Antiwork

Long story short I’m getting a new job and at my current job I have about 80 hours PTO. I don’t live in a state that requires this to be paid out so I want to make sure I get paid for it. Was thinking about saying a family member has terminal illness and I have to make an emergency trip out of town. Was wondering if anyone else came up With any more creative excuses. I think they will give me the finger on this if I just give notice to quit…

But what's the alternative? I was born in a middle class family in a third world country and moved to a decent country with higher salaries for my studies. I come from a background where my dad didn't even have enough money to buy a pencil or have electricity. I'm working my ass off to finish off my degree so I can afford to put a roof over my head and three meals on the table. As a student, I have struggled to do that. I have gone to bed hungry on more occasions than I can count. I have cried myself to bed almost everyday. My internships got cancelled, got ghosted by recruiters, firms who never gave me a chance to begin with. I managed to secure one solid internship last year where I was paid just enough to put food on the table and pay my rent and…

(UK) for context I currently get paid around 70p more than minimum wage in a shop, and have a new job opportunity in a restaurant which pays minimum wage with tips – can anyone say whether the switch would be worth it?

We are going through a major re-organisation in the company that was announced beginning of April and we were supposed to know if we will keep our jobs in June. Needless to say they grossly underestimated how much time they would need and it's almost November and we still don't have any news about jobs. In the meanwhile, my manager keeps dangling the let's-all-show- up-with-our-A- game-so-we-get-picked carrot and I'm soooo over it. At this point, I'm just doing bare minimum and seeing as well that others are doing the same. No one believes any deadlines anymore- they've moved atleast 5 times. I'm so over this non-sense!!

My partner offered to let me take a break off work for mental and physical health. Covid ruined me. I feel guilty and my boss got very angry. I'm trying not to feel gaslit that I'm lazy. I'm not lazy. I am genuinely still sick.