r/AntiWork - "Cure for Burnout" 

Fun animal fact: The U.S. military trained bottlenose dolphins. Bottlenose dolphins were used in both the Vietnam and the Gulf to detect enemy swimmers trying to plant explosives on ships

If you rationalize the suffering of others because you suffered and turned out fine, then you did not turn out fine

My little sister got her first job at McDonald’s this year, she’s sixteen,and the first thing she said to me after she started was “Why are people so mean and rude?”…she got yelled at by a grown man over a 50 cent charge for extra sauce….every human should be forced to work in the food/retail industry at least once….I did it and now I have infinite patience for those who still do it

Having been a manager at McDonalds, the amount of times I told off a customer for screaming and cussing at a 15-16 y/o kid is incredible. I did it in a super shaming way. There are reasons that I left to make less money elsewhere, sometimes see my teenagers though and they really miss me

I remember some guy that tried to say Elon was justified for firing the “lazy employees” because 40 hours is lazy😅. There’s more to life than work, man.

Inhaling toxic fumes or staring at Excel...they forgot the third option, "Being screamed at by strangers for things that aren't your fault."

I have deadass said in an exit interview, "y'all don't pay me enough to clean up after everyone's shit, and y'all have a proven track record of lying about wanting to 'make things better'... so there's literally nothing you can do to make me change my mind"

I just finished an exam which asked “is money a motivator?” I answered yes, and chose to contest the answer. I wrote that if moneys not a motivator, then why is their textbook $180? Isn’t the pride of knowing they’re helping students learn be enough?

Even as teenagers, if my stepsons went on a job site with me, I paid them, even if I wasn't billing for them being there. Exploiting family is one of the shittiest things small business people do.

I once had a boss who tried to tell us that our workplace was our home and that anytime we weren't at work we were on vacation. I just stared at him blankly not responding. When you can't think of anything not rude to say, let the awkward silence say it for you.

The story about a person who got fired for not chatting with their colleagues in their breaks was really frightening to me. I'm very introverted and despite liking my colleagues I don't talk to them much and nearly never start conversations. Though my boss said once that I seem to hate people, there was never an issue about it. Thank god I don't work in service industry.

6:40 That's not hiring a secretary. That's hiring an affair partner.

34:30 I actually asked "Why should I work for you?" in a job interview once, too, though I think I phrased it more like "What does this workplace have to offer to its employees?" I was applying to be a proofreader and editor for a local publishing company. The guy interviewing me visibly straightened up, then said, "Wow, it's like YOU'RE interviewing US!" and laughed nervously. Mind you, this was only the first question I'd asked during the interview. It wasn't as if I'd been bombarding him with questions for the last five minutes. He then paused for an uncomfortably long time. He said "Let me think..." He paused again. By the time he finally provided some empty answer, I already knew I'd be running for the hills as soon as this interview was over. The takeaway? ASK THIS QUESTION!! A bad employer will freak out at the idea of a potential employee having a sense of self-worth, and you'll be able to save yourself SO much time and grief.

Cliccy as a toxic employer doesn't exist he can't hurt you. Cliccy as a toxic employer:

Fun fact: Under US labor law, working interviews have to be paid if the employee is actually doing work that benefits the company.

"You get paid in exposure. You know, people come into the office and they... they see you at the front desk - you get paid in exposure!" As an introvert, this is nightmare fuel

I’m an animator, one of the biggest red flags I got was a client who said they want a ‘Disney quality animation for free. Continued to tell me a story about an artist Disney brought in and they didn’t pay her. Years later she was going to get evicted as she couldn’t afford rent and Disney paid her mortgage off. Don’t manipulate people to work for free. Thank you :)

period pains are ABSOLUTELY a valid reason to not work... some people literally can only lie in their beds and nearly pass out afterall...

My old job was helping other ASD folks like me navigate finding and retaining a job, but we had to close down because the agency funding us wasn't willing to pay us the extra hours needed for the results they wanted. Seven years later, I feel dirty and disgusting because half the stuff we taught people were to accept and rationalize some of these dehumanizing practices and conditions, and I would never do it again

Click, if you're so worried about being recognized at conventions, there's a simple solution to it! Just wear your fursuit!

