Antiwork

This is mid 2010 decade. I worked as a manager for a storage unit company for 4 years, and is the one of the biggest in the nation. The logo likes the color orange but that's all I'll say. I was hired in at something like $9.25 with a $0.25 or $0.50 raise after 90 days or 180 days. The job responsibilities are many, and only 1 person worked at the store per 8hr shift (I worked there 5 days a week and had like tuesday and wednesday off). It was a retail job 100% handle to the customer side of rental agreements, late rent (deliquency) calls, confirming appointments, and sales. This job is 100% high pressure sales to people who 85% of the time were in a desperate situation. Also, they called you a manager because you had to manage the cleanliness of the facility, the storage units, and…

I recently applied to a job where I did a 30 minute zoom interview. It went well and I was then asked to attend six 30 minute interviews in person. I was given two days notice for these interviews. The person I communicated with directly following the initial interview was dead set on scheduling me. Given the salary range was not listed in the job posting, and that was a major commitment considering I currently possess a job, I asked respectfully for a pay range prior to interviews in the interest of everyone’s time. I was then ignored and asked to split the interviews into two days. Before committing, I respectfully asked again about salary and was informed that compensation information was above the scheduling persons pay grade. I was then asked by the supervisor my message was forwarded to what my pay range was. After answering, I was informed…

I’ve sent like 15 applications with a motivation letter specifically designed for each job and they have rejected me in every single one of them. Not even an explanation or anything, let alone a reply. They just proceed to discard you like you’re the envelope of the candy they just ate. Tbh I just think recruiters are stupid and terribly bad at doing their job. They will really hire an average worker who doesn’t give a shit about the company or the job itself, instead of a passionate but underexperienced person who’s willing to learn and grow so much. Their loss I guess.

So my store manager came to me about being late all time and told my manager the reason was that my coworkers have been harassing me and they’ve made it unbearable to work here. And not only have they been harassing me, they’ve been calling me racial slurs such as mulatto, the help, and etc. Even my own lead has said that he wanted to see me sweat like a slave and my coworkers have told me not to go to any of black managers but go to white mangers instead. And my store manager did not believe not one word I told her and she almost wrote me up stating that “these are not reasons to be late for work and you should just transfer to a different store” instead of fixing the problem. Don’t work at Kroger. It is the most unfair, racist store that anybody can work…

Why does our Boss make us feel guilty for taking a much needed day off when they themselves do not abide by these hypothetical conditions. There's always some important work whenever it's time to take leave. Then attitude shift happens when you join after taking leave. Boss would give cold shoulder and would try to make you realise how bad the decision was to not come office for a couple of days. Fuck all this.