Antiwork

I've (27M) been working in my current role in retail for about a year, with a total of 10 years experience across retail in various guises. Essentially, I took a role recently designing modular Kitchens (internal hire, was previously stacking shelves at same company for 9 months) with a big company on the premise of a pay increase (by about 10k), that has ultimately not eventuated. I feel like I was swindled during the interview. I was told there would be structured training to get me up to speed, however, I've more or less had to train myself in the role. With very little guidance or formal training. The job isn't that hard technically, more just the overall load. I'm beginning to feel like too little butter over too much bread, as we are very short-staffed and I have to cover many departments other than my own. Bosses keep asking…

Australian here. I’ve been working at this company for 13 months now. Pay is minimal however the team is somewhat wonderful. I’m currently getting paid $26.25 AUD at 30 hours maximum a week. I’ve been offered two jobs 20 hours at $31 per hour (flexible hours- friend is the manager) 15 hours at $35 per hour (casual however my friend is the manager) I would like to accept both jobs however would I be an asshole for leaving the company one month before a ‘black out period’ (staff are not allowed to take leave during December) The pay I’m currently on is not survivable in the city I live in, I’m barely able to enjoy life after paying the bills and groceries. Pay rise is very unlikely. If I moved to full time I’d still get paid less than $28 I feel bad as the company has been wonderful to…

I am honestly in shock. I have two bosses, “D” (who is 2nd ranked and essentially runs the school) and “B” (super-wealthy owner of the school who is rarely around). I am an ESL teacher. I explained in a meeting yesterday with “D” that my schedule changes between last year to this have made my work unmanageable. I am paid per class, not per hour, and they swapped all my low-effort solo tutoring sessions with massive groups that come with additional work– classroom management, making copies, checking and marking homework, marking essays, etc. Therefore, my working hours have increased 50%, though my pay has not. They promised me more online classes, and I have none. They promised to remove a long and torturous morning, and they did not. In fact, they added more to it. I confirmed with “D” that this was the result of every other teacher receiving concessions,…

I’m a teacher who splits class hours with other teachers—we teach the same groups on different days—so we do have to coordinate outside of normal working hours. I’ve worked with many a teacher who will wait to text me with class summaries or requests for the next class at 23:00 the night before my classes… but my new coworker always sends me the information promptly and with explicit instructions to not respond until I have time to complete my part until next day’s working hours. I had gotten so used to ridiculous requests that I didn’t realize how bad it was!

They told me it would be a urinalysis and then I checked the paperwork. Surprise, it's a hair test for an office job. The last time I used anything was delta 8 in mid July. Before that, it was basically nothing for like a year. Delta 8 is legal, but I don't know if that will even matter. It just seems really draconian for a desk job to have that extreme of a test. I now understand why they couldn't find anyone. I already left my other job too, so I'm strapped in for whatever happens.