Antiwork

Learning from my years of experience, both at my own jobs, places I've interviewed for, and clients I've done work for (I do consulting/contract work), this phrase is the biggest red flag that any interviewer can say. Basically what it means when they say they are a family oriented company: ​ They will expect you to go above and beyond without any increase in pay or overtime They will nose into every aspect of your personal life Chances are the owner/management has some kind of regressive political/religious/social beliefs that he/she will try to force onto everyone in the company Parents will always be given priority – single people or those without children are going to be expected to fill in for parents at a moment's notice Office politics are always the worst at these types of places, probably because everyone knows everybody's business Nepotism is rampant Beware if you have…

I had an interview a few days ago and a follow up call today. Conversation went roughly Interviewer spends 5 minutes telling me I'm not good enough for the job I currently do and that I lack a lot of experience, basically ruining my confidence Interviewer tells me that her company would help me fill all these experience gaps, and how nobody else would consider me for a job without the experience and career boost they can give me Interviewer offers me a job £15k less than my current one, and significantly more junior Interviewer is shocked, surprised and offended when I turn down her offer My friends all think I was too polite when I turned her down and I should have told her where to stick it. And that I should have told her there must have been a miscommunication somewhere if she thinks the follow up call…

Got this managers email today. “Late logging on and late breaks and lunches – We have been seeing a rise in people logging in late or returning from their breaks and lunches late. This has a knock on affect on your colleagues and customers. A reminder that if you are going to be late due to personal or technical issues, you must call the friends and family line to provide an update. (We even ask you about the impact of this in your interview!)” – Just to clarify this one, changing your work reason in the software a single second late is considered “a late break” – you’re expected to always start work early. “Technical issues – If you are offline for an tech issues, it is your responsibility to be staying in contact regularly to provide updates until you are back online.” – I like this one because whenever…

Family business built over 40yrs by uncle, mom has been executive assistant and right hand woman the entire time, does the book-keeping and manages business and interpersonal relationships as well as employees. Company was sold for XX milli 2 yrs ago and buyer agreed to keep family on for a while, family was kept on for a while, family has offered to help mom when things go south although she might not want the handout, with 0 notice her pay was cut down to 1/3rd or offered to be let go w/ severance. She handles bookkeeping, accounting, taxes, more or less manages the company in the shadows. Her male counterparts did not receive the same pay cut, what are her options? As she is crushed and too full of pride to not show up and do her job. She is 62 years old.

I'm currently in a position where I've let me job know I'm leaving at some point in the near future – They would've been able to figure it out so there wasn't really any reason to hide it. Also I really don't care that they know. I'm currently waiting for one final life-related detail to get confirmed and then I can gtfo. I'm currently in a Lead Engineer role with the majority of my time assigned to this one, heavily neglected by previous project teams and management, end customer delivery project (value in the $100s of millions-range). The reason the company is not getting rid of me is because I'm a critical resource that have the key knowledge of the product we deliver and how to actually deliver the end product to a customer. I currently have no timeframe for my resignation and have told so to my boss. My…