r/Antiwork - JOB OFFERS BE LIKE... 

the only place I worked that was "like a family" was a Pizza Hut where we all got paid 8$ and hour. The manager was a satanist and the nicest guy in the world, driver was a recovered meth addict, and the CSR was a teen father. Best people I ever worked with. I got lucky.

Surprisingly, the phrase "no one wants to work" has been going on for over 100 years. This subreddit is a perfect example of why we've been saying it.

“Why are you passionate about getting this job?” “I’m not, but I’ll show up on time, I’ll work hard and get things done, and won’t cause problems.” I will never understand how that answer isn’t acceptable.

The "Don't discuss your pay" is actually illegal in the United States. Most people don't know it, because employers go out of the way to hide this fact.

If a company is always hiring, they don't have to be "always firing", good chance the work conditions are so horrible that people constantly quit.

The company I used to work for described themselves as a family. They fired me after finding out that I am trans and autistic. The company I work for now has never described themselves as a family. They are giving me paid time off for top surgery, and have let me come into the office to quietly hide under a desk when I am overwhelmed until I'm ready to go back. They also dropped a client after I told them that they had made me uncomfortable because, and I quote "I don't give a fuck if we drop 20 hours a week if that 20 hours makes my staff uncomfortable. We can get other clients, we don't want to get other staff".

One time I had an interview and the HR lady asked me where I saw myself in the company in 5 years. I said "I've no clue, all I know is I want to be alive" She looked at me very serious and said "that's very honest" She hired me on the spot

When I was 19, my boss accidentally posted everyone’s hourly rate on the bulletin board. I found out that I, a 4 year veteran who barely missed a day and picked up extra shifts all the time, and was the only person who knew certain positions made less than someone who had worked there 6 months and worked about half of the shifts he was scheduled for. Wages are fucked.

You know the saddest part of the “discourse” around raising minimum wage to 15 dollars an hour in America is that it’s not even that good. Granted I live in a particularly expensive state, but I make 15/hour and I cannot afford an average STUDIO APARTMENT without 2+ roommates. And here’s all these companies screaming and crying about being forced to pay that much.

All our lives, we are told 'Hard work pays off.' Then we grew up and realized nobody ever said we would be the ones getting paid.

"You have to come in on your day off" "No, I don't." "Yes you do, or don't bother coming at all!" How does that work in their head? On both end, they are going to be short staffed, but instead of being short one day, they will be short until they find two replacements.

I love being a victim by *checks notes* Taking a few days off work to mourn the death of a loved one

"Why are you excited to work with our company?" Well, you see, I've always been passionate about being able to afford food.

These managers are disgusting. I just had to move back in with my parents at age 27 because up to this point, I've made no progress in building savings. And I make more than double minimum wage in America. This country's work culture is horrible.

There's even more to the guy that had a panic attack. He was brought in the next day to a disciplinary meeting where he had *ANOTHER* panic attack. Then he was fired for his "behavior".

In the 90's in Sweden my grandpa's workplace were cutting down on staff and they decided to put him in early retirement (I forget exactly when this was, but he was over 55 but not yet 60 if I remember correctly). He didn't feel like retiring right then, even if probably could have financially. He enjoyed having something to do and didn't enjoy the though of spending a lot of time alone for 10 years waiting for grandma to retire. First he asked what options he had at his current work, and they said he could either retire or get fired, so of course he chose the early retirement, but rather than having to apply at a new workplace and learn a bunch of new procedures in the ever more technological 90's, he decided to just start an independent business and just take the jobs that came his way that he felt comfortable with. Then his old workplace came crawling back, realizing they needed his expertise and long-time knowledge, and asked him if he'd be willing to come back and work for another few years and help the new guys get into the system. He did agree to work for them, but made them hire him as a contractor through his new firm.

My mother works in a legal office. She's on a secretary paycheck, but she does almost 90% of the job the actual lawyers are supposed to. The boss didn't raise her paycheck of course. So after some unsolicited complaints from said boss she goes "if you don't respect me for my work I quit!" Instant panic. But she earned the right to come and go to work as she pleases, she can can skip days in a row and nobody peeps about it. She made herself indispensable. That's enough of a raise for her.

Reminds me of that one tweet that said: " “No one wants to work” is wild. No one has ever wanted to work. It’s literally the worst punishment God can think up for Adam. "

Fun thing about the owner (or even a manager) wanting a share of the tip: In the US federal labor law says tips *do not belong to the employer*, it's explicitly theft.