So, my job story: I used to be a Starbucks barista. I had worked for 2 and a half years. There were so many rough patches but it's the only company in the USA that has transgender healthcare benefits. So, I stayed. But, things got progressively worse. Karens were every other customer when before, it was only around 1 Karen every 100 people. So, back in May, I decided that I'd put in my 2 week notice. That same day, the power went out at Starbucks. (And Starbucks as a company says if this happens, wait half an hour, if the power stays out, you go home.) My MANAGER said we had to work no matter what. The inside reached 80°F (the company policy says if this happens, you are to leave immediately.) My manager said to continue working. My coworkers and I were so fed up. I quit right then. When he asked why, I said it was because of life reasons, but I wish I told him right then and there that it was because he was a pile of garbage. I also wish I had called HR on his butt

The funniest thing about "you don't pay your family" is that if I needed money for something when I was younger, my grandparents would find me some work to do in the garden or something and pay me to do it.

When I had covid in college I was thrilled to be shoved in a hotel for isolation. The hotel rooms with a private shower were better living conditions than a dorm and I was so burnt our from classes and working full time that I was actually so excited to sleep for a week...

Psychologists: "burnout can be helped by reducing the work load but also spreading the responsibilities for a slow, free and relaxing environment that doesn't sit still" Employer: "second job?"

i cant get over that one japanese bus strike where instead of stalling the whole transport network they continued to work but didnt take bus fares

I’m Native Hawaiian and in the past my ancestors had a great system. For 8 months they would work the land, stocking up on food while waging war on other chiefs. But for the remaining 4 months they partied and feasted and we’re forbidden from working or going to war with each other. This system ended thanks to colonization and capitalism but I wish we could bring it back.

"Working in a fast pace environment" means that you won't know what you're doing from one minute to the next and we'll change the goalposts with no notice. "Must be able to work under own initiative or under the instruction of others" means you'll be given no guidance whatsoever by your manager but told off when you don't do what they never told you they expected. "Competitive salary" means the salary is technically legal. "Computer literate" means they have no idea what we actually want you to do with computers, it might be the ability to write a word document, possibly to produce a pretty spreadsheet or maybe you'll be taking computers apart and putting them back together again. "Must be a team player" means you'll have you take the blame for things that weren't your fault "Must be flexible" means... Who knows? Available 24/7 for on call yoga?

I needed this subreddit today. I've just dropped out of college because of severe burnout. I'm autistic, but it went undiagnosed until this summer, I was 18, and only was assessed because I asked about it and suspected it myself. It was obvious I had some difficulties throughout my life, but my undiagnosed dad just told me that stuff was normal and happened to almost everyone in our family. I was also labelled as gifted growing up, so I was given more work and almost perfect grades were expected of me, without any help or adaptations. I managed to keep this up throughout all of highschool and get into a highly demanded degree at a prestigious university here in my country. But it almost fucking killed me. On top of everything, I also had trouble socializing and fitting in, an art I almost perfected at the cost of my mental health, was constantly called lazy because I couldn't study as many hours without breaks/couldn't study at all some days and had trouble keeping my room clean and more stuff like that that ends up making you feel like shit about yourself. And I just can't keep doing this. The past few months have been so bad I had various panic attacks some days, and was more sensitive than ever to sounds, smells and all that stuff. Hell, I ended up crying one night because the washing machine and something else in the kitchen were on at the same time and it was just too much. I've never been that sensitive and I know it's because I'm too fucking stressed. Last week I ended up in the ER because of suicidal and self harming thoughts. My roommates here are super sweet and have taken care of me for a few days now, but I'll be going back to my hometown soon. I just can't do this anymore. I plan on coming back to college next year, although I probably will choose a degree in another field of study. I hope 9 months is enough time for me to recover at least enough to function again. My parents get it, more or less, but I know Christmas will be hell. I already feel bad enough, but my family is the type to think that work/studies is what brings purpose into your life and that you are being a useless, miserable being if you aren't doing either at the moment. Even my younger cousins are going to joke about it and laugh at me, and I'm horrible at defending myself. I wanted to pretend I was still in college, but my mom has already told everyone so I'll have to deal with it. On top of that, I'm on antidepressants now, so I can't even be drunk af like last year when I had just broken up with my ex. Sorry for the rant, just needed somewhere to talk about it.

This place is so chaotic yet so calm and so full of knowledge idk how that works

I love how Click uses the word conspiracy so often it just waters down the whole term into something comical... Well played, Mr. Click.

If I had to guess, the burnout article is probably following the philosophy that you see some people say of creative projects, which is be working on more than one at once, so that you can take a break from one by working on another. Except I don't think it works the same for 9-5's. You aren't going to distract yourself from the problems of one job by doing another job when you don't have time between them to run errands and do downtime activities. You're going to be lucky to just get enough sleep..

