Antiwork

How do I stop the young, anxious coworker that’s new from constantly pinging me on slack? I have only been there like 6 weeks longer, but I have had this role before and I am much older than she. She has never done this role before and I have been kind and listened, but she is working longer hours, working way too hard for being this new. I am over it! She asks a million questions in meetings and pings me on a. Friday when I am not working hard or hardly working. I am going to start not responding for long periods of time to give the impression I’m super busy and perhaps add meetings on my calendar for “work time”. I am just over it! I want to do my job from home and that’s it. I get enough interaction from meetings and family, I don’t need a…

When I was 24 at my first office job, I had a mean old rich lady for a boss. She said to me once: “everyone is replaceable.” As shitty as that was to hear, I believed her for a long time. Now almost 10 years later, I’m starting to realize how untrue that is. Is a hardworking, flexible pushover like myself really that easily replaceable? Do you believe that you get noticed by your superiors when you work hard, whether or not they reward or praise you for it? Follow up question: how much is a hardworking person worth to a company? I’d like to think we’re worth a lot more than they let on.

FedEx is requiring employees to park 10-15 minutes away from the work site. This requires me to wake up earlier and leave my home earlier and park away from work earlier. So in total (20-30minutes extra per day without pay), 10-15 minutes to get to work + 10-15 minutes to get back to my car to go home afterwork. So, should my work hours begin when I park my car 10-15 minutes away? Or Not?

I don’t know if this is an unpopular opinion, but I would much rather feel purposeful and useful at my job than sit around, do nothing and be bored. At the very least, I’d hope it makes me feel like I’m adding something to the world rather than just taking up space, contributing to corporate greed and performing the schlep of a 9-to-5 job. At my current job I make decent enough money but damn I don’t do anything and it kills me inside. So yeah, I’d way rather have stuff to do and feel like I’m there for a reason rather than just showing up to clock in and clock out.

Currently renting my place directly across the street from the office where I work. Boss is always making the worst comments and tends to linger at my desk and,most recently, is getting “accidentally” handsy. I don’t particularly like the job in general, the pay is mediocre, however I do receive health benefits and 401k contribution match and decent yearly cash bonuses, but he really makes it miserable on the days he’s in. I have an offer for new job, actually making more money, but it’s an hour commute. With gas being as high as it is, I’ll more than likely be taking a pay cut overall. Do I just tough it out and wait for him to eventually kick the bucket or retire (he’s near retirement within the next 5-7 yrs) or do I take the hit in my wallet to save my sanity? Thanks, appreciate your thoughts

Somewhere around 8 years ago, my company split off from it's parent corporation to become an independent entity. Suddenly, our primary shareholder was a vulture hedge fund who brought in a new CEO. This guy and his right hand man have made careers of gutting companies to maximize shareholder returns and then leaving the dessicated remains to a new management team In the span of 2 years, 3,500 employees are laid off and several offices are closed. Entire departments are cut with no concern regarding what they do or how their absence will affect the company as a whole. Those of us deemed “essential” from the shuttered offices are sent to work from home and basically do the jobs of everyone who was let go in addition to our normal duties. I go from working 3 departments to 11 with no increase in pay. Once the cleansing is complete, our…

I'm finally leaving my awful job for a much better one. The pay isn't better but I won't be working multiple people's jobs for the pay of one. Only problem is I can only really give like a week notice because they need me asap as it's a school job and school starts here in about two weeks. I have to tell them today and I'm dreading it. Not sure why, but my stress is extremely high right now. I know this is a good thing, but I also know I'll be leaving them short handed at a very hectic time and they will not take it well. I think they already know I have plans because they bought me lunch today and told me I'm very appreciated and go above and beyond. Regardless they won't convince me to stay, I am just afraid of the response when we talk…