Antiwork

I recently moved to a new state (NC to be exact) and had a bit of hard time finding a job at first. Plenty of options and interviews but nothing stuck. I started working at Lowes about a month ago and it has been going well despite not quite my desired job. Good people, good hours, decent pay cant complain. This last week I was contacted by a remodeling agency I had applied for. Who after interviewing, called me back the same day and offered me the job. They knew I was already employed and offered me to start in two weeks with a near 4$ per hour increase from my current pay rate at Lowes. I took it gleefully as I loved working in the remodel industry,(it was what I did before I moved here) and definitely could use the extra pay. Now to the hilarious part. I go…

Because some of us don't want to give our bodies for money, I don't want to break my back or become 20 years older do you? So let me get this straight If I'm not mentally capable of writing essays and passing tests for 8-12 years while simultaneously supporting rent and feeding myself then I should be outside toiling away in a dangerous job conditions? Potential electrocution, dangerous falls, joint and nerve tear and wear and heat exhaustion? Some of us are not built for that lifestyle, Not to disrespect any blue collar worker here But it's unrealistic to just fix unemployment with the old ” Why don't you go to trade school” argument, That's a lazy cop out. And as the saying goes “You know there aren't any dumb electricians right?” Right because they're all dead. (All the dumbs died on the job) I don't want to find out.…

I was scheduled to work on Valentine’s Day. Didn’t go in. Called in half an hour before my shift started and said I quit. They screwed me over the night before so an eye for an eye right? The night before, I walked out with -10 dollars. Yep, negative ten dollars. Means I had to PAY to work. The whole day was a mess. Not sure where to start, so I’ll set the foundation to what went down. Crappy training, manager, boss, (I’d also say bartender but half the time there isn’t even one), and quite simply the motto “the customer is always right”. I’ll start off by saying there’s a high turnover rate: new people (teenagers with no restaurant experience) are hired almost literally off the street every two weeks. This is a touristic restaurant located in one of California’s “must visit” attractions. It’s a fast paced environment run…

I work at a chain store. I rarely ever see the district manager which is normal and also good because all she does is walk around stone silent and look for anything to mark down as a failure. It was a shock to hear her having an actual conversation with another female manager at a different store in which she was complaining about several employees and was upset about low staffing because 2 of the employees decided they had covid. Now I know, she does not care about us. Or for us for that matter. I have to work here a few more month for reasons but I'm already very excited to start looking for an upgrade.

Every time I consider leaving my job or even changing industries, the specter of losing my health insurance very quickly rights my thinking. My company even has what I would consider “good” health insurance (relative to other US companies) and I still find myself paying surprise bills from providers. I can't imagine what it's like for folks with chronic, more serious and ongoing healthcare issues. The last time it happened, the doctor's office didn't bill me for a visit when I had the flu back in February 2020 (literally right before covid got going). They sent me the bill in October 2021 due to a “mistake” on their end, and even though my deductible had been met in 2021 for other fun reasons, insurance wouldn't foot the bill since it had been reported in 2020. After calling and trying to get them to drop it, I just told them I…

I want to start by saying this isn’t my experience, but a friend of mines. And of course everything is alleged because I wouldn’t doubt this woman would sue at the drop of a hat. But I got to live through it with her. She worked at a big chain pet store here in Canada (don’t know if it’s located in the US or not). This store she specifically worked for? An absolute mess. Almost every month they had a new manager. In the span she was there (a year and a half) she went through close to 8 managers. Some were okay, some were great. But the one that made her quit: an absolute demon. This woman was the bane of everyone’s existence in this store. She started off relatively nice but the concerning behaviour started a month in. If I went into detail about everything, this would be…

I work in IT, work at a really shitty company but pays okay. No room to grow though. New company has plenty of room to grow and is a small team. First interview was asked what my current pay was, I gave a ballpark answer. Well today I had my second interview, at the end they wanted to offer me a substantial amount less, 10k less to be exact, to start with “ramping” pay increase over first few months after I get acclimated to the company and how their systems work/etc. Ive got roughly 8 years of IT experience between being a deployment tech and being a level 2, level 3 tech and have my A+ certification (systems knowledge/minor networking/security/linux/mac/windows certification). 8 years in the field and im unable to find a job that will pay atleast the average salary in Connecticut.