Antiwork

My favorite excuse: When your boss asks why you’re not at work today just say “I’m sick with anal blindness”. When they ask what that is say “I don’t see my ass coming into work today”

So for context, I've been working since I was 17 and every job I've had has never officially fired me for any real reason. But these jobs would cut my hours or not be honest about my performance. Sometimes they don't even give me clear ways to improve it. Thus they cut hours and leave me for dead it feels like. Fast forward to this month, I find an employer who is mostly honest about how much he pays me and he basically talks about capitalism all the time and the reason these jobs don't just fire you. In short, they don't want to pay for your unemployment. So they rather make you quit instead. Because they don't see you as a valuable employee anymore or at all. From all the jobs I had, it all started to make sense now. All the lies and excuses these jobs told me…

Let me tell you this is a boss who's back I will always have. He didn't just do one thing but followed up with multiple acts of just decency and kindness. 1) Applied for a service tech job but he said he'll take me on as an apprentice and help me get my Millwright liscence. Two minutes after the interview he's helping me complete my application. 2) Let me know that bonus reviews are coming up in December and he'll see if he can try to get me something even though I've only been there 2 months. Gets me a raise and a small bonus. 3) Told me once after a job about why he keeps some less skilled guys on the service team. “All those guys have issues going on at home. They are trying to make themselves better but hey it will take a LOT of time. Either…