Antiwork

As the title states I work in retail where we’re open 7 days a week. We get a schedule for 1 month at the start of every month: On the Feb schedule (it stretched into the first week of march) I was scheduled off for the weekend but have worked the 8 days before Saturday. The new schedule was released on Tuesday afternoon and I am now scheduled on all weekend with my next day off at the end of next week. (15 days on total without break) What are my options here… I know I have the right to refuse the schedule change as I was not informed with more than 96-hours notice as required but how do I bring this up to my boss?

Hi all I’m playing around with an idea to help improve transparency in workplace wellness for employees, specifically in small and medium sized businesses. I’m envisioning a tool that allows employees to voice how they’re doing physically, emotionally and intellectually (can be done anonymously) and gives managers a view of how the team is doing/if they need to change their management process. It would also gives employees the ability to see how they’ve been doing overtime. I’ve seen a lot of issues of burnout with friends and family at work so this issue is close to home and I want to throw my time/energy at this problem. Looking for reactions to this idea: 1. Is this something you believe would help your team’s culture? 2. Is this something you would feel comfortable using? 3. Do you believe your manager would want to use a tool like this? Appreciate any feedback…

I worked for a small company for 10 months. My boss would routinely call me 'Colin', referring to the character from What We Do in the Shadows TV series. If you don't know, Colin is an energy draining vampire that makes people miserable. For several months my boss would bring up this Colin thing throughout the day. Whenever new people came to the office he'd introduce me and then segway straight into literally pulling up clips from the show to show how much I looked like Colin. It got to the point where he asked me if I thought he was being a dick calling me Colin, and I politely said that yeah, he was, but it was no big deal (I did my best to take it as work banter, though he would never take any banter back). He relented on it for a couple weeks and then it…

Just ranting and opening this up to anybody else who wants to vent. I've expressed my burnout and mental health decline to my boss, supplied with some solution, only to have him half-heartedly realize this is the biggest contributor to my performance. I had been a valuable asset to the team for my first couple of years before I began shutting down. Now I have a client that we recently signed who's not helping my mental health at all. Her attitude is that she's better than us because she's the one paying us, and despite another colleague and I wanting to fire her (as my employer once proudly boasted we do), our only solution is to schedule more face time with her and that her complaints are valid. I'm on my way out at the end of the year but don't know how much longer I'll be pushed aside like…

I'll keep it short and expect alot of hate. I work construction in Denver Co. My boss is trying to start a policy where workers are not allowed to clock in until the reach the job site, if said site is less then 25 miles away. I.e ” we have to show up at the shop at 8, but if we don't get to the work site till 930 and it's under 25 miles away, we don't get to clock in till 930. Does anyone know where he got the 25 square mile number from. Is he making this up, what should we do. Also important we are a very small company w only 15 employees totally.

In 2021 I took a temp to hire job for a property management company. The role I was told I would eventually have was to be a salaried position of Marketing & Social Media Manager and starting salary would be $55k a year. I was ecstatic, as this was my dream job and far more money I had made at my previous job. I started in February and was told I would start part time while I learned the ins and outs of property management, since I had absolutely no experience in this field. During my “training period” they offered me $15.00 an hour. I was offended, and I was pissed. I argued that the initial offer was a salary of $55k, I again was assured I would make that once I was hired into the position that they were now calling, “Digital Communications Specialist”. I reluctantly agreed to the…

Hi! I'm a 25 year old underemployed int he restaurant industry. I've been looking for a jobf or a while now with no success. However, a few months ago I got an in to work for Aflac. I did the training course and even got the license, but now I'm having major second thoughts. Everything I hear about the turnover rate and the recruitment/business practices has me a little nervous. They gave me the whole “be your own boss” pitch and that was a red flag at the time, but I pulled through, thinking I would be able to make a living. I'm not sure I will be able to, though. It's commissions only, and everything I see from former employees implies they don't give you ample leads and make you pay for everything out of pocket. I keep seeing bad reviews from former employees, and everyone else in sales…

I’m about to start a new job at a local theater chain in my state making less money than I have in a while ($12) after being fired from my mortgage industry job one month ago but this thought came across my mind tonight… I’m treating this as a stop-gap job as I plan on leaving as soon as something in the $17-22 range will hire me. I have the work experience to get most jobs in this pay range and settled for this in the meantime as a way to keep the bills paid and gas in the car. I don’t want to be too close with my new coworkers (again this is just a stop gap for me) but don’t want to be the weird quiet loner of the shift either. I’m okay with interacting with guests but making small talk with my coworkers isn’t easy for me…