Antiwork

Hi, I just created this account in case my employer finds out and decides they wanna fire me because of this lol. So I work as a custodian in a factory, cleaning bathrooms, floors, offices and anything they need really. I’m required to be clocked in for 8 hrs a day (M-F) but I work fast/hard enough I can get what’s expected of me done in 6 hrs. I end up hiding somewhere they can’t find me for the other 2 hours and watch something on my phone or just listen to music. Is there any way I can get in trouble legally for this?? I know they want me to stay busy but I feel like it’s pointless for me to clean stuff I’ve already cleaned that day.

I have recently relocated from the UK to the US to help influence the culture of a relatively recent acquisition (2020, done mid-Covid so not really able to influence from a distance). My role is commercially focused, looking after existing clients and focused on winning repeat orders and scouting for new opportunities. I’ve worked at my company for 10 years, and actually enjoy working there. I have a reasonably high profile job with exposure to all of the Exec team, however I am not classed as being in the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and have no direct reports. I regularly bring in multi-million dollars worth of business each year. The US site has a pretty poor work culture I think from its previous owners (massive blame culture, excessive micromanagement, emails expected out of hours, excessively long workdays, everything is a priority, no transparency to our customers, zero communication between SLT…

I work for a public figure in labor rights. It’s the most toxic workplace I’ve experienced. Very few people make it to the two year mark, we’re all expected to work 6-7 days/week 10hr+ days when we’re only paid to work 35 hrs/wk and are exempt from overtime thanks to some loophole they’re taking advantage of. His number two has ranted about unions in the workplace and claim they are bad for work and that unions never get anything for workers. We get yelled at for managements’ mistakes. Some people are misclassified as contractors. The office has stolen money from at least three workers that I know of by refusing to pay people what they’re owed. The labor leader complains to workers about how little money he makes when paid 3-5 times as much as employees and has familial wealth. Half of us work jobs on the few days we…

Kinda piggybacking off the person who posted about not being allowed to use water bottles at the register. I was waiting in line at Stater Bros. Then I see this supervisor going up and down the registers. She spots a water bottle and asks who it belongs to. The person at the register says it's hers. With absolutely no chill and the biggest chip on her shoulder. Tells her “Uh-uh, throw it away. No more water bottles.” And then when she tries to finish drinking it, rather than wasting it. The supervisor does the 'I have my eye on you' gesture to the cashier with her two fingers. Which just tells exactly the kind of person they are. :I I really wanted to shout to her “I didn't realize this was Stater Bros in Nazi Germany.” It's ridiculous that companies think this is okay. People who spend all their day…

For me, it feels like , post covid every job I’ve had has a hierarchy of supervisors,managers,etc…but the word boss has shifted meaning from the person above me to just mean the owner of the establishment. Feels like so many people are powering tripping to be a peg up from you that the only person who’s words mean a damn are the owner who is usually around now a days. Anyone else feel similar?