Antiwork

So I’ve been with the same company since years before COVID and now we’re 100% remote. Previously I’d just catch my manager when they seemed free and drop the news. Now I don’t even know how to handle it. Send an email? I’ve thought of many subject lines ranging from there being no doubt what the email is about to slightly comical ice breakers. Send a message? My manager and I have a good relationship and usually just shoot the shit after we talk a little business during our monthly touch bases; we were friends before he moved into management so we still have that bond even though I ended up reporting to him. I knew I would be leaving when we talked earlier this week but hadn’t been cleared yet so I just stuck to the playbook. Now I’m cleared and they can’t change my mind. The third option…

So most companies shut down their RTO office plans because of Omricron but there is worse variant that will be dominant BA.2 that can get past the vaccines and causes more issues. What is the science? Why are companies making people go into the office then act like nothing is going on if something worse is on the horizon? Omiricron was bad but then a worse variant comes and they say ok go to the office now. Doesn’t make sense.

I'm a data scientist and I used to be pretty proud of my work, I tried to be statistically rigorous with everything I've created and my coworkers were all happy with the work. Recently though, the upper management of my company changed and consequently everything has to change, the higher ups used to do things a certain way and cannot bother to listen to anyone below them, so all the tools I've created are being discarded for worse versions. All things considered, my job is pretty comfortable, but I cannot help feeling incredibly frustrated with the complete lack of power I have in the situation.

$15/hr plus no benefits. but you can get chicken and taquitos at full price

Thank GM I will always remember this

Friend is working uplifting and works as as a part timer at a Japanese bath house cleaning overseas. She wanted to quit because the Japanese owner would often write in group chat and imply my friend did something wrong without directly addressing the issue or confronting my friend, when actually it wasn’t my friend’s fault. So anyway my friend resigns, the Japanese owner tried to ask my friend to stay due to short staff lately. Accused my friend of being rude and asked if my friend ever worked in corporate before (yes my friend works in corporate in Japan). Owner said in corporate you’d go and ask the owner for advice in your career before quitting – I mean we’re talking about career advice on mopping floors here hahaha