I will never forget the quote of one of our profs at university... "indeed, we do not have enough nobel price winners willing to work for minimum wage"

My favorite "I paid off all my student loans in 5 years and here's how" story was her mother bought her a house. Then her mother, who owns a business, hired her making something like $180,000 a year. During the story she complains about the house her mother bought her wasn't big enough so she sold it and bought a bigger house and that's why it took 5 years instead of 4.

Banning employees from discussing pay is illegal in the US. That's called a lawsuit.

Employers, here’s how to correctly ask someone to come in to work on their day off (or at least, how I would recommend doing it) Step 1: ask nicely (remember to say “please”) and explain why you asked. Step 2: tell them that if they do it, they’ll be paid overtime (or double their usual pay, whichever is greater) Step 3: if they agree, give them the extra pay that you promised in step 2, and thank them profusely. If they refuse, repeat the process with someone else. Do not penalize them for refusing. Step 3a: if you can’t find anyone willing to work for extra pay, do the work yourself, remember that it’s your fault if you can’t keep enough employees to run the place, and find out what you can do to improve working conditions and raise morale

I get frustrated with work here in the UK, but I can't even imagine how f***ing terrible it would be to have to work in the US. The complete lack of employee rights is utterly repulsive.

Just want to point out to everyone, at 17:30, that shit ain't just shady, it's illegal. So if you discuss your pay with coworkers, and you are reprimanded for it, you can and should sue, or at least file a grievance

My sister works for a doctor. One day he went to the store and saw how expensive milk had gotten. The next day gave everyone in the office an immediate raise and promised another at the end of the year.

Aw man. 😂 As someone who is also autistic, I relate to being accidentally savage. There was one point, I came back to a bar I used to work at to visit my sister who was currently working there. And my former boss goes “hey did you come back cause you miss us?” And without thinking I said “no. I’m only here to see my sister.” It wasn’t until I saw the look on his face that this was one of those times where a polite lie would have been better.

I have been in interviews where the company asks "Why do you want to work here?" and I literally just say "Money." with the follow up "Where do you see yourself in five years?" "I might still be here if I don't find something that pays better" and got the job for honesty xD

About 6 years ago at my work, we had about 15 temporary contractors and they got talking about wages. They found out that all of the women were making around $15 while all the men were making $20. They all thought it was BS and threatened to sue the contracting agency. Suddenly, EVERYONE got raises to $22 an hour. It was a win all around.

The bus driver strike reminded me of a story about a power company worker strike. During the middle of winter, they went out and turned-on the power to all the homes who had been cut-off due to non-payment of bills, and then shut-off the power to the non-essential government buildings (like the city administration offices).

Actual tip: if you're job hunting, aim for something specific instead of just searching whatever is available. Seaching, "grocery store stockers", or "hotel front desk", or "call center" will not only narrow down your options and keep you from feeling overwhelmed, it will also help weed out any direct marketing scams. You have to pick SOMETHING to stand for, or else you'll fall for everything. Also, chain hotels (Hilton, Marriot, etc.) are a REALLY good bet if you're planning to quit in a blaze of glory - literally all of them are hiring, in literally every department, and the pay might not be what it could but the relative peace and straightforwardness of the job are worth it in my opinion.

I love how people in japan are so nice that they can LITERALLY be on strike, but also don't wanna inconvenience others who depend on their line of work!

I'm pretty sure it's also illegal to put up signs that say you can't talk about your pay or to organize with other employees for raises or to strike. It's something you are VERY within your right to do but they don't want you to.

A friend of mine owns a local bakery and he's getting a lot of customers there. Back then when I was looking for a job my friend told me that I could work for him if I didn't find anything decent. Went to an interview with a big company, Bosch, and had a nice chat with them. And they said I'd be a good fit for the team. All this time I had my smile on, talking clear, making eye contact, showing that I'm worth it. Until they told me the pay. 12.98 an hour. This had to be a joke, I thought. I know people who work there and they were getting paid at least 18 an hour. I asked them if that's all they could offer. They said yes. I called my friend, put him on speaker and went: "How's it hanging? You still got that spot?" "How much they offer you?" "12.98 an hour." "16 an hour. Wanna start tomorrow?" "Deal. See ya tomorrow." And I up and left, telling the company good luck. They had the contract on the desk, ready to be signed. It felt glorious.

If a job says they have a competitive pay, my heart sinks. It's "competitive" with other companies for being the lowest they can get away with.

only had one good manager, she gave us a "free pass" once a month, mainly for lady issues tbh but if you went had a chat with her she was more than willing to do what she could to help you out. I could honestly sing her praises all day lol!! I hope she is having a good life where ever she is!!

I once was told I was being fired at the end of the month for “incompetence”, but they wanted me to first save a 2 million dollar project (that someone above me had hopelessly screwed up). Turns out “incompetence” was code for “might be gay”.

