Antiwork

Both of my kids are on the spectrum, and all I want to do is be with them. That's all. My dream is to have my own business. But it's only a dream. I need about $50,000, and I'd be in production. My check from work barely covers the bills, and I get paid 1x a month. I don't know anyone who can lend me money. I hate going to work, especially when one of my kids is sick or just needs me .

I had to quit my job recently because of a health condition. It was a side hustle job (I was waitressing to pay rent – I’m a PhD student studying music, and music is fully what I expect my career to be in) and it caused me to develop tendinitis in both my wrists. Last month it became so severe that I had to take two weeks off (one week elected by me, and another upon the advise of my GP). At the end of my two week rest, I was immediately put on a 10 hour shift and rota’d to work 5 days that week – seemingly no thought given to the fact that I may still be recovering and might want to ease back in. I quit on that Monday. I said I didn’t want to interrupt the healing process (my tendinitis was so bad that I had…

Well, essentially I've been actively building up a new database for the company I work with, but a worker who I have to see every day has done her best to make me look terrible. I've been told by several friends of mine in nearly every department, and even by several higher ups that she has been making me look terrible. I've noticed that none of the others in my position stay long, and I've been told by multiple managers unprompted to “not let her get in my head.” Despite this, the constant lecturing has really ruined my job experience and made working hard. It would seem she is uncomfortable with me for several reasons. Firstly is that I am the youngest to ever work as a scientist in that department by at least 2 years, and we also both have a “hardship/come up story”. Secondly I've been getting a…

So I interviewed for an internship position today where they didn’t mention if it was paid or not (it’s normal for internships to be paid where I’m from). Turns out that it’s an unpaid position which yeah, not my cup of tea but I can accept it since it would also double as a thesis project. But they then mentioned that if I am excited about the position, I could continue being an intern even after the internship period ends (so still unpaid). Am I wrong to believe that’s exploitation? I don’t plan on accepting it after that comment.