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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/Great-Nectarine4528 on 2024-11-02 01:04:38+00:00.

I found out that a job i had like 6 years ago is still shit talking me and effecting me getting a job.

Now, I did provide my own references to this new place..but I think they went buckwild and decided to call the company instead of using my references. By their behaviour I know that something awful was said about me. They won't admit to doing this however since it's technically not allowed due to confidentiality...but we all know these employers do what ever the fuck they want.

I did not leave that job on good terms. I was also a different fucking person 6 years ago. I've worked a lot on myself including my mental health and not drinking anymore. Not like the job or manager helped those issues at all.

Apparently you are never granted a second chance in life. You will forever be labelled as something from your past. This cancel culture bullshit is pissing me off.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/vonru17 on 2024-11-01 23:15:36+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/Forsaken_Ingenuity28 on 2024-11-01 23:14:49+00:00.

Can you really tell me with a straight face that a Billionaire CEO is out for anyone but himself? Also, I left my last job after two years because my manager was a narcissistic psychpath; I actually wanted to stay!

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/PKLeor on 2024-11-01 20:47:47+00:00.

There were already some red flags. This was a team where the hiring manager admitted that most of them had been shuffled over from another department after layoffs cleared out their original team. They openly admitted they didn’t have much experience in this area and hoped whoever took this role would basically help everyone else—including the hiring manager—get up to speed.

Then came the pay. They wanted to offer $24/hr for a role that typically pays between $70K - $100K, depending on the region. It was a little unsettling, considering they’d need me to practically train the whole team.

But hey, I need a job; it’s been months since my layoff. Plus, it was remote—had to count for something, right?

In the interview, I mentioned how I saw the hiring manager had advanced within the company and asked about their development culture. Usually, managers like this since it shows interest in staying with the company long-term.

The hiring manager just smiled and said, “Well, gone are the days when people advance here like I did!” (For reference, they had consistently moved up over the last five years). Apparently, the company no longer rewards with raises or career advancement—just “resume building.”

According to them, over time, my role would get more responsibilities, and I’d even get a fancier job title to help my resume for future opportunities! 😃

Oh, and this is an established, publicly traded FinTech company.

The day after, I got an email declining me for the role, and honestly… I wasn’t surprised. The look on my face during the interview probably gave everything away.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/scarletnolan on 2024-11-01 21:40:26+00:00.

So my husband was just let go from his full time job because he has been out of work for 4 weeks due to back problems. No, not a work injury. The first week he took off, they asked him for a letter of resignation and then dropped off his work things from his desk (he never insinuated he was quitting). I said do NOT resign. Fast forward to the next week he gets a doctor’s note for a leave of absence for 4 weeks. We were waiting to get imaging results and a consult with a neurosurgeon for next steps and so then would have a timeline of when he’d be back.

They seemingly agree to this leave and then after about 2.5 weeks email him he has been terminated. He’s the sole provider and we have 2 children. They know this. They had ZERO issue firing him because he doesn’t know when he will be back (but intended to come back). It’s a smaller business so no mandated FMLA for him. The cherry on top was at the end of the email they go “when you’re feeling better and if the position is still open we’d love to have you back!” Like wow, thanks so much for your charity.

I am not naive, their actions do not shock me. I know employers do not value their employees whatsoever. But I am just so angry. The lack of compassion, the lack of respect, the lack of THOUGHT that this person was supporting himself and others and the fact there was zero regard for that. When he got this job the owner BRAGGED about the amazing healthcare they had, yet didn’t end up paying my husband enough for us to afford said healthcare every month. We are all on Medicaid right now. I truly just don’t have words for the state of things in this country right now when it comes to employers/employee relations. Makes me sick. Thanks for reading :/

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/QuantumCatnip on 2024-11-01 20:41:25+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/Alarmed_Feedback_997 on 2024-11-01 20:24:38+00:00.

“Look at the jobs people claim to be passionate about: marketing, sales, finance. Imagine saying that you're passionate about "marketing strategy" or "sales funnels." What does that even mean?”

Hey everyone, I just wrote a piece on the meaninglessness of modern day white collar work. Looking for any feedback/ discussion.

Let me know now what you think.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/sanman220 on 2024-11-01 20:13:16+00:00.

I just received my first check with my pay cut. Hurray!

