Antiwork

Disclaimer: I'm a software engineer and in my 15+ year professional career I've already switched employer 8 times. Job hopping is quite common for software engineers, as it's good to get involved with other technology stacks and work flows, and of course the best way to get a good bump in salary. Just very recently, little over 2 months ago, I started at the current gig and I already handed in my resignation letter. A new record! This workplace being terrible was already written on the wall before I even started. The previous development team consisting of 4 developers (all interns that stuck around after graduation) quit in a matter of 3 months. Before I signed I contacted the last remaining developer privately to ask him what the deal with this place was and I wish I would've taken his warnings to heart. I got a very competitive salary and…

Title says it all. The first table I ever waited I had a big party of 8 people, all on vacation. They racked up a $250 bill. I ran my ass of for them, tried to make them happy. They seemed totally fine and like they were having a great time. No complaints of food and even got doggie bags for leftovers. I was showing them some of the old things we had on display because they had asked about them. One was a Monopoly board. I made some comment about how I loved playing Monopoly when I was a kid, and for them to feel free to check it out while I got their check. When I came back to get my check they had left a $20 tip….in Monopoly money. I was devastated lol. Ten years later never had anyone skip a tip so f them. Fricken Karens.…

I know someone who has inherited a multimillion pound business, with few employees. The business is situated in a high cost of living area, where a 2 bed starter home is £300,000. The business owner was complaining that minimum wage (£9.50 before tax) is enough to live off, and that no one is applying for the jobs because they are lazy due to receiving a few months of furlough payments in 2020: baring in mind, this business received significant government grants during the first lockdown. The second complaint was that the people that they interview don't have the same heart or desire in the job as the owner does. Why would they, it isn't their business and when you pay £20,000 a year and you pay yourself 10 times as much. The answer in their eyes was to do their jobs on top of their workload, and then complain about…

It’s been racking my brain lately how off things seem.. In the 1940s Builders would make their own screws and fixtures and would unload manually; now fixtures get mass produced and materials dropped by crane All checkouts would be individually calculated; now they are scanned All sales/dialogs/questions would be on the phone; now we have emails or texts and apps Logistics would use maps, radio and memory; now we have gps All banking would be done in the bank; now it’s all digital Goods would be crafted; now they are robotically printed All paperwork would be mailed; now it’s faxed then emailed I could go on but I think you get the point. Where is all this bonus time saved going? What have we gained from all this efficiency if we are working harder than ever? I really just can’t account for it. Is it as simple as just more…

I originally posted this to r/prorevenge, but someone said it fitted better here. Before i start, i just want to say im not from an english-speaking country, so sorry if i make any mistakes. Some backstory: I used to work for a demolishion-firm. All my bosses (there were three of them) and i got along solidly. Each day i would wake up with a smile, knowing id go to the work i semi-enjoyed, but with amazing colleagues and great bosses i concidered my friends. The only one who was 'meh', was a middle aged man, lets call him john, that had worked there just a year longer than me. He always thought(/thinks to this day) he was better than everyone and would always try to prove just how bad everyone else was. He would always have one person in his crosshairs, especially new hires because no one knew them and…

I am working for the company that has one of the worst workplace environment that I've ever been in. Coworkers constantly talk behind other's back, harassing and indirect racism, participating in office politics, spreading false rumors, not training new staffs properly and giving false reports to bosses to make fun of them, and acting like a bunch of immature high school kids. And now they are upset because I'm one of 3 people team and that I'm leaving. I'm literally doing half of the job in my team, and if my leaving upsets them, they shouldve treated me better. It's as if they have zero clue of how they're behaving. I sent my 2 weeks notice to my manager through email after work, and literally the next day he spreads the rumor, and everyone in the office knows about my resignation. And the manager didnt and HASN'T talked to me…

My boss (27M) sits right next to me in our small office. He bites his nails daily, and the sound if so f loud, gives me the hugest ick on my spine every time, and I feel like there’s nothing I can do about it because he’s my boss. People that bite your nails, is there any polite way for one to ask you to stop? I’m I the wuss?

Time to post here. I've been working my ass for 2 years and a half into a big company with a decent salary and a good position. Then the Covid situation struck and, as i'm immunosupressed. I've been very early to work remotely from home without any major issues over 2 years without stop. Then, after a promotion and good motivation from employer etc. They decided to force the return to office to everyone considering the Covid is no longer an issue… Despite my 3-shot vaccine and the useage of masks etc, i was feeling unconfortable to work to the office considering the risks are still present. Is only after a week and a half of working at the office that i've contracted a severe case of COVID (still under recovery) which pushes me outside of work and to call for a long sick leave. It's likely that on the…