Antiwork

Hey guys/gals/non-binary folk, I was one of those kids growing in a post 911 world inspired suckered into a career in emergency medicine and became a paramedic because I naively wanted to help people. Guess what? Despite the sacrifices of the pandemic, conditions are worse than ever and the gaslighting is worse than ever. I am 29, so still young enough to begin a career in a physical occupation. I still want to work with my hands and do something meaningful. Can anyone suggest a trade that will not destroy my body by age 55 and provides a means to a comfortable life? Thank you fellow Anti-workers. One day we will all be free.

Throw away account, and would love to hear the thoughts of this community. Email was sent out early this week with the “roadmap of returning all to the office”. This is an important part of our culture and how we collaborate with each other. As outlined in our guidelines, as a guide the following will apply from this date: • 4 days in the office and 1 day from home (80% of time in office and 20% at home) and any other arrangements would be considered on a case by case basis • Same percentage (80%/20%) applies for part time team members • This includes being in the office for key business meetings • Mondays and Fridays will be core office days • Working from home would be Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays • All flexible working requests are subject to the inherent requirements of the role It's a massive slap…

Started a new job today in the mechanic industry. I showed up and had no experience (they knew this). Instead of showing me how to complete the job I was tasked with, they kept giving me parts and not telling me what they do. Train your employees on the task or I'll find someone else who will. I waited until lunch, lit up a smoke, and disappeared. The company called me two hours later and I left them to the answering machine.

I swear to God… that thing is creeping in everywhere

I recently quit my job as a barista, and there were a lot of reasons (the owner’s tendency to take his anger out at the employees who literally hadn’t done anything wrong being a big one) and here were some of the final straws (for context, this was an independently owned cafe.) The owner would yell at us if we ever stood idle. This was a pretty common occurrence because, since I had to remain at the front of house all the time, and sometimes there were long periods where no customers came in, I often literally ran out of stuff to do. Apparently this was my fault. The baker came up from the back one morning and said that four cookies had come out ruined and she was going to toss them. She offered them to me instead. I took them and planned to share them with my coworkers.…

I worked Saturday and came in early for a girl who was sick and needed to leave. We dont work fast food, but we do have fresh foods. I am now sicker than I've been in a good few years. (Took a covid test, came back negative) It seems I have a nasty bout of the flu. Today at 9am (already well outside of my normal availability) I am supposed to go to work and sit for a 3 hour movie with most of my coworkers, who will then all be going to a work Xmas party. I have asked to reschedule my viewing of the video as I am super sick. My boss responded with 'bring in a sick note'. Ive only been there two months but this is my first time being sick or needing to call in. I live in michigan and in 2018 a law was…

I am still reeling from my boss stabbing me in the back. She seemed cool, would take me to lunch, compliment my work efficiency, ask about my family. I was like wow someone in upper management who genuinely cares. How nice. Well, fast forward five years and one HR investigation later and my how quick she was to stab me in the back in the HR room. Blatant lies. I couldn’t believe it and was truly in shock. She ended up getting fired but the damage was done to my career and I had to leave my employer for my own mental health and start over a new career, which was not easy. I wish I’d had boundaries and not gotten close with her. I will forever be haunted by this and will never again allow myself to become close to my boss or even a colleague I am just…