Antiwork

I work in small government in a cubicle in an office…working basically an IT job but not in the IT dept. Long story short everyone hates me when I tell them they need to fix something in how they process their work. People get even angrier when I tell them /I/ need to fix something to make their work easier. (I'm 25 and most people working under me are around 50-60 years of age and think I'm trying to make their life hard.) Have you guys seen the movie office space? It's sad how much my life resembles that even without the angry coworkers. My boss hawks me all the time. I was promised a raise but due to our board of supervisors hating their staff, raises never get approved. I was supposed to get a 6 dollar pay raise. They managed a 1 dollar raise at least but it…

That’s the norm. I just think its bullshit. My bf and I decided to get tickets to a music fest for tonight. We decided on it last night. He told me to lie and say there’s some emergency so I can get out early… traffic gets insane in the parking lot and the earlier the better. I should’ve listened. I told the truth and asked if I could use my PTO to leave 2 hours early. I was basically told I can’t. That I need a two weeks notice, or it has to be an emergency.

Is something like this been ever proposed ? Not everyone should make the same but a 10 Mil per year cap for example should be Fair. The rest you are forced to reinvest in whatever you have got going on or else pay up on taxes. Funds and stocks only up to 10 Mil. Thoughts ?

When I re entered the workforce in 2020, after my first year at the company during our Christmas party, I received a bonus check that was a large amount of money. Significantly more money than my regular check. To put it one way, it was the biggest number on a check I had ever seen in my life. The single most valuable piece of paper I had ever received, and may ever receive. Well, that was that year. Now for the fun part – the psychology. I was ready to leave my job for personal reasons… but I remember the ecstasy of seeing those numbers, the decimal and the zeroes. Boy, rich people must feel this euphoria ALL the time. Yeah, 2022 was a hard year. It was my choice to endure though. One thing – the check never came this year. No party. Not their fault – it’s not…

Recently I sat down socially with a fellow employee who has worked for my employer for around 6 years. I have only been working there for less than six months. After a few drinks, he revealed to me that my employer appears to be cooking the books, using company money for personal expenses. He saw direct evidence in the paperwork and questioned it with the boss, because ihe assumed it was an error. We are talking tens of thousands of dollars. The boss explained to him that the money situation was all correct and above board. They even have a qualified accountant who signs off on everything. What is even worse, the employee then told me that he initially worked for the company for free for a period of two years. This was in exchange for accommodation and some expenses. The reason he did this is because he believed in…