Antiwork

The title pretty much says it. I say all of the following mostly out of anger and despair because up until now (I’ve been there 6 months) this company has been really flexible and good to me. I can squarely place that thanks on my direct supervisor though who is out because she had surgery yesterday. I will clarify that they have let me bring my son to work for days ina row (he is extremely well behaved and I have an office with a door) and I can basically come and go as I please so long as the work gets done each day. Last Tuesday I came back from a long weekend. This is important because I’m certain it added to my guilt and allowed ME to allow this to happen. I came back with Covid. I took a test on the morning. Messaged my supervisor and her…

I am currently reading a book that is about malicious leadership in the working life. It states that there are much more psychopaths and narcissists in company leadership and management than in the average population. The book furthermore states that our competitive society is a well suited place for these kind of persons to thrive. Surpressing others and self-aggrandizement is very much possible in the working life and that's why persons with malicious personality traits seek for these kind of leader positions. I find this plausible and very interesting at once. Because I recognized much behaviours in the given examples in the book with my boss of my previous employer. Another field is religious organizations and politics the book states. Just figured I share this here. I don't know if there is an english version, in german the book is called “Mein Chef ist irre, Ihrer auch?”.

I recently left a job. I’d been there a long time and liked it, it had lots of opportunity to learn new things. My boss relied on me to address new challenges and set new processes up, even if I’d never done it before. It required research and learning and listening. Then about 8 months ago she put me under a new boss who was horrible. Micromanager who questioned everything I did and didn’t trust my experience or my talents. I left. I am too old for that shit. I am looking for a new job. Shortly after I left, two out three of my former direct reports also left. They also hated new boss. I had to talk them all out of walking out twice while I managed them, so it’s not surprising they were looking. Words cannot express how bad a manager new boss is. Both were able…

So my company has fucked up my pay cheques all summer, deleted me from their records, cancelled my benefits for a month, all while I was working and paying benefits. They starve all of us right out. So I decided to go grab a job at the rigs. I didn’t tell them this and now that they have work for me, I’ve just played along and said I’ll be there or that my back hurts too much to work. Meanwhile, I’m at a rig. Yes, my back was messed up for a little bit, but I’m good now. So here’s some photos of texts from my boss, while I’m at a rig laughing… made more in my first week here than I have in 2 months with my previous company… if I can figure out how to add photos. First post ever. Sorry guys. But it’s funny as hell once…

Overworked Five sevenths they steal away from me, everyone tells me that this is fine. The hands march on, they do not see, only the end of the week is mine. I do not break my back with work, in this is some solace, I suppose. Instead from behind a screen I lurk, though it is not the life I chose. I could be out exploring the world, witnessing empire, tree and mountain. Instead, I’m hunched here, spine curled, eyeing the minutes that I’m counting. When one day it is time to pass, and recall the things I’ve done, I’ll first remember of the scent of grass, whilst I’ve been strolling in the sun. And though I do not know that day, Or when it shall surely arrive, another drone they’d sit at my bay, for another life to deprive.

I sent an email to HR, my boss, and my boss' boss upon exiting my job yesterday due to clear double standards and sexism in my workplace. Something to keep in mind, I was paid hourly and 1 out of 3 needed office workers to properly function as a team. F (my co-worker), my boss, and B (my boss' boss) are all salary, B working out of state but being the 'General Manager' of my office. ​ Good afternoon, I am writing to inform you of the circumstances surrounding my immediate resignation today, Monday, September 29th, of 2022. On Friday, (8-26-22) I arrived at work at 6:44am and was by myself in the office. At roughly 7:30, I was still alone in the office and had a customer here for an order that had not been communicated to me previously or put into the company's system. So, I reached out…