Antiwork

So I’ve been with this company for almost a year. About five months ago, they promised to transition my position into a more design-oriented one. They said this transition would take about a month. It’s been five, and there has been no movement on this. I brought it up to my boss (this isn’t the first time, by the way. They’ve been blowing me off about this for awhile.) yesterday, and told him that I think the company could use a full time designer and that I’d love for my position transition to be prioritized. I reminded him of my design experience, and that I have a portfolio I can send to him if that’s what is holding him back from moving forward. He then proceeded to pull up the “graphic design is my passion” meme on his phone and show it to me. “Have you seen this meme?”, he…

To provide some context, I work for a small marketing agency. I’m quiting for a long list of reasons (against remote work, constantly watching the clock, toxic culture) but also because I landed a gig that would be fully remote and pay me more. I was a top performer at this agency and was promoted to a managerial position in less than a year. I started job searching aggressively when the CEO started to bully me everyday. She would nitpick my work, make passive aggressive remarks during meetings, and lecture me for not working past 6pm. When I finally received an offer at another position, I immediately sent off my notice via email and thought that would be the end of it. They did not send a reply to my email nor make any acknowledgments to it besides one off-handed comment from another executive: “Guess we don’t need your head…

I hate this in hospitality , definitely won’t be taking the job as it’s an awful chain group restaurant. I don’t understand why restaurant managers make the work so stressful – there’s so many easier ways to make a restaurant work well. I’ve worked in hospitality for over 5 years and I’m currently redundant and with recruitment taking so long i’ve have to pick up a job and I hate the fact that hospitality is like this. I wish there were more independent restaurants available to work in. Local economy is destroyed by chains like this. It’s sad to see.

I'll preface this with the obligatory “I'm on mobile” apology. I'm 15, and I got my first job back in April of 2021. Now this alone has been slightly challenging for me, since at the time I was unmedicated. I've since gotten diagnosed with depression and anxiety, and prescribed treatment, so I'm doing a lot better. One of the things I've never appreciated is how they try to take away your individuality. I work at a food place, so I understand most of the dresscode — tied back hair, hats/visers, etc. But then the rules got weird. For example, there's a specific amount of rings you're allowed to wear. You're only allowed one bracelet on each hand. Some face piercings aren't allowed, and there's a regulation on the length of your nails. Hell, even the color of your socks is regulated (although nobody actually enforces that). Even worse, LGBTQ+ accessories…