I remember how relieved I was when I got divorced, and they banished me to the kids table. I was so happy to be in a completely separate room from the adults table.

I used to think Twitter was terrible before--but after the Musk buyout it's unreal. It's like discovering there's another toilet that your toilet uses when it feels like it's full of too much shit.

Teacher: $40,000 salary Guy Who Nods and Smiles When CEO Says Something Idiotic: $150,000 salary

I only just turned 18 and got laughed at for being trans by an old dude. At 17, a 30 yr old told me he wanted to cut my hair before asking for my number. Working sucks

My job story: I used to work at a tire company out in the bay changing tires. I was the only girl to work at the place so it was pretty big deal for me and I was super excited, and even finished all of my training early because I wanted to prove to my boss that I was more than happy to work (also because I wanted to show I was willing to put in the work for promotions too). I worked on changing tires for a few months before being put on air check. There were multiple people that got hired after me and were promoted without even finishing their training, and I was still stuck on air-check. Even though I would often ask my boss about being promoted to the front desk as I had started to refer people to go buy new tires because theirs were wearing out, I was told that "My training wasn't finished yet". (keep in mind, all of my training for both bay work and sales work had been completed way before I started asking). A few months go by and I get hit in the face, had to go to the hospital, and got stitches on my eyebrow, eyelid, and right next to the outer edge of my eye. Boss told me that worker's comp would pay for my hospital expenses. I ended up quitting a few weeks after due to the boss wanting me to come in and work while the stitches were still in and afterwards getting a text from him saying that I put them in a real bind because of quitting. I called worker's comp and asked them about the bill and they told me that even if I quit they would still pay the bill because it happened while I was working. It's been almost two years now and the bill still hasn't been paid. (almost a $3,000 bill, it's been passed to collections and every time I try and call worker's comp I get radio silence)

The "Karen" compensation should totally become a thing, in the service industry!

"Sitting in your mom and dad's basement playing video games, get off your butt and get a job!" It's almost like playing video games for an audience is an actual career people can choose nowadays.

I remember when I was looking for my first job, I got turned down from so many entry level jobs because I have no work experience. Apparently picking up dishes at a table is too complex for a high schooler to comprehend.

As someone who spent approximately two years sending in 2 to 4 applications in a week during my high-school years, I would have honestly appreciated emails saying I was rejected for a position because only ONCE did I ever get a reply from any of those attempts.

No joke, this is why I’ve spent the last few months buying crafts and putting together goodie bags for the kids in my kiddo’s class. It takes the pressure off of the teacher and she doesn’t have to 1) spend outta her own pocket 2) only give them the crappy print-offs that most of them won’t like. I’ve given her enough to either save for the next few years or to share with the other teachers. For December alone, I’ve got enough for the kids to do something for the whole month and still have some for the next few years. Parents, if you can afford it, and the teacher is actually trying to be a good teacher (not just ignoring the “problem kids” and actually cares about all their students), try to do what you can for them, even if it’s just sending in extra supplies, donating for field trips, sending in extra art supplies, etc… you can also ask what the class needs the most and help with that, only if you can afford it though, but I can say the the Dollar Tree is an amazing place to get art supplies for cheap

23:40 So fun fact: I found out I got grey listed at a large company at my state when I was called asked if I was busy for an interview at that moment and I responded "I have an interview for a possible job in 5 minutes, but I would love to interview for your company. Can't put all my eggs in one basket."

"And you don't pay your family" sir. Sir Cliccy. There are days when I would pay my family to just leave me alone. There have been years where I would pay my brothers to stop being annoying for 5 damn minutes while I played videogames. Parents pay their children to do chores when they get old enough to realize they can question authority.

One of my courses in uni was Human Resource Management. It taught so many views, methods and plans to increase employee satisfaction/motivation. The last chapter was about how all the things in previous chapters have terrible success rates in practice because executives keep forgetting that before even thinking about using these methods, the employee has to already be at their own standard of living. The exam was basically us criticizing all the usual lines the companies use to wiesel their way out of paying more. I had a field day with "we're a family". One of my favorite courses for sure.

My dad used to work a job he actually liked- but didn’t pay nearly enough. He was doing the work for like 5 people since they were so understaffed. It sucks that they wouldn’t pay him more when he was making huge improvements for them and probably carrying their IT department.

