Antiwork

Hi everyone Throwaway account for obvious reasons. I had what so many people saw as the dream life but it was actually a nightmare. Made 6 figures working in a big law firm, had my name written on the door and the wall, years of postgrad formation and experience, specialized in a tiny field with high demand, big profile cases and clients, blablabla. I was working like a pig, often 55-60hrs weeks, you could take a shower and sleep at the office (literally). I was making the firm so much money and even though my salary was good it was greatly undervalued. Anyway, covid and other things opened my eyes on how much BS I was dealing with, the unnecessary meetings, living downtown, traffic, etc. While I was still working there I built myself a good website on Fiverr for a few hundred bucks, rented a small office in an…

Hospital bills have wrecked my credit score, and therefore no one will rent to me. I'm so tired of sleeping in my car and getting harassed by people and cops constantly. I provide services for my community and work 14-15 hours during the day, but that same community won't allow me to sleep peacefully at night. I don't know what people want from me, just let me rest for fuck sake, all I want to do is rest during my free time, but the public won't let me do that, the Karens especially. They'll wake me up at 6am on their morning walk with their dog, and they'll tell me to get a job. “Mam, I already work more than 100 hours a week, I'm really trying my best, what else am I supposed to do?” I don't even know why I spend time arguing with these people, they always…

This is a long backstory, but I will try to keep it short. I’m on a performance improvement plan that ends next Friday, after 45 days. I got in trouble for sending an email that made an overly sensitive coworker tattle on me. I took her responsibility for it and apologized profusely, but it was too late. Anyway, the issue at hand is trying not to get fired next Friday, only because I need to stay employed at a nonprofit or government until my loan forgiveness comes through which should be in the next 30 to 60 days. I am currently waiting for student loan forgiveness for my entire loans, because I worked in non-profit or government for the last 10 years (not the new Biden relief plan). I have another job lined up in the private sector, but if I get fired from this nonprofit job before my loans…

Not gonna sit here and waste time so I’m just gonna put the truth out there… NO human being should be making less than $50,000 a year even if you work at a hotel or a McDonald’s. Edited: Please no controversial or negative comments saying we’re lazy or the rich deserves to stay rich while they piss on us living cheap and poor

…and how kids nowadays don't want to work. And I'm thinking aren't you getting it?

Tldr mom and pop company hires me as third employee and fires me roughly 9 months later after losing most senior tech because my focus wasn't 100% on the company So I got this job back in 2021 that seemed great at first. Small company Cool coworkers Free benefits More pay than I'd ever gotten before in my life Ability to work in a field I enjoy (IT) Hybrid remote work Unlimited time off Anyway it seems great and throughout the interview process I get asked “What has been your hardest challenge to overcome?” Well the year prior my mother lost the use of her legs and I explained that I now help take care of her with my dad and brother. Now this is in the middle of the pandemic so my dad and brother had both lost their jobs and basically stopped looking to take care of her…