Antiwork

Put in my two weeks today. Everyone including the boss knew it was coming as I’d been very clear that I was only staying while my visa was in processing. Everyone else took the time to ask where I was going and even learn the difference between Taiwan and Thailand. That’s a lot from rural Americans who are happy where they are and don’t care what goes on outside their town. The boss has always been convinced I’m going to Japan and he’s known for flying off the handle so nobody corrected him. That all changed today when I turned in my resignation letter clearly stating that I was offered a job in Taiwan. He spent quite awhile trying to convince me it was too dangerous to go for the following reasons: China is going to invade Taiwan to steal their women to fix their population problem, Joe Biden is…

Work is the best thing ever created

Since February I've been working a remote recruiting position- sourcing potential candidates for the recruiters to contact. Was an easy job that allowed me to not waste money on a commute. Pay wasn't anything to write home about, especially since I'm in California; only $17/hr but better than most jobs around here. In the middle of my shift today, I got a call from HR stated I'm being laid off because the company doesn't have enough paying clients to cover the current number of employees. Come to find out from my manager that the sales team responsible for bringing in clients are pretty incompetent. How is that my problem? My position is literally the foundation to keeping clients and proof that the company has value. Nobody else from my team was let go, just me, despite having some of the best performance numbers. On the bright side she said I'd…

My workplace runs 24/7 with 4 rotating crews. You’re “on call” multiple times a month, even for night shifts, and you will be marked as an unexcused absence if you don’t come in. But what’s ridiculous – in the instance of nights- is they call at 7pm (even if they knew at 11am), and expect you to be there for shift start (8pm). They literally expect you to have slept during the day JUST IN CASE you get called. And it’s perfectly legal to not even pay you for it. F capitalism : )