I would be strongly tempted to say "If I'm getting paid in 'exposure' then I'll just work naked." The more "exposure" the better, right?😆

That story about the worker not smiling reminds me of the time one of my bosses scolded me for not looking happy while I was /sweeping/ the floor. Like wow, what riveting activity! Such fun :)

My Motto is "I work to live. I dont live to work"

It is really sad that teachers do one of the most important and difficult jobs while being paid so little.

‘The Devil Wears Prada’ has the best commentary on Anti-Hustle Culture argue with a wall. That movie set the record straight about the conventional job market.

10:16 the worst part of this isn’t just they hyped something up just for it to just be pizza, it’s that they laid off what seems to be this worker’s accommodation to ease working there. they’re making their job hell, and thinking pizza is enough to make up for it. just treat your employees well.

19:06 Especially considering the fact that those people treat employees like they aren't really human beings and will go as far as physical attacks such as throwing their burning hot food/drinks on the worker if they don't get what they want. Dealing with people like that is a hazard.

I love this subreddit because it makes me so angry at the oppressive economic system we live in

Ah, exposure, the thing that kills the homeless and struggling artists everywhere.

Oh no - the CEO assistant job reminds me of a job listing for a admin role I saw recently which stated at the very top "Looking for a young attractive female willing to work in a male dominated environment and all that it entails. Manners and smile are a must". I was like HARD PASS

I'm basically unemployable because of "gaps in my resume" because I was caring for my mother who had a stroke. I've been in interviews where I can see the light in their eyes turn off when I tell them I was caring for a family member and not spending that time doing like 50 unpaid volunteer positions because that's the only time that unemployment is justified to them

_"Want to afford a house? Give up luxuries like gym memberships"_ It would take 952.4 years for my gym membership to buy the small rural house I live in.

Work burnout around the holidays is super common. I asked for a couple days off after black Friday to rest and relax. You know, after one of the most stressful work days in the USA. Well my boss said no, and showed me a print out from his boss explaining: "There will be no time off from Nov 21st through January 1st. All employee requests for time off will be automatically denied during this time. The holiday season is busy and we need all hands on deck." So my reply to this was. Ok, guess I am just quitting then. Good luck this holiday season. When I told my co-workers about this, I got 3 others to quit with me. All of us were complaining they needed to raise our pay. So maybe loosing half their staff (Small liquor store, not a lot of employees) the day before thanksgiving will show them they can't get away with treating us like shit.

The one at 17:23 is literally me. My uncle got so mad last year because my cousin (male) chose to put on nail polish. I’ve been talking to them for years to do what they want and ignore what other people tell them, so seeing him breaking gender norms like a total king made me a bit proud.

My mom was a teacher and I watched her doing so much work at home all the time and always having to buy her own supplies and dealing with drama on top of never having air conditioning, I decided that job was definitely out of the picture for me. Teachers definitely aren't compensated well enough for the amount of effort and time they have to put into their job.

I tend to see the people who complain that nobody wants to work. Tend to be the people who drive workers away. Especially in retail and fast food.

the kids table is absolutely where it's at. As soon as outgrowing it, I started volunteering to look after the smaller kids. (anything to avoid the grownup conversations, I reckon ;)

5:20 I had two Heart Attacks over the course of 3 days at 22yo because I was persistently caffeinated for 30 days straight working two part-time jobs, 10+hours a day, 7 days a week. Now at 28, despite working unpaid overtime, I was still let go for "Not making the Numbers." I need Income, but I have no desire to work for anyone outside my allotted hours ever again.

Whenever I hear about how little money teachers make, I always think of the first episode of Mystery Incorporated, where Daphne says "But you're a teacher! Why do you need money?" And the guy just stares, and the entire gang is like "Oh, yeah."

Yes, there's affordable properties almost everywhere. Here in the Netherlands, there's a really cute cabin on an island in a river that you can only reach by boat that goes for less than 100k :) And you can always try to share a room with a creep who only wants women under 26 who work out just enough to be thin but not enough to be strong :)

Those managers giving their employees pizza reminds me of my boss organising us lunch so we won't go to the grocery store during the early waves of covid. I asked for a glutenfree option. My "glutenfree" option was a cereal bar. I ignored the rule of not going to the grocery store rather than eating something I'm allergic to

I've once read about a nuclear engineer being offered to be paid in exposure. ☢️

I spent over a year working at a McDonalds in the US. I was threatened with physical violence, including multiple threats on my life, was stalked by customers multiple times and had to endure a solid forty-five minutes of verbal abuse and belittling by a customer who told me "my name was fake, made up and my parents were stupid for naming me such a dumb thing" and then getting mad when I didn't agree with him. Since then, I've worked with lots of folks from many walks of life, but have never been treated worse, anywhere.

