Antiwork

So I am a business owner. I employ 5 people currently. The current status of work, workers, work culture, employee and employer relations, antiwork, etc has me concerned. Not concerned that I am going to immediately lose any employees, however I don't want to perpetuate negative employment culture. I'm in a unique position for the first time in my life. Ive always been an employee. I am trying to be the boss ive always wanted, but feel like i am getting caught up in the “business side” and am losing touch with being a worker. I took over a business 1 year ago and am doing my annual reflection/review/planning and would love to hear some feedback. I've raised wages of the entire staff by 9%. I rolled out an unlimited PTO policy, and give each employee 2 hours of my time, uninterrupted each week to focus on goals, struggles, training,…

I’ve been stuck at the store for about 45 min now after the closing staff called me for help because they couldn’t lock up the front doors. This f***** lock has been busted for years, I even broke a key in it a couple years ago) but the owners refuse to acknowledge the problem/say it’s too expensive. I complain about it to them all the time! Now instead of eating my delicious steak dinner and watching Always Sunny, I’m possibly here for another 2 hours waiting for a locksmith. And I’m in my PJs because I rushed over. I will not be paid for this time because I’m on a salary. They should have listened to me, I wouldn’t have brought it up if it wasn’t a real problem! Sorry, I’ll end my rant here.

My partner has been applying and interviewing to jobs in conservation for about a month now. He has a good offer, but was waiting to see if another district would give him an offer too, before accepting. So he sends his resume and cover letter. They then ask him to fill out a questionnaire. Okay, it takes him ~30 minutes, done. He gets an interview, on Friday. It's an hour long, with a panel of three interviewers. It went well, he's feeling hopeful. Now they send out “homework” to be completed by noon on Monday. They want a full restoration and maintenance overview for a hypothetical job site. He really wants this job, and he spends maybe 4 hours or more hours on this “homework” over the weekend. Sends it in on time on Monday. They send out an email to all the applicants today. A new executive director was…

What’s the point of an interview then? Why bother checking twice? Don’t claim it’s a difficult choice, yet choose the candidate the company doesn’t need to onboard. 🤷‍️ Why bother telling people they are the right candidate and keep their hopes up for nothing? (Not my story, just of someone I know. I’ll probably will face the same issues soon) How do you as a worker overcome this sort of time wasting? Do companies just like to have interviews for fun?

Pretty messed up situation has recently gone down at my current job of 6 years. As of two weeks ago, I handled all marketing and associate product management for my group. We were blindsided by upper management, who indicated that a major re-org was to take place and that certain members would be realigned elsewhere. I ended up being one of those members. In the last two weeks I’ve continued to handle not only my current projects and responsibilities, but have been contacted multiple times by management in the “new team” to discuss my new role, etc. and go over major marketing strategies, resources, brand positioning and other fun stuff. Getting a funny feeling that things were about to ramp up, I reached out to the person who would be my new manager and indicated I wanted to have my current title reviewed. With little to no hesitation they agreed…

I work as a project coordinator. The pay is good, but not comparable to the work I do. I am also being paid lower than the salary range for the role. My manager suggested I ask to change my role to say project coordinator 2 and add additional responsibilities outside of my role. I am already doing this and have grown to take on some responsibilities my manager used to do. Not to mention, the projects I coordinate bring about 4 million a year. I wanted to see if anyone here had suggestions on how to approach asking for a raise? I have been told the boss is big on numbers and wants to keep profits up. How do I show that giving me a raise will benefit the company? From my perspective, I work hard and I deserve a raise. I I just don't know how to advocate for…