Antiwork

I am pretty useless for the first two days of my period. I'm always so fatigued that I could sleep 24/7, my brain is foggy and even a little bit of pain makes it hard to concentrate in that state. And then often I have worse pain and nausea, sometimes to the point that I actually throw up anything that hits my stomach. I wish it was acceptable to have 2-3 optional days off every month. I also don't understand people who have periods who act like its no big deal and we should all pull ourselves together. Erm, sorry, literally noone else would be expected to go to work while feeling this bad. I know that painkillers and pads and the pill etc becoming more accessible helped women to become part of the workforce… but how about we allow women etc in the workforce and don't look down on…

I've been doing light job seeking for the last month or so. Spamming out easy-apply applications on Indeed and LinkedIn, not bothering with cover letters or tailoring my resume. Not looking “hard” for a job right now. I'm in helpdesk work, so there's a lot out there. Long story short (ish):I get a reply from one of the recruiters posting on LinkedIn via chat. They make sure I have Zoom for a remote interview, they're representing a company that is based (they say) in Massachusetts. Their question comes in at noon (Pacific) on Monday and I answer 20 minutes later. I don't get a reply again until 1am (Pacific) and that reply is giving me their HR hiring person's email address to add on Zoom to set up an interview and get more specifics about the job. So I wake up at 9am and add the person (with a .org…

TL;DR: Was prepared to leave for a better position and had to self-isolate due to Covid. Boss called me a liar and I decided to ask for sick leave and never see them again. Just adding to the list of stories and examples of how shitty bosses screw themselves over once you have made the decision to leave for good and they don't realise when they've lost power. A couple of weeks ago I received an offer for my current position, higher pay, better conditions, optional 3 days work from home, lots of things to learn and develop skills. How could I resist? My job back then was underpaid, taking into account the amount of roles and positions I “had” to assume, overtime and overall we had an absolute asshat of a boss who treated everyone badly. It was Friday when I decided to leave, I informed that I would…

This happened a few years ago for me, but it happened to a friend of mine recently as well so it seems they're still doing it. I graduated from a business master's in 2013 and applied to a job ad for New York Life in their San Francisco office. The ad presented the job as a financial advisor role for small businesses: It was explicitly not a sales role, but more of a consultant position where you helped small businesses make the most out of the business loans they've taken out. More crucially, the ad said the job was open for visa sponsorship (I was on a student visa and would need an H1B to stay in the US). When I showed up for the in-person interview the manager quickly disabused me: She claimed that the advertised position was something I would work up to, but that I would start…

This is such a waste of my time and everyone else's. Most people don't even want to be here. Why is this a thing? It's so exhausting acting like this is actually enjoyable.