Antiwork

The U.S. pandemic emergency is officially over and travel restrictions have been lifted, but inflation is still crimping most vacationers’ plans even as wealthier Americans splurge.

There aren’t many instances where it’s worth it to. I was lucky enough to finally get a job that’s necessary but I lost so many other jobs along the way. I used to be one of of those fools that believed there was a reward for working hard. The reward is more hard work. I’ve stayed at some jobs for years with no means of advancement and wages i could barely support myself with. The last 5 years have been the opposite. I’ve worked jobs and did the bare minimum and wasn’t that surprised to see the results were exactly the same. The difference was i quit when i got bored and went somewhere else. Now, I’m taking care of a person for a living instead of contributing to someone else’s wealth. It’s a pretty big pay cut compared to some jobs i used to do but it feels so…

Change my mind.

The place I work at will only use sick days if the employee calls 24 hrs in advanced of when they are scheduled. If you call after that, it is considered to be a “no call, no show”. After 2 occurrences, you get a “verbal warning”. You are actually getting written up. One of my occurrences happened the day after a windstorm had knocked down a tree into my road, preventing me from leaving my house. The other occurrence I had food poisoning. No possible way for me to have known 24 hrs on advanced. Are companies actually allowed to do this, or is there regulation they are pretending doesn't exist?

Background- I have been working part time at a pizza store while studying on the side for more than one year and have always went above and beyond to be available when the store was short staffed. I have always worked and cleaned as if it was my own family’s store. I have recently started an awesome IT internship and have been able to work just 1 day at the store. Today my manager told me that I should either increase my hours or they will have to hire someone who can work more hours instead of me. I perfectly understand their position but I still feel like an idiot for going in even when I was not scheduled because they were short staffed and this conversation broke my heart. Hope y’all are having a good day! Thank you for reading.

Last Saturday I survived a mass shooting at the Allen Outlets in Texas. I was working, and it was the most traumatic event I’ve ever experienced. I literally just left my house yesterday for the first time. Anyway, my store manager, the district manager nor anyone from corporate has reached out to us at all in the aftermath. No call/text to check in on us or ask us how we are doing, no one has sent us any mental health resources, no one has informed us about when the outlets are opening again and when we should be coming back to work. Nothing. I truly cannot believe no one gives a shit about us. It’s disgusting. Meanwhile my friend (who works at a difficult store) has been getting daily calls from her manager, HR has sent the employees mental health resources, given them bonuses, and the district manager took all…