Antiwork

So I got a part time job to try to pay off some debts and keep me busy recently. Floral Delivery, which as you might have guessed is very popular this time of year (Valentine's Day). It was fine, I did the work and whatever. But then Valentine's Day. Not only is there about 4-6x the volume of orders, but also a huge snowstorm started around 2-3am. Of course, the city I live in is unable to watch a weather forecast, so there were zero street plows. All roads completely buried. My boss was having me drive their car. It was some kind of Prius, and it sucked. Why have a boat with a strong engine when its so low to the ground, you can't go over a literal molehill without bottoming out? Anyway. I started early in the day and hustled. Its been snowing all day. And hard. My…

I've worked for my current company for about 5 years. I started low on the chain but have moved up to “upper middle management.” Due to some changes in the culture at my current job I don't have much room to grow anymore as family members of the owners have been placed in roles above me. This makes it highly unlikely I will continue to move up. I've been casually looking for a new opportunity since then. Just after Christmas I found an interesting job opening that fit my skills and applied. They reached out to me on January 30th and asked to set up a Zoom interview on February 1st and I accepted. About halfway through the interview things seemed odd, as the questions they were asking me didn't pertain to the job I applied for. I brought this up and they explained that the role I originally applied…

We’re not stupid. We can see the insincerity and disinterest literally dripping from your pores. Just bc you don’t want to feel like an asshole doesn’t mean you aren’t one. If you wonder why no one stays or why no one applies – take a long look at yourself. You are self centered and barely take an interest in anyone unless they are kissing your ass or asking about you. Do you realize that you only talk about yourself and don’t know anything real about any of your employees. Do you see how you pretend to chat up an employee and then immediately turn the conversation about you? You realize the look on their face isn’t interest but puzzled and stuck talking to their boss. Conversations are give and take – you just take. It’s pathetic. How about when someone comes into your office for help you don’t look put…