Antiwork

Went in today for a part time job at a gas station. First they decided to send me to another store instead. Whatever. Second, they offered perfect hours, well someone quit so we gotta rearrange it. Ok but you're working around my availability, I'm not stressing to be here. Ive worked for the person before at a different company but still gas station. So she has me on one day of training then next day by myself for half shift. No big deal but geez not looking great. Then she said the funniest thing I've ever heard. “They send the training videos to your email. So you can just watch them at home, whenever, while your playing with your kids.” I laughed. No hun. I'm not doing that. I'll watch them here, on the clock, thanks. There are three stores of theirs fighting for me. Offering jokes for wages and…

I work really fast and tend to get a lot done easily. In the past I am prone to burnout. But, in the last months I have been managing my energy a lot better by pacing myself at work. So what can I do besides mindlessly scrolling Reddit in those 2-4 minute breaks I give myself? Needs to be somewhat discreet since I work with my office door open.

I'm just going on a rant I go to college for cybersecurity and I got a job at an IT place my manager says do you know how to use something called MYSQL and I said yes. Then he said do you have knowledge on crystal reports and I said: “I've heard of the program but I'm not completely familiar with it but I can learn fast with the right training and where everything goes to which place then yeah I can do the job”. So he hires me I get paid 18 an hour the first week he said do this report and I had to do training with him for one report only one! There are multiple report templates within the system we only went through one! So he asks me to redo these computers in a warehouse since it was a warehouse distribution company I cleaned everything…

Yesterday I found out I have Covid, I’m fully vaxxed/boosted but it’s still got me feeling down for the count and delirious. Today, I’m still not feeling great and I wanted to take time off, focus on getting better, and, you know, not infect my coworkers. I like everyone I work with and I know this isn’t their fault, but how am I expected to pay bills when I can’t go in and don’t get paid to be sick. I feel like I need to go in if I want to stay above water. Fuck you corporate America

So I work in the education field as a teacher assistant. A small job, but it is what it is. Well, both of my managers are retiring in May. They have stayed with the edu system for over 30/40 years. Their reason for retiring is that the system is pushing EVERYONE to their limit (hell, my mom retired from the edu system because of this). Recently my college decided to put more pressure on my managers by requiring them to do more for fewer benefits. One of my managers came up to me and my co-workers and explained everything to us. They explained how the college we work for pressures them to be in multiple places at once, overloads them with work, and took away some of their benefits. My manager said “Enough is enough. You ALWAYS put well-being over work. This is ridiculous and I can't do this anymore.…

While walking to work today a car was idling besides me and I thought ‘what if this guy kidnaps me and keep me tied up in his basement’ but instead of panicking my brain was like ‘yeah that would suck BUT at least I’ll get to rest for a bit’. I felt immediately guilty after because I am not appreciating all the good things I have but that thought was totally involuntary. Is it just me? What is happening? I feel like I need to sleep for at least 200 years. But I have to work. All. The. Time.

Since our politicians only represent millionaires and billionaires, perhaps it's time to reconsider this rally cry for a new age. History doesn't repeat itself, but it certainly rhymes.

Just passed 16 years last week not a peep from boss, should have a sweet commission coming in tomorrow if it's not the full split like he said, I do think me should gather my stuff and leave! Any thoughts