significant raises that I've got, which I've come to find out that a co worker makes a little more than I do, despite me working there for longer. I've put in for multiple leadership opportunities, every single time I'm passed up. I just recently had an interview with my city for parks and rec maintenance position, which pays about 50 cents more than my current job. I know they've contacted my current employer about it as well. I go into work tomorrow, should my manager talk with me about staying, what should I say?

I’m so so so so so so sooooo close to quitting my job. I called out yesterday, Monday (for legitimate medical reasons I do not care to explain right now). It’s currently 9:57 pm now and tomorrow it’s Tuesday. I’m expected at 8:00 am and I am on my third vodka and cranberry. I, in this moment, find myself questioning why I would ever go back. LOL Today felt like the last straw and I’ve found myself looking on google maps for travel ideas and scrolling through here day dreaming. I’ve never posted on here before, but I’m a chronic scroller of this sub and I’m ready to vent. I hope that tomorrow morning, if I wake up and end up quitting, I’ll have someone to explain to why I have quit. (This is a pipe dream rn and watch me wake up tomorrow and go to work, check Reddit…

Hi everyone, after a year of working for this company we were sent an email telling us we now have to follow a strict new dress code. Obviously implementing a dress code isn’t illegal, but wondering what the legality of sending someone home without pay/eventually firing them was for not following it is, especially since it was not in our original contract. Some of this stuff is common sense but some of it seems quite extreme, and I do not own any of the “smart casual” clothing they are describing. I work at a retail company in California if that is at all helpful

Fair warning, this happened years ago, and will be a bit long. I worked a fairly difficult, but rather rewarding job for a long time in the building materials industry. Working for a small company in a small town meant a whole lot of hours, but also a good amount of freedom to work the job how I wanted. I came on as a consulting sales person, and ended up in charge of nearly half of the business. This expanding responsibility never really materialized as more pay, however I was completely free of supervision. This environment actually lead to a sense of ownership and pride in my job. That said, the business, like many small companies, seemed to always be on thin ice. Slow pay customers, a ballooning inventory, and shrinking margins due to pressure from larger companies made every day an uphill battle. I worked my ass off carefully…

I’m considering taking a job that, apparently due to supply chains, isn’t able to assign vehicles currently since their last order of F150’s was canceled. They want me to use my personal vehicle to drive not only to the office, but between job sites daily which could be up to an hour’s drive apart. I’ve recently bought a new car and am not comfortable using my personal vehicle for this, even with mileage reimbursement. Is there a rate per mile where it’s actually beneficial to the point where you would accept the rate? Or is it fundamentally out of the question for you as it feels it should be to me.