Antiwork

I’m pretty much being forced into the defense industry. No place has gotten back to me after 20 applications to companies that don’t directly contribute to a large amount of human suffering. I don’t want to work on military aircraft or weapons systems fuck man. NASA was the first place I applied to after I graduated and I still haven’t heard anything yet even from them. I put so much work into a portfolio and cover letters and references only to get ghosted. Sorry for the rant .

27) Is an employer required to provide the pay scale for an open position to an applicant for that position? Pursuant to Labor Code section 432.3, upon reasonable request, an employer shall provide the pay scale for a position to an applicant applying for employment. Recent amendments define a reasonable request as one made after an applicant has completed an initial interview with the employer. Source

I work at Lowes as a fulfillment associate and I am getting paid $13.56/hour. After a couple days of asking everyone about their pay I found out I am getting paid between $1 and $2 less.

After almost 6 months of working with a horrible fucking boss, I’ll be handing in my resignation letter today. I’ve been secretly planning to leave and she has no idea at all. Of course, I plan to be gracious when I let her know that I’m leaving but I am honestly scared of her response. Most importantly, I have a one month notice period in my contract and I am planning to offset it with my annual leave which may be blocked by this cunning bitch. Any resignation stories to share? How did you guys do it / handle your boss’ reaction? Was it awkward with your co-workers afterwards?

So I got an amazing job offer the other day and I accepted. My current job doesn't know yet, because I want to get my yearly bonus before I leave because it'll be to the tune of like 10k after taxes, and it was for the work I did in 2021 so I earned it. I start at my new company the end of March, and my bonus comes mid March, leaving enough time for me to only give them a weeks notice, and I literally have to give my notice the day I get my bonus or else I won't be able to give them even a week. I looked in our employee handbook and I don't see anything that says I have to be with the company a certain amount of time after the bonus, but I'm fairly certain if I give them notice before I get the…

Since names are changed to protect the innocent (read: cover my ass) my boss is named Ted. Ted, When someone on the team reminded the rest of us on Friday that Monday is a paid holiday you took the opportunity to guilt us into working on the upcoming trade show demo by saying that is what you will be doing and told us all that these trade show dates are fixed in time. A trade show the company has rushed into and poorly prepared for and a demo which barely does what it's supposed to and is only tangentially related to the show itself. Let me put it into perspective for you Ted. It's summer and you're outside in your beautiful yard with your beautiful family at your beautiful house on the beautiful golf course and a wayward golf ball strikes you in the head, knocking you out and you…

Received an offer from two different retailers. Took the one that was $5 an hour more. When I declined the other position they tried to convince me that their business was more of a family. Such a tough decision lol.

I work in a pretty niche industry. The kind that if you go to linkedin and see a stranger in your circle, they are my second or third degree connection. Everyone knows someone you know. When I was hired, my salary was $60k. I took on a lot of responsibilities than anyone in my position, my results were 5-6 times faster than my counterparts. I was a manager, customer service, technical advisor and coordinator in other areas. I at least was working a 3 person job, better and faster. Even VPs of other departments noticed this and gave compliments to my boss. I did receive a small bump when the new year started (cost of living, 3k). I asked for a raise when my first anniversarry was approaching, my boss asked me how much I was looking for. I said 15%. I got about 10% and my salary now as…

Most companies try to underpay you. FAANG isn't any different (see collusion), though there is a difference: even with collusion, the salaries of many of these positions are still much easier to live off of than what many people experience and have available. But, at least for me, money and pay is not literally the only thing I care about when taking a job. I don't tolerate being exploited, they can't substitute underpaying with other things. But there are additional requirements beyond pay that I try to hold prospective employers to. One of those is business ethics. All companies are sociopaths, and most of the people who run them are too. You're never going to find a moral beacon to work for unless you start the company yourself. But what I can do is avoid companies that are actively destroying society. After 18 months of ignoring their emails, in December…