Works be like: Hey we may underpay you, make you overwork/do work home during weekends, force you to attend work parties (that no one enjoys) in your free time, call you in when you're on vacation or sick, but look, we bought a new coffee machine! :D We are so awesome, right?

20:15 I kinda feel him. My highschool councilor kept having meetings with my parents, telling them that I was mean to my classmates (which got me grounded a lot). It turned out they told her that I was a bitch because I didn't talk nor smile that much during class. Thankfully, she was fired.

31:30 My dad worked in a credit card call center, and they had a book in the office to help employees cope with management demanding more from them after they've already met expectations... it was titled "Who Moved My Cheese?" 😤

That 3 day unpaid thing is actually illegal in the USA as far as I know

31:46 yes, it is, and that's actually, genuinely how I found out I had a burnout. If you're hoping to catch a potentially long-term illness just so you can have a break from work, you are really not doing okay.

Fun fact: The newboy strike mentioned around 16:45 was turned into a movie by disney called Newsies and later was adapted into a broadway musical

Work place story: Let me preface this by saying a store-wide joke is that whenever somebody gets hired here they are selling their soul to XXXX-company. I am a personal shopper for said company and in the first few months of me working there I had two days off with $12 an hour for 6 hours a day and a 6am-12pm schedule (sometimes 1 or 2 o' clock if we were busy) plus the job was pretty simple. I was comfortable with my position and I loved having that 6 hour work day, it was good for me. Then I switched to nights to catch up on sleep (10-5 / 11-6) but I was still okay with that. Until recently. I became an admin recently. And admins manage the room where we put away all the grocery orders, bill people, run out orders to the customers and take phone calls, plus manage the shoppers. It's a hard and overwhelming job where you basically become acting manager of the department when the actual manager isn't there. Anyone can become an admin if they ask to be trained to be one. Now, A bunch of people quit, our department became way understaffed and upper management refused to work with us about cutting back orders. (For reference a casual day is 50-60 orders maybe even just 40 if we're lucky, leaving plenty of time for night crew to start on tomorrows orders by lets say 1-2:00) For 3 days in a row now we've been overloaded with 80+ orders in a single day with only 1-2 shoppers on the floor and one admin in the room (That admin being me). So far in those 3 days we've had to call over 30 customers to tell them to come tomorrow to get their groceries because we don't have the people to keep up with the demand. And also in those 3 days I've been scheduled 8 hour shifts despite being only part time, my two days became one day with no hope of ever getting it back, I'm constantly being called in to come an hour early to help with the workload, I've not been taking my 30 or 15 minute lunch breaks to compensate for time loss, I have customers calling screaming and yelling at me, I'm getting crap from our HR representative when I want someone to stay to help me in the room, I'm taking out orders, I'm managing the computers, taking calls, answering questions, billing, checking on the shoppers, putting the orders away and so much more all while we're two hours behind and I'm praying we can get today done. Now you may ask, do you get a raise or compensation for this clearly difficult and higher position? No. Absolutely not. Whether you are a shopper or admin, the pay is the same. It's just a fancy title with more responsibility attached to it for no extra benefits. Oh, but you get a cute little vest and a slightly different name tag so there's that. Which is why I plan on quitting that place once Christmas is over. I'm sick of dealing with all that responsibility and grief with no extra benefit to either my paycheck nor my scheduling. I just can't keep up with the insane workload expected of me anymore and anytime I hear someone say they want to work here I immediately tell them no. HR doesn't care, the store owner doesn't care and it does not matter how hard you work yourself over here because your talent and effort will never be recognised. Well it will be in cute little $5 vouchers that my HR rep loves to hand out in troves. Yeah that'll pay for groceries that month, thanks. So will the clearly empty words of encouragement they love to throw around so much.

Gotta love the one at 04:00 because there are a surprisingly large number of HR Departments that really seem to think that way. So far, whenever I switched employers in my carrer until now, it always was because someone else was willing to pay better then my current employer. Like when I switches Employers at the beginning of this year it netted me a nice 30% increase to my income for basically the same work I did for my previous employer. Guess that comes with working in IT, where people that know their stuff are quite sought after.

I keep pushing my favourite question that I conjured up on my own during an interview: Ask the interviewers why they chose to switch over to the company. This is always a gold mine that tells you why they were convinced then, what they think now, etc.

