Antiwork

Instead of our usual yearly 5% raise, the company gave us all a 16% raise to keep the company competitive and beat the inflation rate. So at least for this year I expect we will have excellent employee retention

My boss is a very intimidating man. 6'4, 200 pounds and decades of experience. He has told people he's an asshole to work with. That's a lie. He's IMPOSSIBLE TO WORK WITH. I made a mistake. I admit that. To me it was the easiest solution at the time and I did what I could when I was all alone. The next day, he comes in asking for an explanation. Mind you, when he does this you can't get 2 words in without him interrupting you and talking about “chain of command”. When he interrupted me for the 3rd time, I snapped. I said sternly “Sir, if you could please let me finish I can tell you-” That's when he got in my face, a 5″1 100 pound girl, and snarled “watch your fucking attitude.” I was sitting down at the time. So I pushed my chair back, got up,…

Today I found out the coworker I have been helping with is work is making 6x what I make. I feel hella stupid I couldnt even cry when I found out, i just laughed hysterically. I have been helping him for months to finish all his tasks still while doing the job of two persons. SMH I feel used. Yes he was well aware of the pay difference. No he doesn't have more qualifications or experience than I do.

I've been on this sub for months as a lurker, and to be honest I never imagined our thoughts would ever get out of our cozy little echo-chamber. Yet just tonight as we're making supper my mom (a 56y.o. marketing director for a canadian company (yes, we are sorry)) was like: “You know what Sticky I saw on TV and social media that a lot of millenials and GenZs are coming together and questionning why is it we work and asking for better salaries and working conditions.” Followed an explanation of what the movement was about. She was agreeing the whole time, claiming “The thing I regret the most is having worked so much” (and to be honest she's been trying to change jobs for a while now – maybe trying to work for a NPO) So yes, if a marketing-director in Canada can learn about our ideas, it means…