Antiwork

Hello all, Long time lurker first time poster, I just dont know how to feel. I hate the run of capitalism, I just finished my bachelors last winter I had a remote job that wouldn't let me move and now im at a crossroads. I am unsure if I should take a boot camp to aquire the skills needed to become a data analyst or a web developer, or try my hand at entrepenuring. I chose these because of my background accompanied by the wish to work from home. Are there any data scientists or coders out there that can help shed some light on the actual difficulty of your job?

I was working for a company, killing myself physically for nothing. My body made me stop and now I am worse off than before. I want to work but I have no idea who would hire me or be ok dealing with all the accommodations I need. I already have been “punished” for needing medical leave, been told my issues are a problem, been denied a promotion. I am working with every government agency that I can (vocational rehab for example) but I genuinely feel f'ed. I actually need a decent salary as I have mountains of medical bills to pay annually despite having extremely good insurance. Eventually, I will need to get shots for my spine in a series out of pocket that prevent further erosion. Like, I have no idea what to do. I physically can't pull it together. The last two days I have been stuck in…

I work in laundry at a nursing home. I have been there for 7 months, enjoying my job and working graveyard shift so I can basically just do laundry, run stuff to closets and listen to music. It was the first job I actually enjoyed and it didn’t stress me out going in everyday, I didn’t love it by any means cause I’d rather work on my tattoo portfolio (aspiring tattoo artist looking for apprenticeship) but it gets me money and gives me something to do. A few days ago I was yelled at for drawing during my downtime, which I admit I should just do that on my breaks, but with it being overnight shifts it’s usually pretty slow and I had nothing to do at the time because I was waiting for cycles to wash and dry. And people listen to music or watch videos all the time…

A year ago I was working for Company X (web development startup). At first I was very happy, everything was organized and going smoothly but as we started getting more projects I started having more responsibilities because apparently I was very good at what I was doing. So I started handling multiple projects at the same time and doing the work of 10 people. Design (UX/UI, logos, visuals, brochures, etc.), meetings with all our clients at night 7, 8, 9 PM even at 10 PM few times a week because our clients were based in USA so there was time difference, requirements gathering, project management, QA testing, and so on. I wasn't getting paid enough and I was working overtime some days. I used to start everyday from Monday to Friday 8-9 AM till night (if we had late night meetings) I saw a job vacancy ad on Linkedin at…

I found out Saturday night that my dad died in October. It's kind of thrown me for a loop. I had just started making calls at work, last week. I'd done it for one day, only to find out that the whole lead sheet was completely mismatched, which meant I would burn any lead I called. This was something my boss gave me, and was his responsibility to figure out. I only figured it out toward the end of the day, by looking into minor details and matching emails to names other than what was listed with them. Yesterday I came in, told my boss my dad died, said I was good to stay, but he said I should go home. Continued to insist I shouldn't be there after learning that. And I only had so much in me to push back. So I ended up going home. Today I…

Buckle up buckaroos because this is gonna be a long post. Also, using a burner account just incase. I know there are a managers who are good leaders, I've known a lot of them in my 12+ years of working different customer service jobs, but they are truly few and far between compared to how many childish ones I've worked under. I worked at Harris Teeter full time for 7 years. I've worked in almost every department and held a key carrier position for 3rd shift grocery. I was a trusted associate to the point where department managers and assistant managers trusted me enough to vent to me about how nasty their bosses were, and I ALWAYS kept that confidential. During the pandemic I started taking my mental health seriously. I was near my rock bottom. I was addicted to marijuana and took leave of absence in 2020 to get…