Antiwork

I want to work from home and I frequently hear how people who work from home get their work done in 3 hours but are still paid full time and then get to play video games rest of the day. I frequently hear these jobs are in tech but I don't have a tech degree or anything with experience. I could probably do customer support or call center. But those jobs are micromanaged as hell. I hear data entry jobs are better. But what about the other entry level remote jobs? Do virtual assistant, bookkeeper, accounting, social media manager, etc. Do these entry level remote jobs work a solid 8 hours or is there a lot of downtime?

I work in an office and have a counterpart that does basically an entire other aspect of our respective role. Together, we perform a lot of the operational support for the office and the teams we support. My counterpart recently go a better position with another company and is leaving at the end of the month. This puts me in the “unique” role of now having to do the work of two people. My management is assuming that my coworker will train me on their aspect of the job (of which I have virtually no experience). The “best” part? I am being expected to learn all of the responsibilities my coworker has performed the last 2 years…in 2 weeks. Supposedly, management is looking to “backfill” the position but seem perfectly content to add an entire second job on top of the one I'm already doing. All I get is a…

Here is what I honestly think would remove 90% of the struggles of people just starting out. A federal law or by state law that would require the minimum wage in the state to be the poverty line for a family of 4. Divide by 2000 working hours in a year. So, the national average for a minimum wage would be $26,500/2000 hours or $13.25 an hour. Every year the minimum would be adjust Jan 1 to reflect this year poverty line. It would vary from state to state but would fair in the given state. I think Self-harm rates would drop, crime and divorce. All are strongly linked to not having enough money to live off of. I see this as real option for helping build a better tomorrow. Thoughts?

My agency (human services) gave 5.4% but even that is possibly less with tax. A work survey is going out and I want to come prepared with receipts.

I told work a week in advance that my girlfriend (who has a medical phobia) was under general anaesthetic and needed me to pick her up as soon as she rang me. I asked to swap my days off and that I would do extra time when they needed me. I wasn’t allowed out till 2 hours later. Next time they ask me to do over time… I won’t be doing it. Don’t care if I’m being petty needed to rant.

Sorry if this is not the best subreddit for this, it was the first place I could think of to ask for advice. This is a throwaway account. Context: Company owner has 2 families from 2 marriages (1 past 1 present). Some years ago, Owner passes away and the families go to court. Family 2 (present family) is given the owner's shares and the management of the company, while Family 1 is given “some” shares. Location is BC, Canada. I've been working for this company for over a year and the new “owner” is always talking about how “we are not making money”. No raises are offered and if you ask for it, you either get a layoff or mobbing. Thing is; I have access to sales, expense and payroll reports and I decided to dig in a little to find out the problem. Family 2's patriarch has been (and…

Leaving work at 5 be like: My job: no, you can't go off-queue at 4:59. If your phone rings you must answer it and take as long as the client needs. It's ok, we pay you overtime for this. Also my job: you're answering phone calls 1 minute before your shift end and forcing us to pay you overtime. You're padding your hours and stealing time, and it needs to stop.

They then sent out an email saying it was a “pay scale” raise and not everyone is getting one. They determined I was already making too much so I didn't get one. My manager fought for me and they reevaluated my experience and decided to give me a raise. I got a $.16 raise.