Antiwork

tldr: old workplace was toxic, now I work somewhere not toxic and I have to adjust to the better environment I worked at an international retail store for 8 years, as a student job (I'm 24). The first 6 years were generally pretty good (aside from the customers, lol) but then I moved so I had to be transferred to another store. This new store was straight up awful. In the getting-to-know-you-interview I was immediatly asked about children, which is a huge red flag for me. It's either childless people have to fill in for the parents all the time, or parents (specifically moms) aren't hired at all. The management consisted of awful people, literally all of them. They all had some kind of God complex, everything an employee did was always bad, making mean comments. The working hours were also the exact opposite of what I had said I…

Tl:dr My boss sabotaged me, told me to take an excused leave of absence covered by PTO, then did a 180 and set me up for termination supported by information he failed to relay to me. I have close family member in the hospital on life support. I called off work on January 3rd due to this, and the mental impact it's having as well as having to be the main decision maker for this family member. I'm spending all my time at the hospital and up all night with anxiety, grieving etc. Basically I'm in no shape to go to work. I sent an email to my main manager and supervisor letting them know my situation and that I won't be coming in. The main manager texted me right after, telling me not to even worry about work right now, to take time for my family and that if…

Just ranting to vent since I have no one to really talk to so thank you for reading: I am a guy who decided to go on a wild tangent last year and took up an offer at a small company that sells and resells construction materials, by virtue of a family member, and left a well paying job to do so. I was offered to be the assistant to the person (supervisor) making sales and the deal was that I was to gradually take on the tasks that he has been doing for years as he transitions to a more managerial position. I had no experience in this industry prior to this as I used to work in manufacturing in a different role but had transferable skills. I came to realize that the people working in this office are stuck 25-30 years in the past, I've even heard some…

So some backstory. Our GM fired our guest service manager back in October over harassment. So my GM opens the position for all front desk agents to apply for it. So I did, and after a few weeks, my GM opened up a new position for Assistant General Manager and got rid of the guest service manager. Our GM told one front desk agent to apply for it and that I wouldn’t get because I wasn’t qualified for it. 2nd instance. I know for a fact that this was a violation. I talked to my GM in private at the beginning of January about how much stress that they are putting me under and have gotten anxiety from it. Well the GM told the new AGM about my anxiety and then told my other coworker about it. I’ve started the process of reporting it to HR, but I’m skeptical cause…

I've had jobs since I was a teenager and I am in my 30s now. I used to be somewhat confident and comfortable, but now I don't even want to leave the house most of the time. I ended up in a traditional relationship that started out healthy and then…he changed. He actually is a great traditional partner who provides (he even pays for my teeth-cleanings) but he has been physically controlling and hard to communicate with several times. I know I need to leave, my body is literally screaming for me to leave before it gets worse but I'm here asking myself…is this worse than if I just went to live on my own and be employed? Feel free to give a “Wow women have come full circle” hahaha. Allow me to vent about my last job which was actually…my best job. The last job I had seemed like…