Antiwork

I’d love some support because I’m sure this is not a unique experience. I’ve been at a new job (reception at a law firm) for 2 months and I’m already exhausted. I can’t quit because it pays better than most jobs in my area and I need to pay for rent/car/school/etc. I’ve never had a job that’s made me feel so useless before. The girl I replaced had been working here for a while so she was really on top of things, whereas I’m struggling to keep up. I’m well aware of how dumb my mistakes have been, and the managers make it abundantly clear how stupid they think I am. I just smile politely and thank them for their feedback, because I’ll be damned if this job makes me a bitter asshole like them. I make a point to be extremely polite and kind, because it would make me…

Just a rant because this is ridiculous. Long story ahead, but a friend of mine left the job I was at because he was screwed out of money somehow – I don't know the details, but it was bad enough for him to barely even return the uniforms, let alone give two weeks notice. I was working at the time that he did; the only person at the location at the time, and we got to talking. Apparently he had already been hired elsewhere for more money, I told him I'd considered working there and he said if I wanted to apply he'd look out for me and put in a good word. Cut to about a month ago when I ask for a raise from my boss's boss and am denied; all the usual bullshit reasons(“we can't afford it” “what's to stop other people from being jealous of your…

And I just kept on driving. Maybe I would’ve stopped if he didn’t tell me I wasn’t asked to do enough to justify a pay raise. 🤷‍️ better call AAA, bud.

Just finished an interview where I asked at the end what the salary range was and I was told “asking about money is disrespectful during interviews”. They then asked me 2 more questions before finishing with “what are your salary expectations?” My response was that I did not want to discuss it because I wanted to be respectful of everyone in the room. I am so done with companies thinking they should not have to provide us any information before an offer letter is sent. This is why interviewing is so exhausting, I spend hours preparing for them only to get some boomer saying that I am disrespecting them by asking a simple GD question.