Antiwork

I stayed at my first job in high school for more than two years. I am nearly 20 years old now and I began to feel disillusioned with work shortly after high school. I realized that working my entire life just to retire when I’m too old to do what I want is a waste of the gift of life. Since then, whenever a job becomes less than enjoyable, I give up. I stop trying, I show up late, or sometimes not at all. At my current job, I liked the position I started at. The work was dynamic, I had friends, and I was able to work with my hands. A few weeks ago my boss moved me to a different position which is incredibly mundane and repetitive, and again I’ve given up. I know it’s childish because I know that in life you have to do things you…

My work are finding more faults with me and now are putting me on a performance plan potentially, right after I’ve asked t hem for accommodations for neurodiversity. I feel so exhausted and stupid for running myself into the ground for this job only for them to turn round and do this. Every job I’ve been in has been terrible and I don’t know what to do anymore. I’m so tired. Maybe I shouldn’t exist because for whatever reason my brain can’t mimic and do what they want because it’s never good enough.

In my role at work we are tasked to train personnel on how to build certain products by written procedures and processes. Part of the training includes training checklists that cover the high level information in the procedure as sections to sign of as completed. During the training we teach, then we watch them perform (while being there for support purposes to help when clarity is needed or techniques and ideas can be discussed). Once we are comfortable with their performance we allow them to build on their own and do 100% inspection of the work when they are done. To complete training, an employee needs to have assembled 3 lots of work (typical low lot volumes like 10 or 15 parts to build in one lot) which undergoes 100% inspection. To fully sign of the employees they need to go thru this thing called Verification. The verification of the…

I was using Microsoft Teams and realized what a stupid name for that program. Team? We aren't teammates, we are coworkers, and this isn't a game, it's my livelihood. And then there's the family bullshit talk we get in company meetings. We've all heard them. Last week we had two workers fired. So much for family. We aren't family. We aren't a team. This is strictly a business relationship where I will leave for better opportunities just like you would fire me for a worker who will accept a lower pay for the same output

He works for one of the top 5 largest employers in our area and it's one of the few that pays more that the standard $15-16 an hour. He was telling me yesterday how he needed to go out to Uber since his check was going to be low this pay period (2 weeks). Apparently these clowns advertise paying $18.50 an hour, but $4 of that is an “attendance bonus” which they will retroactively remove from the entire pay period if you clock in 1 minute late. How is that shit legal?

So I worked at a Steakhouse that prided itself on being a family company and having the best steaks. Well, they were sorta truthful. They had great quality steaks….that they would throw onto cheap pasta, add crappy prepackaged sauces and poorly cooked sides and extras. Expensive and busy, I made good money. But the place was and still is a mess. Three head chefs quit in a 3 year span. 7 front of house managers, the sous chef and all supervisors have turned. Only the General Manager and a lacky are there now as originals. So as the pandemic was slowing down last Feb, I noticed a cook sneeze all over an order. He had a mask on. But that's it. Didn't cover his mouth, and almost seemed to be exaggerating and adding more 'oomph' to his sneeze – which again was above an order about to be sent out.…

I live in a state where weed is legal. Quitting to be able to get a job. I just don’t get it, why do I have to feel like a criminal or that I’m hiding things in order to have a corporate desk job? It’s been 3 days and I’m still waiting to see what they say. I can’t ask the recruiter what’s going on without looking like I’m hiding it. I know I will show up positive for weed so I’m curious what they will say. No criminal history, no other drugs, but marijuana in my system? I must be a piece of shit who doesn’t deserve a job.

I'll (24m) begin with a backstory to give context to my guilt: (apologies for the rant) I come from a long line of extremely hardworking people. Below, I'll give a background on a few. My grandfather was born into a poor farming family in the mountains of Greece. He had to stop going to school in 4th grade because he didn't have shoes, and it would be infeasible for him to walk 6 miles to school every day while tearing his feet up on rocks, so he herded sheep for his family and helped however he could on the farm. When he left Greece, he was 22 years old. After completing his mandatory military service, he boarded a ship along with his 8 brothers and set sail to Canada. He had 5 dollars in his pocket, didn't speak a word of English or French, and had very little formal education.…

We’d get regulars that would always order groceries and I would notice their name tag from the order. my job was to pick their food and other grocery items, well the customers that I really liked I would put free stuff in their bags sometimes doubles of what they order other times expensive items too.

​ I've been working at a “mom and pop” company in NYC for a year, earning a meager $40,000 annually. To provide some context, this company generates over $30 million in revenue, yet offers no benefits, a toxic work environment, and no work culture. The poor warehouse workers (who are mainly Hispanic) are treated like slaves and it pisses me off. In addition, the owners (who are pushing 80) would police the office workers from speaking in our native tongue to prevent gossip. Yesterday, I finally decided to quit after landing a fully remote job offer that's more than double my current salary and includes benefits like 401k and health insurance. I handed in my two weeks' notice, but my manager had a shocking reaction – she cursed at me and accused me of using the company as a stepping stone in my career. “this is so f***ed up” /…