Antiwork

We are a small office. But there are four of us. Enough to split the days a bit. But, nope. I was the only one who had to work the day before Thanksgiving, and some the day after. I’m the only one who has to work the day after New Year’s Day. This week, I’m the only one who has to work the day before Christmas Eve. It’s not so much that our office is open these days that bothers me. They’re technically not holidays. It’s that I’m the only one being volunteered to work on these days. So I’m taking a personal day today. Since everyone but me gets this Friday off. Since everyone but me got the day before and after Thanksgiving off. Since everyone but me will get the day after New Year off, I want to get mine. So I’m taking it…

Hey everyone! New to the sub and just curious, as well as making conversation, does anyone have hobbies/passions/side hustles that they can and/or plan to turn into their main hustle? I LOVE writing, photography and just art in general! Have always been a creative one, ever since I was a child. Definitely a passion of mine but I only share my work with people I’m close with because well, I’m shy as hell honestly! Lol. I’ve also been learning how to day trade for the last 2 and half years I guess! Haha! Definitely nowhere near a pro or anything like that but the challenge has been fun, I’ve met a lot of great people and have learned a lot about myself along with way! Guess you could classify this as a side hustle, that I happen to enjoy enough to call a hobby. What are some of yours? Happy…

One of my co-workers was chewing nicotine gum, because she’s a former smoker, and my boss was telling me “it’s co-worker’s strike two because nicotine gum is a stimulant.” I was a little taken aback with her reaction to it since there are a lot of smokers in the restaurant industry and told her it shouldn’t be a big deal as long as she’s not chewing gum during service hours. Is my boss overreacting a little here or am I being too laidback?

Thanks to this sub, I knew there had to be something better out there, and I knew what to do if I found it. 8 months of searching, attaching resumes, then filling in applications asking for the info on the resume, then writing CVs, then creating. Applied to about 27 positions. Got 6 interviews. Was ghosted on 4. The last one seemed similar, but they asked for a 2nd call. Then a 3rd. Then a 4th. Then finally made an offer. I countered. They accepted. Compared to my last career: ~20k a year pay increase, insurance costs halved, PTO more than doubled. It's out there people. It can be a grind. Be brave.

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Just wanted to let off my dissapointment really. I've been working at a place for over 2yrs under a temporary contract (which has affected my ability to get a mortgage but thats another story) and through these 2 years ive been dangled numerous carrots of permanent contracts that haven't materialised. I ended up applying for another position at the place i work and i was told by colleagues in higher positions that they thought i'd get the position, but i obviously just tried to ignore all of that and focus on my interview. It went well and i had a phone call a few hours after my interview that i missed due to being at work. From experience, i know they call the successful applicant and email the rest. I rang back but to no response, so waited until today (monday) for another call back. Today, i finally got the…