Antiwork

I've witnessed temp staff sitting around doing nothing/on their phones. Rumor has it one actually fell asleep on the job. The boss is aware of all of this. Meanwhile PT and FT staff are busting their asses and getting yelled at even for stopping to have a conversation with customers. No hate against the temp staff as they should milk it for all it's worth. But why is this the case???

This is more a question for those with shit-jobs like me – presumably most of us here – but do you ever wonder what you’re working towards when you go to your shitty job? I do when I go to mine. I’m an active communist (I help organize and do some mutual aid and all that) and I work a white collar job that is best illustrated as that depressed Mr. incredible in the cubicle meme. The unpaid work I do is vastly more enjoyable than the work that pays me a modest salary and benefits. I like the stability of my salary, and I am good at what I do (perhaps over qualified) and I just started in a new project today and realized that I merely tolerate my job most days. In general, I kind of hate it, and every other job I’ve had over the last 15…

I had a colleague ask for help with a project who was completely ungrateful and neglected to thank us for our contributions. I would like to take the high road, and send her a volumizing shampoo and conditioner gift set to let her know that her hair doesn't have to be as flat as her personality and tone of voice. Who has wronged you in the workplace, and how would you like to set it right?

For context, I manage the safety side of 80 drivers at my office. The bulk of my work involves training new drivers, but when a current employee displays unsafe driving behaviors or gets in an accident, it's my job to investigate such incidents and determine if a simple coaching, retraining, or sometimes even determine discipline if policies are being outright ignored. I am very proud of my excellent driving staff and often dismiss events outright as they are fantastic at being safe, effective drivers. However, it seems my bosses at corporate feel otherwise… They lately have been reversing all my dismisal events, constantly nitpicking small behaviors our drivers are doing, such as “they weren't looking in x mirror enough leading up to the accident” or “their seatbelt is “crimped” and improper, and forcing me to coach drivers on pedantic nonsense. It's gotten so bad recently, that they have begun to…

I know this is probably a dumb question but I really fed up with my job. I want to quit should I just text them also what are the repercussions to quitting on the spot? I want to be prepared to any consequences that’s happen after?

A little bit of a rant for people considering getting out of the rat-race by trying the whole, “Just start a business” thing. This particular excuse is a favorite line; a classic cop-out, troll, attempted clap-back that privileged and wealthy people use when the masses start pointing out how lopsided, corrupt, and broken everything is. This is the misdirection they use to ignore how bad things are (or to prevent people from banding together and realizing how bad things are). “Just start a business.” It's that easy, right? You're just being a lazy, entitled, new-gen whiner. Grab those bootstraps, young one! It's so easy! Grandpa did it in 1945! So, after years of going through all the motions (school, university, military, jobs, etc.) and still finding myself living paycheck-to-paycheck with no hope in sight, I decided to see what it would take. What I've found so far is that my…

Just the title and a rant. Cried a bunch in therapy. I know I naturally have a more volatile reaction to most things (CPTSD) but it’s just so tiring and frustrating when everyone is in this corporate mindset that they can’t show if something gets to them. I’ve always had at least one person to connect with and feel safe bitching to but I just don’t here. I’ve gotten myself in a high level team and everyone is a master at fitting in with the system. They don’t take sick days, They don’t need therapy, they’re not bothered by working late or always being on call or being wildly mismanaged. I sent my manager a clear list of days I wanted off and it took 3 days of back and forth for her to understand what I was asking. I can’t tell if she’s genuinely that stupid or acted like…

Today was denied my lunch break cause it was only going to be two of us (another worker plus I) yet I worked 8 hours. Typical 9-5 but I don’t get hungry till 2/3 nd for sure nobody else is going to tell me when to eat, I suffered eating disorders in the past. Going to the owner who will then get onto the girl who’s “management” will only make my shift(s) difficult. Like even today after I asked for a lunch break and was denied, it was awkward & quiet. She’s the type to make you uncomfortable if she’s upset at you nd for damn sure if I complain about not getting a lunch break she’s gonna be a type of way. I have medical issues that range from anxiety, Ibs, gerd, even fucking hemorrhoids are something I deal with, which feels like it stems from me holding in…