Antiwork

Tomorrow I want to ask for a raise from $20/hr to $25. I’ve done a great job at work for the past couple weeks, and kissed up a lot during that time, so I think now is the perfect time. Here’s the situation: -I’m coming up on my one year hiring anniversary. Due to high turnover rate I’m the longest employed in my department. I plan to work here for 6 more months before going back to school (of course my boss doesn’t know that) -my department consists of me and four other employees. We are contracted by other companies to do jobs at their sites. Two of my coworkers were promoted to a specific job they do every week. This presumably came with a raise, and the fact that I wasn’t given these promotions isn’t a slight on me and not something I’m disappointed by, since there were logical…

I'm trying to outnumber a bad reference that I put in my application form that got me the job interview. The bad reference is my former boss who has vendetta behind their back, who I would be worried because they pretend to be nice. I was only asked for 3 references. Worried that if a reference doesn't pick up the next references are in the application form. Should I give 4 references instead of 3 references and was anyone else in this situation? This is for the civil service and my job hunt almost 2 years. I can't afford any reference to slip up. By the way I was a bit dumb for providing a manager and 2 statement of employment references in my application form. I don't know if a form specifies minimum 3 references can I leave it blank next time and provide 2 references. Or 3 statement…

I (21M) need any kind of job to stay afloat while I live with my parents. They are very judgemental when it comes to work. In this instance, they are badgering me to apply for our local Chick-fil-A, which is supposedly hiring for over $16/hr. up to $19. I have worked in fast food in the past, and I almost drank myself to death from the stress of it. Is a place like Chick-fil-A hell to work at like most fast food restaurants? Or am I being overdramatic? For more context, I graduated college with a degree in publishing 6 months ago. I've only gotten one interview in those 6 months, which is why I'm forced to find something outside my field and local. What do y'all suggest I do? (Field of work, wage, stress?)

I recently started working at a fast food restaurant chain for about 2-3 weeks now, I've made a few mistakes at the register. The shift leader pulled me aside to talk to me about my recent performance, I work with her again this upcoming Saturday. She said, “I don't want you on the register & I don't want you on the steam tables cause you're too slow”, I don't understand what I am suppose to do. The position I was hired for is front counter help, then the person who does the schedules said, “We understand you're new, but if you're performance doesn't improve you're most likely not gonna be scheduled cause we don't wanna do your job.”. I'm already hired part-time, I actually have 5 days off this week. I don't understand how they expect me to improve my performance, if a shift leader doesn't want me where I'm…

Is there a way to find out if your former employer have put you on any industry wide blacklist? First off, is there such a thing like “industry-wide blacklist”? The reason I ask this is because I have applied over 200+ jobs in my field with just handful actual face to face interviews where the employer initially showed interest in hiring me but later simply vanished. In one instant I was told I was selected, had a few emails back & forth regarding hiring process. I asked for offer letter, which the manager initially said will not be an issue. But after that he completely ghosted me, not answering my emails or phone calls. The second reason for me asking this is, one of my former employer owes me money that was supposed to be paid out over a period of time after I left. They have failed to make…

With today being the 4th of July, I want to talk a little about American history. Specifically, the quote “no taxation without representation.” This was, according to congress.gov, “a rallying cry of many American colonists during the period of British rule in the 1760s and early 1770s.” The phrase refers to the unhappiness of the American people for being taxed by a government in which they had no say. Which really makes me think about today's government. While we do vote, the decisions are made via electoral college, and many if not all politicians are in the palms of the lobbyists running rampant. These lobbyists are funded by large corporations, billionaires, etc. Due to this legal bribery, politicians are much more likely to vote in favor of these figures. So my question is this: who represents the working class? Who represents the minorities? The women? The gender fluid? The immigrants?…

(Kitchen porter) I’m a student and as expected, during the summer i work like hell to save money. Decided to try doing agency work this summer! Needless to say its exhausting but decently paid for a 20 YO, so I don’t mind it. I managed to secure a regular 7:00-16:00 mon-fri as a KP at a bank’s cafeteria. After my first hour there, I had enough lol. Chefs do not give a single fuck. It’s unreal how disrespectful and rude they are to us. It’s boiling hot, sweating my ass off all day. Finished an hour later because that asshole chef decided to stay behind to cook more even tho the cafeteria was closed for the day and all the other chefs went home. Dude had a massive grin on his face as he gave us the gigantic dirty trays. It’s all good tho! Because we have a 30 min…