Antiwork

so i’ve been working as a CNA at my local hospital for 5 months now (it’s draining, the pay is shit, and the hours are ass) i also just recently got a retail job at the beginning of september to help make it so i’m not paycheck to paycheck each month. it turns out i just got an amazing opportunity at a medical office that pays more and will help me further my career goals but it requires me to leave both of my current jobs as the hours leave no time for a second job. My last job was super stress free when i put in my two weeks notice but i knew the manager well and he was rooting for me career wise. I am SUPER nervous about putting in my two weeks at these jobs and then being looked down upon/ treated differently for leaving in such…

My wife is a hiring manager in a small business of 20 people in the service industry. Though she's right under the owner in seniority, she does the same work day in and day out as the newest workers do, with some administrative stuff mixed in. They interviewed this girl and she was great. 22 years old, some related experience, seemed excited for the gig. They wanted to hire her right out the gate but they brought her back for a second interview. As expected, it goes great. She asks for a little more money, they say sure. They ask if she has any questions and she starts tearing up and says just one. So they're like okay sure, what? This poor girl starts bawling and asks if anyone here is going to harass her, abuse her or gaslight her. She straight up has a breakdown in front of my…

So I was working at a smoke shop in PA, the owner would sometimes be in but mostly drinking in the office. I had put in time off for a weekend in September (going out of country) for my partners birthday. The schedule for the next week was typically done Friday or Saturday but the boss wanted to re work it. The manager told me that boss was working on it and that she made it but it’s up to him to finalize it. We were leaving Friday, the Sunday before we left boss posted the schedule. I was typically getting 30-32 hours scheduled a week but that week was only 18, and I was off during the week only working Thursday and the weekend. I reached out to the boss asking if I would switch my shifts to the week days (when I typically worked) and I was denied.…

And no, it didn’t come with a raise. My work is going through a transition period. Several people have either moved departments, or left entirely. I recently got promoted to a lead position, but when the supervisor position was announced I didn’t apply because I didn’t want the extra responsibility for the pittance of a raise it came with (less than $1). However now, because there isn’t a supervisor on one of my days, I’ve been shoehorned into it anyway. Worse, I was informed of this by a company wide email informing other departments they could rely on the team leads going forward for things the supervisors usually do. It’s week two and I am RAPIDLY burning out. Is it even worth it to bring this up to someone? Considering nobody has actually talked to me about it. I’ve had all these new duties heaped on me with no conversation…

I have been working since I got my first car and have been in the work force for over 25 years. I remember my first job fondly, I was working with my high school best friend, I looked forward to it every day. I was lucky and grateful enough that I never fell behind on any bills or on the brink of homeless. I love working. It's made me a stronger, better (relatively) person, grew my brain, learned a lot, boosted my creativity, but over time with the change in work culture and toxic society, I realized it is not the work that I despise, it's just the people. I was only unemployed once in my 25 years in the work force, and it was the longest/saddest period of my life. Way different than any pain that I felt on my hardest day at a job. I was very happy…

The last two jobs I landed have been thru linkedin and networking. Is this still a thing?: Indded, Monster Dice?

I’ve been working for about 4 months at a place that accepts tips in a pool for all employees. However, my coworkers told me that the manager only delegates tips “about” every 6 months. Does this seem shady to anyone else? Are there any laws restricting management from doing this?

I work in auditing/accounting and my roommate works in IT and it seems employers would much rather pile on mandatory overtime rather than hire more people. I think the cause of this, among other things, is that the overtime premium of 1.5x is too low. If we fought to have the overtime premium raised to 2.0x we could drastically improve quality of life for most mid to low experience workers.

I feel the slow erosion of my soul each day that I waste living a mediocre life. Each day going and doing something that I don't want to do, just to make barely enough money to survive. Instead of having the time/energy to improve my natural gifts, I'm forced to sacrifice them for capitalism. I hate it, I die a little each day. I'm brought to tears by the idea of waking up one day, 35 years old, and living a life where my current dreams are nothing but a memory. I hate how society is set up, I hate that we have to submit ourselves to dehumanizing conditions just to survive. Meanwhile, the Kardashians are making sex tapes and shitty makup lines and spending money with reckless abandon. This isn't life. I'm not a robot, I'm a fucking human being. Fuck rules, fuck having to consistently deny my own…