Antiwork

I just found out today that a logistics company bought the tiny company I work for. There’s only about a dozen of us or so. They assured us that we’ll still operate as normal and that the previous owner will still be there as our boss, and also that all our jobs are secure….but imo it’s not over til the fat lady sings. We all will need to re-interview with the NEW owner, and my boss (the old owner) went out of his way to give me a heads up before everyone else that the company was sold and also gave me an extra day before my interview so that I could “prepare”. What does this mean? Is my job truly secure? I’m a great employee and my boss values me, but is it normal for the new owners to drop me even though they said ALL of our jobs…

I will try to make this short, but no promises. At this coffeeshop chain (which may or may not be having union issues), we use an app where we can check our schedule. Last week, I looked at mine and it said I worked tomorrow. However, when I looked again today, I was taken off the schedule. I didn't think much of it because there have been a lot of scheduling issues (that's another story), so I made plans. Then later today, I get a notification saying I was added back on the schedule for tomorrow. Confused, I texted my manager saying I was under the assumption I didn't work, so I made plans and won't be able to come in tomorrow. She then calls me and starts to blame me for the conflict. She says that I should know better than to think they'd just take me off the…

I work in a long-term health care facility and I've posted before about my manager telling me to go into work anyways when I was trying to call in sick. The good news is, I'm leaving! I put in PTO last Wednesday, it got approved by my manager that same day, and then I put in my two weeks notice on Friday. I had the day off today, and my manager texted me asking if I could go do something, she never texts back when its her day off so I decided to just let my coworker know before my manager goes and asks them to in the way she does it. Besides, I thought I was simply saving her time asking someone else. I got the initial text at noon, and got a second angry text at three pm saying that I didn't need to go and complain to…

My thoughts on this are brief. Back when workers got tossed into trash pile, many got meaningful help from employment. Many of these peeps were getting more money than when they were working since there was a 600 dollar a week increase given the emergency of the situation. Now I knew that wouldn't last but so many people got a taste of actually being able to breathe for once in their lives. They could take time off AND not die because of it. Folks took on all sorts of activities meaningful to them or tried new things they had the time to try…and could live their life, at least for a few fleeting moments, without a loaded gun to their heads. I'm only making this post to illustrate the point that people are much better off when they are not faced with the choice of meaningless servitude or death, As…

My first day of my new job was today and I just left because I didn't like how the recruiter was unsure of my schedule or location I'd be placed, they were so undecided with me and just put me on a computer to watch videos. I got a call from an old boss that I regularly talk with and offered me a position. So I left the new job immediately lol. Thoughts on this?

I'm at a standstill…I am a RN. I have had to take “mental health breaks” over the last 3 years several times. I see a professional, I'm on meds, but I feel stuck. …during the day I should be actively job searching but when I start, I get so overwhelmed with anxiety & a deep wave of hopelessness. I have such a love hate with nursing. I'm naturally very empathetic, it's exhausting. I just left inpatient psych position bc I was getting physically hurt by patients & no one in leadership did anything. When I asked to switch units, I was punished by my supervisor I had coworkers gift me PTO for my time off as they knew I needed it When I got my next paycheck, it was negative all the gifted PTO was taken back. I went to HR to no avail. I just quit. No notice. I…

I've recently had to withdraw from more than one recruitment process because only after I've been invited to interviews did the employer reveal that WFH wasn't a possibly at all. Seriously, it's like when the salary is vaguely advertised as “competitive”. Please just give us the relevant information upfront in the job ad to allow us to make the right decisions and stop wasting time. I hate how it's considered poor etiquette to ask questions about remote/hybrid working, as if we should be grateful that a company is considering us for a role.

Okay, so I had a meeting with my manager this week regarding the transition after I’m gone and we discussed a few things, one of them was “did you tell anyone that you’re leaving?” I said I told my colleagues that I work closely with so they know what’s coming their way, I wanted to give them as much notice as possible so if they have questions I can help during the 2 weeks. She said I was extremely unprofessional for doing that and then asked why I wanted to leave. I basically had enough of her so I said I wasn’t too fond of the management style (which is micromanaging) she started gaslighting me and said I’m wrong and she never does that (keep in mind that my co workers also agree that she’s a micromanager but I don’t want to get into too much detail with this). She…

I’m working somewhere that is just destroying my mental health. I honestly feel like they’re abusing me and I can’t take it anymore. I started my business trip on Monday and I’ve spent the last two nights just crying in my hotel room. Now I’m on day 3 in a row of nearly zero sleep and I’m on the verge of an anxiety attack. I can’t take it anymore. I’ve tried to remedy this by switching to another team, but I missed that opportunity by just a few days and I wasn’t listened to when I asked about changing teams multiple times throughout the year. There are now hiring freezes everywhere, so I can’t move internally or externally. I just feel completely screwed, but I also feel like if I stick around, it’ll just get worse. I’m literally hiding in one of our unused conference rooms typing this up. I’ve…