Antiwork

Brief summary in coming: I'm a landscaper, degree in horticulture. Had a career in the golf industry. It crashed along with oil, rich people problems right? Moved to a different city where the off season is weeks rather than months. Work hard. Like damn hard. Been 5 years in the new city, started for a company last year. Was promoted to manager beginning of this year. Injure my back first week of June. Didn't think it was anything major. Try to stretch it out, take overdose levels of muscle relaxants for to get thru a week. End up in emergency with a possible slipped disc, have a pinched nerve. Six months-year recovery. Get 2 weeks off work by doctor. File a compensation claim because of lost time. Go back to work because couldn't get in to see doctor before two weeks off are up. First day back, employer becomes aggressive,…

It's my first post here, i'm sorry it's a rant. But i'm so sad and angry that i wanted to share the reasoning of my shitty employer. I'm being fired because I'm not “multitasking” enough. What does that mean you ask? I work (not for long) for an agency that organizes events. It was my first experience in organizing events, but i'm not new to the general field (press agencies, advertising, social media and so on). They knew this and i stated from the beginning that i was more than willing to learn and grow as a professional with them, organizing events. All was well and everybody was happy with the arrangement. Since the team is really small (4 people including me) my tasks were but not limited to: accounting, emitting invoices to clients, soliciting unpaid invoices, managing jobs on the software for the events staff (stewards and hostesses), managing…

I just joined this sub recently, and wow. It’s amazing to know there’s a whole community of people who think like me! 🥰 I’ve been struggling with my motivation to work for a while… At first, I thought it was due to losing my dad recently (which definitely does affect my ability to work), but I also think it’s much deeper, and I’m starting to see the reality of just how destructive capitalism has been for the US. Anyway… I’m really here to ask how y’all cope with the never ending hamster wheel that is work. My job is decent. The culture is pretty – drink the cool aid or don’t work here – so I have to fake it a lot. It pays the bills, but I can’t really save, and I have zero motivation to “work harder” for a promotion. Some days just feel so heavy. What are…

I don't know if my post applies, maybe I should post it to /r/work lol. But anyways. I landed one of the best and luckiest jobs of my life in terms of my co-workers and managers. The work is draining and meh, but honestly I GLADLY stay to work an extra 20-30 minutes sometimes just because I'm happy to work for this company. This company is rated something like top 20 places to work in all of Canada. 2 years ago I was dropped out of school, depressed, looking for work. I contacted a hiring agency (I live in Canada) and they pretty much gave me an interview, had me take a technical typing test, and microsoft excel test. It was all very easy and I scored very high (something like 100 words per minute with 98% accuracy). Within 1 month they found 2 jobs for me, one a very…