Antiwork

My annual leave is continuously rejected – I requested 2.5 days of leave, 4 months in advance, and got a 314 word email back (4 paragraphs), which could be summarised into two letters: “no”. It’s the fourth consecutive time they have rejected my annual leave. I spoke to HR who told me, and I quote “you’re coming across as very defensive, and I can see that you’re upset about this, but unfortunately business needs come as a priority to annual leave”. Some excerpts of emails from previous annual leave rejections (I’ve not added anything) (The previous annual leave to this, they said I don’t give enough notice – though I have 1 month for 1.5 weeks, fine, fair enough, this time I gave two months notice for 1 week): “Hi …. Given the notice issue we had last time, I wanted to let you know in advance my close friend’s…

I really don’t wanna serve the 4 month notice period I can only do 2 maximum since the other company requires me to start in 2. The current place I’m in I’m over worked and underpaid, how do I negotiate a reduction in time served. Thing is I need a experience certificate and I want them to give it even if term served is 2 months

Hi there guys, So because of my disability (I have aspergers syndrom), I've been spending years and years (yes, several years) unemployed, despite having a BA and a Master's degree. I was able to live very decently because where I live (South of France) we get what's called a “disability fund”, and I didn't have to pay a rent because…well, let's just say I'm lucky enough to be able to live alone in a comfortable appartment without paying rent. So I was actually ok, and, in fact, life wasn't unpleasant. But without that…man, my life would have been really tough. A friend of mine who's a business owner helped me cover the gaps by giving me a work certificate certifying that I had been working for him for years, and that helped quite a bit, I was 30 at that time…except covid happened and it was impossible to find a…

15 years at the same company honing my skills in a trade. Wanted to get licensed in my state, for the 1% raise my work offered, since they had tuition assistance. Got zero help from management, I ended up arranging it all, and I got my license. Then management hands me this non compete if I want reimbursed. Keep in mind I’m very blue collar, so this is pretty extreme. After I read the part about being limited a year after employment that I can’t perform any of my duties necessary to make a living, I decided to eat the cost. I’m out over $1000. But hey, my resume now says Licensed so that’s something. But the idea that companies hand out papers like these, so they could legally chase someone down and force them out of their work field for a whole year, effectively starving them or sending them…

My wife came up with this. The holidays are stressful enough. So feel free to take as much time off as you need and if something can be put off til January, let it sit.

Hi all, Back in September, my wife’s boss surprised her with negative feedback (generally lacking acceptable performance etc) even though her reviews last year and even a month prior were stellar and documented as satisfactory. This was done particularly right after they they hired a former customer as an employee so they can leverage contacts/favors etc. Boss wanted my wife to meet with HR the following week to discuss “options”. Nothing was documented and no mention of PIP at any point. Not sure what was the agenda of the Meeting with HR. Meanwhile, my wife immediately applied for an got Approved for FMLA (to care for her dad with cancer) – something that has been a source of stress and the timing was perfect. After 10 weeks of caregiving she’s due to go back to work in 2 weeks and is stressed, depressed and anxious about her dad’s condition as…

With it being December, I thought it would be interesting and partially funny to share the “best” gifts our employers have given to us for the holidays other than “nothing”. I’ll go first, and I know you all can top it. In 2020, rather than a giftcard for coffee like we received the last couple of years, my employer decided to give us a company branded backpack. We were 100% remote at this time (prior to the pandemic it was about 50%). What was I supposed to do with that? Where was I supposed to go? Even more importantly I need to know who’s idea it was . Like it wasn’t even a good backpack. It was thin and flimsy and had only a big pocket and a small pocket up front for pencils and stuff. The bag did not have a dedicated laptop area which we use daily for…