Antiwork

One of my guys caught a stomach bug and it's laid him up for 2 days now. He's feeling really positive about coming back tomorrow, but I told him not to push it and come back to quickly. Don't need him throwing up or worse still, having it come out the other end, whilst on the job. My boss, on the other hand, is deeply upset that I'm allowing him to take whatever needed time he needs to get back to 100%. “I get it, you're an empathetic guy.” Which roughly translates you, you're not forceful enough in telling them to: “Suck it up and just come into work.” I loathe the culture of sacrificing yourself to make the company money. And the best part is, my boss can't force me to do anything, and if he fires me there's no one else that knows how to manage as many…

Despite being a reader of antiwork and work reform subs, I don't know how to stop. I have a type of OCD that makes me insanely obsessive over details and problem solving. My company fucked up the rollout of an important website and even though I'm “just an analyst” I'm doing managerial work, programming type work and finding ways to improve the functionality of the website. They have me on a special team to meet every day to fix the problems. I'm doing things way beyond my job title. I'm realizing a workaholic posting in the antiwork sub is hilariously sad. I'm so tired of people telling me “it's great opportunity to get exposure to others in the company and build your reputation” while I'm wondering if I can afford rent at the end of the month. Fucking pay people what they are worth already or stop asking them to…

Anyone else traumatized by their experiences with HR? Why would anyone would willingly choose this career? (genuinely curious)

Sorry if this is a rant but I'm frustrated. I'm a seamstress at a small business. When I got hired I was told I would make 15 dollars an hour. Well my checks say I only make 13.00. When I confronted my boss today I told him I'm discouraged making only $1 above minimum wage and he told me to blame the government for raising it. That's it's not his fault. So I'm putting in applications tomorrow.

My husband's work bonus (he's in the cyber security field) is almost my whole salary. I'm very happy for him, he deserves it and works hard. I also know being the caring person he is, that most of the money will go towards home improvements & other important things we need. I just can't believe it how much $$$ it was. I do enjoy most aspects of working in education, I just wish the pay matched the workload. Right now I'm not looking for alternative jobs. I just wanted to vent about how unfair it is. Most teachers I know work so hard everyday. We deserve more. Education is so important. It's falling apart & seems like it's never going to be the way it should. Ugh okay rant over. Also I know I'm very fortunate to have a husband with a well paying job that he likes. I've been…