Antiwork

She was only hired a month before me. My boss was negotiating with both of us for these roles at the same time. I feel completely low-balled and pissed off at my boss… I really like my colleague and we work VERY closely together every day. I don’t want to resent her, but I am hurt and struggling and taking it personally. I know this should be directed at the company / my boss, but I’m scared that it’s going to effect our relationship. I LOVE my job and there is great career growth opportunity but…. Fuck.

I work for an independently owned business that lost 30% of it's business last November and was terminated as part of a massive lay off this week. I keep thinking about all of my past experiences with previous employers and the idea of trying to get a new job makes me feel empty and hopeless. I'm tired of endlessly of destroying my self worth and self-esteem trying to slave away for not enough money for people who either don't care about me or can't afford to. I'm tired of struggling to survive and I wish there was a way out of this miserable hopeless existence.

Compared to some countries, our work culture SUCKS. Specifically compared to european countries. Many countries in and around Europe, including the UK. Many of them get 25-30 days paid days off, and that's the minimum, the legal required amount. Then many of these countries have guaranteed maternity and/or paternity leave, an awesome sick leave policy, etc. Meanwhile in America, some people, no, not even some, many, get 0 days. Some people have literally have no sick time, no vacation time, nothing. We've got FMLA, “woooo” just gotta wait for a family member to die, for me to get a debilitating medical condition, or for me to have a child and I'm entitled to 12 weeks of UNPAID vacation, but I can still keep my job. And even then fmla is a pain to get. Thankfully my current job and my last job offered pretty good vacation time(in American standards) My…

I was recently interviewed by a company that has now told me that the position I applied for does not exist and will likely never exist in the future, but that they'd appreciate it if I could remain available in case they decide to implement the position in the future. I had multiple phone interviews, had to drive 100+ miles each way, and spent 2 days at their facility interviewing with and shadowing various members of the team I would potentially be working with. When I left, I was told that they wanted me on their team and that they would be in touch soon. Today I interviewed with a different company and got an amazing offer on the spot, but figured I'd do the right thing and at least give the first company a chance to make an offer before accepting, and the interviewers completely understood and said it…

Instead of our usual yearly 5% raise, the company gave us all a 16% raise to keep the company competitive and beat the inflation rate. So at least for this year I expect we will have excellent employee retention

My boss is a very intimidating man. 6'4, 200 pounds and decades of experience. He has told people he's an asshole to work with. That's a lie. He's IMPOSSIBLE TO WORK WITH. I made a mistake. I admit that. To me it was the easiest solution at the time and I did what I could when I was all alone. The next day, he comes in asking for an explanation. Mind you, when he does this you can't get 2 words in without him interrupting you and talking about “chain of command”. When he interrupted me for the 3rd time, I snapped. I said sternly “Sir, if you could please let me finish I can tell you-” That's when he got in my face, a 5″1 100 pound girl, and snarled “watch your fucking attitude.” I was sitting down at the time. So I pushed my chair back, got up,…

Today I found out the coworker I have been helping with is work is making 6x what I make. I feel hella stupid I couldnt even cry when I found out, i just laughed hysterically. I have been helping him for months to finish all his tasks still while doing the job of two persons. SMH I feel used. Yes he was well aware of the pay difference. No he doesn't have more qualifications or experience than I do.