The loosely defined company policy regarding annual raises is that it maxes out at 3% per year. This year I was not given an annual performance review, and my raise was 2.25% with no explanation, bringing me to $21.268/hr. They refused to round up to 21.27. Now after the cut, I'm down to $20.20/hr, not 20.2046, so they were cool with rounding down... so MY cut was 5.02%

I hate it here.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/Spiritual-Bee-2319 on 2024-11-01 20:16:32+00:00.

My job has always accommodated me to work remotely for in-office days when I'm injured. It's worked great for 2 years until management started being difficult bc of appearance . Actually from the moment I submitted an application to the job I've let them know I will always choose my health bc I don't have the Luxury to not.

Well they decided to not accommodate me anymore so I'm going the official route. Turns out that in my state I can get a full days pay for 3 months out of the year for every 1 hour of my sick leave and I have over 100 hours. And I'm getting official accommodation bc I have several disabilities one that makes me prone to dislocation. I called my union rep and they are ready to fight for me bc of pushback. I called my doctors and they are ready to fight for me. I'm calling my vocational rehab counselor as well. Also just completed a program for people with disabilities so I'm contacting them too.

I dislocated my shoulder and instead of accommodating when literally 100% of my work function can be done on a computer. In fact sometimes we gather together in a room for a meeting that is online and we all go thru zoom. My company found the right person to cause trouble with tbh. I've lost everything in the past and this time I'm fighting.

Moral of the story is that you cannot fight a company or system alone. We need to fight as a village!

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/Impressive_Low_2808 on 2024-11-01 19:44:29+00:00.

Hello all,

So my mother just turned 59, and she has heart failure. All the improvements she’s made, hours she’s slaved away at her job, family events she’s missed because she was so worried about missing work and making sure work was covered have left her with nothing.

She might hit 65, maybe. Either way, just remember, you may not make it to retirement age, so enjoy your life now, fuck Dave Ramsey, yada yada yada

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/PuddingBig2034 on 2024-11-01 19:04:28+00:00.

I’m a team lead. My role is fuzzy since I have been told that I am “not the manager” but all my duties are manager-level.

I will be moving to a different role in the company so they are looking to hire a replacement. This replacement would have the title of Manager and make way more than I have been making as team lead, with the exact same job description.

They want me to hold off on moving to my new role (which comes with a higher pay) so I can train the new Manager/my replacement. Meaning I would be:

• delaying getting paid more because I’m stuck in my old role training my manager
• training someone else to do the EXACT job I’ve been doing but they get paid more to do it

During this time I would also be a direct report of this new person…… WHOM I WOULD BE TRAINING……. WHILE THEY MANAGE ME??????

I also find it generally disrespectful since they’ve been so adamant that I’m “not the manager”. If I’m not the manager, doesn’t that make it inappropriate for me to train the new manager?

How do I deal with this?

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/Michigan_Go_Blue on 2024-11-01 19:00:13+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/Sn0wInSummer on 2024-11-01 18:27:38+00:00.

Well... I am back to looking for work after 4 months. It took me over a year to land that job, and it's a gut punch to be a part of the company-wide layoff. I was absolutely killing it, nailing it, and getting great feedback, including from the CEO and CFO. Was told it was due to "lack of work" on the client account.

I am in my mid-50s and I do not know what I am going to do. No one wants to hire someone my age despite all of my knowledge and experience.

I am completely heartbroken and I can't find the strength to do this all over again. It hurts so much!

The bean counters at the tippy top, sitting in their ivory towers, think about laying people off when the account was ramping up. They originally brought me on to help right the ship because things were bad.

I do not understand why companies do this, why?!

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/Longjumping_Leg5345 on 2024-11-01 17:56:53+00:00.

I was called to an interview with an oeganization today. They were really nice over email and it seemed very promising.

The moment I walked through the doors the atmosphere felt off. They didn't really come to greet me. There was 4 women waiting in a room for me. I felt I was being stared at up and down. I'm not sure if they just didn't like my look..or felt they were better than me. It was very off putting non the less.

The interview was more of a police interrogation. Was barely finished one answer and they were already asking me the next. I felt like I was a criminal trying to defend myself to cops 😂

The one lady then looks at my resume and goes "you've worked at a few places in your lifetime"..yea. no shit lol. She then goes "if you don't plan on staying here for the long term don't bother coming back". As she says this she then asks for my references.

I told her I'd have to find the references. Walked out and plan to ghost them from here on out. Fuck that. Stay long term at a company that already treats me like shit before I even start.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/adimwit on 2024-11-01 17:42:18+00:00.

