Antiwork

Or would you rather try to take your chances with the new management under it can’t get any worse?

“On Wednesday, ride-share platforms (Voiture de Transport avec Chauffeur or VTCs in French) in France signed an agreement establishing a minimum income per ride, which has been hailed as a “first of its kind” for France. Unions and ride-share workers (such as Uber drivers) have been seeking to strengthen protections in the sector for several years, which led to the decision on January 18th to institute a minimum income per trip will be set to €7.65, “regardless of the application being used.” 

Since I started there 6 mo ago I have had to make myself available 24 hours a day. I have been talked down to, ignored, and have had my professional integrity called into question, all by my boss. The job was demanding, but I did use to find purpose. I stopped wanting to try but found myself so frustrated with my boss’ attitude I couldn’t take it. So I am leaving. I get along with all my teammates. Literally the only person I don’t vibe with is my boss. Going to try to be as minimalist and anti consumption as possible. Any advice or worlds of encouragement?

tldr: old workplace was toxic, now I work somewhere not toxic and I have to adjust to the better environment I worked at an international retail store for 8 years, as a student job (I'm 24). The first 6 years were generally pretty good (aside from the customers, lol) but then I moved so I had to be transferred to another store. This new store was straight up awful. In the getting-to-know-you-interview I was immediatly asked about children, which is a huge red flag for me. It's either childless people have to fill in for the parents all the time, or parents (specifically moms) aren't hired at all. The management consisted of awful people, literally all of them. They all had some kind of God complex, everything an employee did was always bad, making mean comments. The working hours were also the exact opposite of what I had said I…

Tl:dr My boss sabotaged me, told me to take an excused leave of absence covered by PTO, then did a 180 and set me up for termination supported by information he failed to relay to me. I have close family member in the hospital on life support. I called off work on January 3rd due to this, and the mental impact it's having as well as having to be the main decision maker for this family member. I'm spending all my time at the hospital and up all night with anxiety, grieving etc. Basically I'm in no shape to go to work. I sent an email to my main manager and supervisor letting them know my situation and that I won't be coming in. The main manager texted me right after, telling me not to even worry about work right now, to take time for my family and that if…