Antiwork

I've always held a good respect for service workers. Especially those in the fast paced food service industry since many of my family have made a living one time or another do it. I have a new found respect for them. I enjoy cooking and do pretty well with it. So when I was asked if I would cook on the weekends for a fall festival, I didn't hesitate. The money is good and it's cash. I have five items to cook. 2 of them pretty much cook themselves, I just watch them for a bit. The other 3, not so much. You can not think your way out of the weeds doing this, per se. All you can do is try to work your way out. And playing catch up is not a game I like. All I can tell you is I'm tired and have no clue how…

Can't edit the title after the fact. It should say Course completion. I thought you guys might like this. Recently moved to a small town. the job prospects are terrible. I landed a job a the manager at a tax preparation company. Instead of paid on the job training, I was signed up for a 6 hour class learning the basics of taxes and in addition would be required to attend a 6 hour class on Saturdays that starts at 7am. The course itself has homework and it takes about 2.5 hours to finish a single chapter. All of this is unpaid. The reward for this is: tax knowledge, part time hours during preseason, and full time hours during tax season at 17/hour as the manager. I was able to withdraw from the 6 hour class and do self study instead. Fuck that shit, it's unpaid. Only because I need…

There has been a lot of “woe is me, no one is fixing shit for me” going on here lately so I’m wondering what you are doing to improve your situation? I came across the idea of “proactive apathy” so now, assume no one is helping you, they aren’t gonna help you, it’s up to you to help you.

I just want to rant a little bit. I don’t want to get a part-time job but frankly, I don’t make enough at my full-time job. There’s all these places that are hiring for part-time work but none of them want to hire me due to my “lack of flexibility”. I’ve tried applying at places that advertise for shifts that will fit my schedule, but I get turned down again and again. I never want to hear “people just don’t want to work” ever again.

I've worked for the same construction company for 42 months. Highest attrition rate I've seen in my entire 20-year career as a Finish Carpenter/Cabinetmaker. 20% is high, but here, they are closer to 98% attrition! In 42 months, that's 28 employees. I'm still here, but I have a game plan. Read on. No one likes to stay because of the boss/owner. I'm a perfectionist with realistic expectations. He's a perfectionist that micromanages every aspect of the project. Nitpicks every single thing large and small. Nothing you do is ever good enough. Calm and collected, but you can still tell when he's upset. Some days he gets upset about some work done by an employee and flies off the rails. Either people get tired of hkm and walk off, or he will get tired of them and either lay them off, fire them, or totally ghost them. I've been here the…

Hey there, I (f20) just joined a food service place about a week ago that pays fairly well in my area. On my orientation they told me to put in my availability on the app on my phone, so I put the availability I wanted on my phone, the supervisor declined it immediately, he told me to pull up the app, so I did, and he said “let me show you something” took my phone and put me as an open availability, so ofcourse they put me on shifts I wasn't comfortable with, like how they have me on closing, I am not really comfortable walking home at 1AM so I requested them not to, my supervisor declined it and told me if I “can't work the hours I 'agreed' to” then they won't have a position for me, then the next day my supervisor pulled me into his office…

She's 6 months. There's already been complications. We were luckily able to get on her health care for now. Fuck this exploitative system. Fuck my former employer, I hope the DOT and the DOL rakes them over the coals. I'm so sick. Who's going to hire a guy who's going to want/need take leave in 3 months to care for a newborn and his wife that'll likely need a C-section. At this point I'm hoping for a miracle.