Antiwork

Not that I’d ever willingly work for them again but holy fuck. I gave my two weeks today because I’ve worked here for 5 years and I wanted to leave on a good note. I’ve met many people in this job that I’ll probably know for life. The problem was Feb 21st is a company holiday and they felt they shouldn’t pay someone for a holiday during their two week period, so they forced me to give one week notice. Fuck large enterprise, everyone is your friend until it suits the company to not be your friend. Thankfully I am OK with missing one week of pay but I know a lot of people aren’t and get put in this same situation.

I see all these ads and articles that basically boil down to: If you don't have 50 bazillion dollars when you retire, you'll see out your days in a Reagan condo eating cat food. Even the calmer entries on the topic seem delusional. “You'll need at least $4 million to retire.” Everyone seems to have a fetish about retiring and playing golf four times a week, going on two vacations a year, and so on. It's like they're weaponizing the idea of just retiring when you accumulate $500,000 or $1 million because they (whoever they are) need you burning out on the hamster wheel for as long as possible. I just want to live alone, read my books, watch my TV, play online, etc. I don't want to climb Mt. Everest backward, I just want to relax and do things I want to do. Not race around filling every day…

I had multiple interviews with this company and they seemed really eager to have me onboard. The last thing they requested was a “meet and greet”, where they’d give me a tour and send me on the way. I show up, greet everyone with great aplomb, and they give me a tour. I made sure to engage with questions, show my interest, laying it on real thick because that’s how people get ahead in this world. We even had informal chit chat about our everyday lives. I get an email today saying that they rejected me. I asked why and they said “your level of engagement during the process seemed low–in other words the team felt that perhaps you didn't express much interest in the role itself”. I literally told them this is my ideal position and my #1 choice. I don’t know what else I could have done. I…

I spent all this time on my resume for a reason, and then they go and ask me to fill out all the details all over again? Nope. Not applying. You kidding me?? So I have to upload my resume AND individually fill out the start date end date duties company title responsibilities for EACH work experience??? Fuck off.