Antiwork

So this admittedly happened years ago in my early 20’s, however I figured you guys would love to hear this story. I got hired as a department manager at the ripe age of 21 for the active wear section of the men’s store and was super stoked. This came with the ability and expectations that I would occasionally approve price over-rides on mislabeled merchandise. This was usually approved by my direct manager, the floor manager. Anyways everything was going well for 6 months, to the point where I was being groomed for said floor manager position at a different location. Then came one fateful day when I was called into Asset Protection’s office. They pull me into a back room and lock the door, then start asking bizarre questions such as “if you owned a business and an employee did something wrong knowingly to hurt the business, how would you…

They finally got me. They sprung it on me today, 2 days a week in the office, non-negotiable. The commute is awful, near impossible by public transit. They have not offered to offset transportation costs and my car will not hold up to that. I haven’t been paid well enough to make any movement on my debts, or fix my car, wfh is the only thing that made this job doable for me. Well fuck them, I’m filing for a disability accommodation. I’ve documented my disability with them from the beginning and I’ll steamroll them all the same. My doctor even suggested it without my asking, it’s not like it would be a bullshit work around. I really do need space at home to do my job. I’m prepared for them to take a magnifying glass to my performance, but they’d be bluffing if they tried to fire me—I’ve been…

I just had a baby this spring and had no parental leave, so I used up all my PTO. My organization is too small to technically have to do FMLA, but prides themselves on being “baby friendly” and flexible, and claims in their personnel manual to provide FMLA. When it came time to use some unpaid leave to best take care of me and baby, they made it exceedingly hard to schedule so as to be impossible to use. So, I quit. The leave would've been unpaid anyways, it wasn't worth the mental labor and emotional hassle from them on top of being a new mom. Flash forward to today. It's my last day after giving notice, and management is scrambling to find someone to run the projects I used to handle for them. They'd like to contract me this winter to lead some of the same work I'd done…

So my job had a bunch a bunch of high school students just leave for college so now we are short staffed. My boss asked if I would hang up an advertisement at my community College. I told him sure why not. I got the paper today (I won't show it because it's a huge medical company that starts with S). How do I tell my boss that that the advertisement is not going to get anyone. It has ALL THE JOBS of that building not just my section It only has the full time benefits. Most of these people will only be part time It doesn't say the wages. Thats always a huge red flag. It does pay pretty crappy but for college kids they get to make their own schedule and the incentive we have right now is well over the livable wage for my area.

Being physically ill is far from the only reason people take sick days. Whether it’s for physical health, mental health, emotion health, or anything else people need that time for grief, healing, recovery, and overall healthy living. I know it’s a small thing to focus on, but it seems that even the word discourages people from using that time for anything besides being sick, as if it’s some kind of guilt tactic. Hopefully if it were changed people would feel more encouraged to use those days for what they’re meant for, health. Again, I know there’s much bigger issues to tackle, but I’d like to see it

I’ve been with company for 6 months. I guess after every time someone resigns she calls and gets more info on why and what to do better. They have never liked me I could tell, they would set different rules with me. Like a new one added no phone near you. I’m the manager, and I have zero power to help customers or make situations better without getting barked at by them. They constantly watch cameras only on me “Why did you word it like that ect”. My friend that’s a manger they never did that with- she actually quit second month in on how passive aggressive they are towards me. I should have had more self worth and quit then. I have been in this industry for 8 years, I’m over being babied. I don’t love confrontation though and I need tips for this phone call