The Federal Reserve hiked interest rates after Covid ended as a way to force companies to layoff workers in mass. But it didn't work the way they wanted. The only companies that had major layoffs were the tech industries. Everyone else held onto their workers for the most part.

A few weeks ago the Fed cut interest rates, sending the signal that the hiring slowed way down and the companies aren't competing for workers anymore. This means the workers have to compete for jobs, which will bring wages down.

So now all of these companies that held onto their workers need to get rid of their higher paid workers and start hiring new workers at lower wages.

Instead of layoffs, the companies are implementing policy changes to inconvenience workers enough to force them to quit.

This is why there was a major push to get rid of Work From Home. They force everyone to return to office. The ones that's can't or refuse will have to quit. Then the company can hire new workers at lower wages.

You're going to see policies like this at your workplace. They're going to increase quotas or productivity goals, implement Return To Office, change your benefits and step plans, and reduce your ability to promote up.

A 2023 report on pay trends from ZipRecruiter showed 48% of 2,000 US companies surveyed lowered pay for certain roles.

"There is now less competition to hire workers – and therefore less need to boost wages," says Nick Bunker, US-based director of North American Economic Research at Indeed. "Job postings have dropped quite a bit, while the supply of workers has grown."

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/Throwaway6531310 on 2024-11-01 15:46:53+00:00.

I started a role as a first-time manager earlier this year. After about 4 months I started feeling really comfortable. I knocked out a huge project and the staff really got to know me and rely on me. Felt great. Been on great terms with everyone since.

Additionally, I (thought) I befriended the HR director. I was talking to her numerous times a week about my department, my experiences, making sure there was nothing left to accomplish each week. We even discussed personal goals together.

I walked in this Monday and was asked to attend a meeting with her, our CEO, and an assistant executive who’s been here longer than me.

Completely out of no where, I was told that this executive will now be supervising me and my department. All our PTO, decision-making, and emails to the upper-chain must go through this individual instead of through me. I was also re-assigned to another unit of the same department, meaning my daily work duties have changed. 9 months of hard work for nothing. My staff is not happy and a few have already told me they aren’t looking forward to this change, and have began looking for new jobs.

What really pissed me off wasn’t just the re-assignment, but the fact the HR director didn’t say a word the whole time. Just sat there, stone-faced looking forward even when I was refuting their comments and asking questions. The word got around the rest of the company pretty quickly and I’m now being warned to be weary about how HR acts here. Might need to re-consider this place myself.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/evjegati on 2024-11-01 16:00:49+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/PossiblyNotAwful on 2024-11-01 15:47:13+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/FoutchElsie1 on 2024-11-01 15:32:42+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/bipolargecko on 2024-11-01 14:49:32+00:00.

I was working at a corporate dealership as a technician. I left my previous dealership because of the bad pay and they pretty much taught me everything they could, it was very amicable and they threw a party for me on my last day. This new dealership was just way too corporate for me, and I was surrounded by lazy people. First day I was called the new company fleshlight bc im the only female tech. Couldn't shadow anyone and they really made me feel like an outcast. Yesterday was kinda the last straw and I just rolled my toolbox out of the shop around closing time. Didn't tell any management but 2 of my coworkers knew and told them when then the manager asked where I was today. I am absolutely a coward for not telling the manager.

The HR lady keeps calling me and I haven't picked up, I start my new job Monday and I just wanna forget about that entire experience. My uniform is being dropped off today which im hoping is why shes calling to get them back.

Do I have to pick up? I'm not legally obliged to anything, correct?

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/nytguildtech on 2024-11-01 14:43:17+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/throwra_Yogurtclo on 2024-11-01 14:42:04+00:00.

A guy at work I talk to on occasion has been struggling with his job lately. Skilled job with a very low wage and some other stuff. Everybody at work has been struggling with this.

Today he found out I handed in my notice. He asked about it and I was honest, I wanted more money and I was offered a lot more plus some other benefits so I took it.

I found out that in the afternoon he handed in his resignation. He walked out and doesn't have a job lined up.

It took me a year and a half and hundreds of applications to get this job. I didnt tell him that bit.

I'm terrified for this guy, he has kids to feed and a mortgage.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/AudibleNod on 2024-11-01 14:19:27+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/crayyarccray on 2024-11-01 13:54:14+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/Jinxedlad on 2024-11-01 13:20:08+00:00.