Antiwork

Howdy folks, Before I start my story, I am open to constructive criticism, please refrain from insults or shit posting… Very much appreciated. I'm an American who's lived outside the US for a little over a decade and I'm in my early 30s. So I live in the UK now for almost 1 year and a half after living in Portugal for almost 4 years prior (miss that place). My work has always been within the marketing field, mainly focused on copywriting for companies and startups for about 7-8 years total as a full-time freelancer and/or between odd jobs and a good few years in-house with an agency. I arrived in the UK in October 2020 right before the second wave pandemic on job prospects that had promised me a position as a full-time in-house copywriter at a fancy marketing agency. A week after landing, the country went into full-on…

This was precovid but several years ago I had to call out sick from my job because the coworkers that had more seniority than me (3 out of 10) planned to go on vacation that weekend. Every year. We got 3 personal days a year but they could not be next to a holiday/only to be used on one weekend a year (we are required to work every other) and they were pissed at ME because they felt entitled to that particular weekend and took it every year. It was frustrating because two of them put in for it to tend to their gardens and one of them just felt like it was “their weekend” I told them the previous year it was the only day my venue was available and I couldn’t hold the wedding at my house due to 4 of my close family members’ failing health, it…

Have been working customer service in a major US city for the last five years, despite having a degree there just aren’t options that pay as well and don’t require an hour and a half commute. I have been verbally abused, stalked, harassed, a customer has even threatened to call the police on me all just for existing and doing my job by the book. I am constantly told that people are upset about other issues and just want to be heard by someone, but I’m certainly not paid enough to be a therapist. I feel hopeless, I’ve worked in customer service since I was a teenager and see no escape. I guess I’m just ranting but also looking for any guidance people might have to help me out of this situation.

After like your 100th interview do you fake deep thinking about those “Tell me a time when…” or “What is your best blah” questions or do you just blurt out a canned response slightly modified to fit a particular variation?

You guys can see my profile for more posts with details on this, but… Look, I am not the type that would usually be on this subreddit. Raised in a protestant household with good old fashioned work ethic taught to me from a young age. Regardless, I’m a naive little autistic mess in their first job, just happy they were wanted by society for once. But this call center is hell. My parents keep invalidating me and saying I am just over emotional and unstable. (Who wouldn’t be handling calls from people begging you for help saving their homes or screaming at you over a 5$ fee all day?!) At this point I hope I get sacked. My parents won’t let me quit until I pay off the car they bought me without my consent, which is really their car on their credit. If I can’t leave, then I want…

Just saw the post of the poor guy who’s piece of shit CoLleAgUe snitched on him…so I thought I would share this story 2 years ago I started my apprenticeship with another girl for an office job. Both of us starting together , we got along pretty well. A few months in we still weren’t allowed to take vacation and her Mum’s birthday was around the corner. She had no idea what to do, as she wanted to visit her mum badly, since they don’t see each other that much, but couldn’t take any vacation. So I tell her to call in sick and go enjoy they day with her mum. She posted a lot of instagram stories back then, so I told her to hide it from all coworkers who were following her or not make any at all on that day. Smh, she still posted lol. I see…