Antiwork

Title says it all. I was an independent contractor who was doing the job of an employee for nearly a year. When I brought up the fact that I believed I was misclassified, I was let go with no notice, which in my state, qualifies as retaliation. There were multiple other violations of labor law based on my employment. The money I got was not life changing. Most of it went to the fucking lawyer and the IRS. But I am still glad I stood my ground and sued their asses. This wasn't the first time I had been misclassified by an employer, just the first time I fought back. If you are thinking of doing the same, I suggest you document the shit out of everything, don't speak to other employees about your plans, and if you can't afford to pay for a lawyer outright, find a good lawyer…

Hello Everyone I am a trans woman from South Africa in desperate need of references. I have no friends and have been living mostly in isolation. Been unemployed since starting my transition 4 yrs ago. Been getting money via other means aka sex work. Could anyone help?

Why do they act so out of touch with the concept of humanity

Yesterday at work I went to grab a coffee and usually I stop at the reception desk to have a chat, because the receptionist and I are almost the same age and we have a good connection. Apparently she wasn't there, so I went to ask around and they told me she was sick. Oh okay! Two hours later someone tells me she's arrived, so I go down to the reception and the receptionist doesn't look good. She begins to explain she had to go do a covid test, but she came to work anyway out of guilt. Apparently she had been gone half a day last week because of an irregular heartbeat, but work called her and asked her to come in, because it was busy… wtf. So when she called in sick today they just replied “oh… again?” and she immediately received an invite for a talk with…

I had a feeling that was what it was but had time to kill, thought the interviewer was kind of entertaining – and found out I indeed landed a rare interview in the lucrative world of commission only insurance and annuity products. I half assed an assessment that literally had questions like “do you like using a microscope for fun?” and “is free enterprise the best system?” He looked at the results, with intensity and declared with a straight face: “Ok, you scored high in power and financial success as motivators. That’s good, our research shows salespeople who have these motivators are amongst the most likely to succeed in sales. Now, you also scored high in financial stability. We don’t like to see that as much because we need to be able to roll with the waves.” I smiled with the evil smile of a person whose essence is the…

Every time a employer tries to pull the “Can you come in early today” See how many hours you have until work and then just arrive to work late based on how many hours they wanted you to come early. I did that and they cut the Voice messages real quick. Manager even tried to call me out on it and I just pointed out that sometimes I forget to charge my phone and it will die causing me to sleep in AND come in late….. only on the days you try to get me to come in early.

It's 1:25 AM right now and I have to wake up at 7:30. I fucking hate working. Every night I just cry at the thought of having to wake up and go to work. I cry even more when I wake up. Especially when I have good dreams only to wake up to a shit reality. I just cant stand working anymore. I honestly just want to kill myself everytime I have to wake up. Idk what to do anymore man. Fuck this world. EDIT: it's 2pm and i have to wake up in 5 hours and 30 minutes. feel like shooting myself ngl.