The "bragging about record profit while telling employees the company can't afford to pay more" situation happened to me just the other day. My boss was congratulating us because we already beat all expectations for the year and right after that told us we wouldn't be getting xmas bonuses this year because the company can't afford it. It was really weird lol Also, I know exactly what sponsor you were talking about Click, I remember you talking about it on your podcast. After watching the entire video, all of these were way too relatable and now I want to go cry in a corner, thx Click lol

I'm a supervisor at my work, and i love sitting in on daily meetings where they praise everyone for the amount of profit we made that week for the store, yet simultaniously complain that we're over budget for wages and that we're not allowed to give people more hours.. I love hypocrysy

Being a tutor for college students is something I really enjoyed. Unfortunately the pay sucks and the kids were all too embarrassed about needing the help to let me use them as a reference. The assumption that if they got help on a paper then they must not have written it themselves is a really common reaction.

2:03 - Pizza may be tasty, but it doesn’t help me pay my rent.

"The future is bright!" At 33:57 really was the highlight of this whole video. Said in a joking manner, big smile to present the line yet the pain and sarcasm underneath was powerful.

My store manager is pretty cool. He takes our complaints seriously and even buys us food without hyping it up. He just does it to be nice instead of pretending it's better than a bonus. He also doesn't say the whole "company is like family" bit, however, if you interact with the us employees long enough, you can tell we act like a second family. I know a lot of work environments aren't like that so I'm truly grateful for the place I work at

9:00 This is similar to saying "Get paid more" or "Change jobs for the same rate". The only people saying dream job already get paid enough but want a different job. Almost like money is a factor.

I remember that one time I was working two jobs, then slipped and fell down the stairs and my first thought was "I hope my leg is broken"... Fun times...

Forcing yourself to work more will actually stop you from feeling burnout! ... By overexerting yourself. You know how people who are seriously depressed don't feel sad, just numb? Or how when you're so tired you feel awake? It's like that. Don't do it

I honestly can't say that i'm motivated by getting paid... but i'm definitely demotivated by not getting paid...

7:53 - more than 2500 years ago, a Greek bloke wrote a fable about a vixen losing her tail in a trap and desperately trying to coerce and mock the other vixens to cut their tails off as well. And here we are in the 2020s and misery *still* desperately craves company.

You know, i do volunteering sometimes and THAT'S the thing where free pizza may be a bonus. You did hard work on your own will, you helped other people or animals or whatever and get free food as a bonus. P.S. i got better treatment working for free than some of the poor guys in this video working for money

I love seeing Click read this subreddit so much as he makes the depressing truth so much funnier.

I can totally imagine Click as a wonderful teacher. It's such a shame that that's not a viable career.

it took me a year of applying, reapplying, interviewing and being ghosted by stores and other retail places in my area before i got the job i am at currently! "we're lazy," no karen, we're given impossible standards that we cant meet and then getting chastised and disciplined when we don't meet said standards and years of experience for an entry level job. CEOs need to work in their stores to see how hard it is, they would never survive!

3:18 knew someone a while back who put in an application for a dog grooming parlor, they wanted her to work a week of 6 to 8 hour unpaid 'trial' shifts. So 42-56 hours of unpaid labor with no guarantee of being hired at the end. I'm pretty sure what they were asking her to do was illegal

It’s really baffling how one gets a job. I can’t work when I’m underage and I don’t want to miss out on my education but time management is not a simple answer. HOW DO I GET A STABLE INCOME? (screams into the void)

as someone who is currently looking for a job, this is hilarious to watch. i'm seriously considering asking 'why should i work for you' in my next interview lol

I work a corporate job. I work and live in the middle of nowhere. It is absolutely a soul-sucking job. The customers seem to get dumber by the day, our customer service quality is in the toilet because the training is a joke, we are ALL grossly underpaid. The only real draw *was* the health benefits. After The Great Resignation at the start of this year, benefits have gotten better nation-wide. Plus, living in the middle of nowhere, people have been quitting (20-30 people/month), leaving everyone else to pick up the workload. Causing more people to quit. And there are no more people to hire. The company is likely to collapse under its own weight.

As someone who also studied and considered education and teaching, I am sad to say I also refuse to work as a teacher because I won't be able to support myself let alone my pets and partner. Sucks man...

A lot of musks workers are on working visas. They will be deported and potentially separated from family. Some can’t afford to quit because they would literally tear apart their lives. These 84 hour weeks is insane

15:36 - I sincerely hope Sophie sent back a reply telling them to "cluck off".

"There are crappy workers and there are crappy bosses out there." Meanwhile The click on both sides: "..."