"undisclosed competitive pay" - Minimum Wage with mandatory overtime "adaptive stress enduring staff"- You'll work 3 shifts while clocking in one "Loyal and family related community"- If you snitch about the conditions, you're fired.

I must say that it's awesome that my generation (GENZ) knows about the story behind "dont discuss pay" and now we'll just hang around in the break room and talk about pay with each other.

I used to work at an amazon warehouse and they bragged that they had a ping pong table and pool table for the staff to socialise at, however the breaks were so short that you didnt have any time to play them. It was only the managers who ever used them

Arnold Schwarzenegger gave a speech at a school's graduation where he denies being a "self made man". He talk about recognizing the people who helped him when he came to America and those who stood by him as he rose to fame. He said in some way we all help each other and that's how we should try to live to help lift one another.

I'm beginning to realize that the reason why most employers try their best to limit how much employees interact with each other is to avoid them making worker unions. Unions are companies' kryptonite

6:28 the fact that no one is truly "self-made" is one of the things I try to remind myself as much as possible. I tend to feel really bad when people help me because I feel like dead weight. A couple of things I try to remember is that receiving thanks is often more satisfying than receiving an apology when the former is an applicable option, and that helping the person who helped you when they need it or showing the same kindness to other people is a much better way to show appreciation than beating yourself down for needing help.

It’s funny because before working a sh*tty job, I would have thought these were fake or exaggerated. Now that I have quit a job where I worked 22 hours overtime in a two week pay period for a boss that would pressure workers to come in even when they had injuries caused by her unsafe workplace, I totally get it.

26:00 oh my god, that manager who complains about "entitled young generation" and requests employees to come in sick is even named Karen, that's just too perfect!

On a serious note, the bit about the boot socks reminded me of when my foster sister came to live with us. My parents liked to "take in strays" as they called it. Several times over the years, they unofficially "adopted" teenagers who were in really toxic homes and helped them finish school and eventually find work. I had two foster brothers and 2 foster sisters. The last of these strays, one of my foster sisters, had been living in a county group home for over a year because her parents had kicked her out at 15 because she didn't go out and get a job. The kickers were that a) they were actually adoptive parents themselves, having adopted her as an infant, and b) in our state, Illinois, you restricted from working by law, unless it was: 1) a paper route, 2) de-tassling corn at harvest time, or 3) working for a family business. You didn't get the ability to just go out and get a job until you were 16. So she couldn't have obeyed her mother's command to go out and get a job even if she wanted to. She went to the library instead...but came home to a packed suitcase on the porch and a note telling her to go away. The cops found her on the streets in the nearby city a couple of weeks later, and put her in a county group home. It was better than living on the streets, but barely. They made her go to high school, and the one she had to attend was the one in her parents' district. So she commuted by train from the town where the group home was to the town where the school was and walked to and from the train stations. I met her at high school, and thought she was a total stitch and a lot of fun to be with. So when the holidays rolled around, I invited her to come spend Christmas at my house. My parents even gave her gifts, a pretty yellow hoodie, and a big package of warm socks. I would have scratched my head if I'd received that simple a gift, but SHE was over the MOON with excitement! She put on the hoodie immediately, and was so happy with how warm it was, and she could put up the hood and it kept her head and ears warm, she started to cry. The socks, though, made her just totally break down and bawl. Not because she was sad, but because she was HAPPY. Those socks were the thick winter kind, like those socks OP got instead of a bigger bonus, so they were really warm, and there were a DOZEN PAIRS in the bag. She'd been wearing ratty sneakers without socks for months, even in _Chicago winter,_ walking to and from the train station to go to school. Her feet hadn't been truly warm in a long time, so those socks were one of the best gifts she'd received in years. My parents told the group home she was coming to live with us. We were closer to the school (turned out we lived only 2 blocks from her parents) and made sure she went. She graduated, and my parents helped her get grants and scholarships to a local college, not even a community college, a full 4-year college. She majored in pre-law, and was doing so well for herself by that time, she went to law school on loans and her own money. She became a lawyer, got her adoption records unsealed, and found out who her birth parents were. She contacted them, and they were glad to meet her in person. Turned out, her paternal grandfather was a famous author (not going to say who). She met her grandfather in person, and it turned out that her father hadn't been interested in writing, but SHE was a writer. Her grandfather changed his will to give HER the copyrights to his life's work. Sometimes rags to riches stories do come true. We talk once in a while. She's very introverted from the abuse trauma she experienced when she was little, so we only talk rarely. We're connected on Farcebook, so we can send messages when we feel like it. But I'll never forget how she lit up in joy, then started bawling when she got that big bag of socks.

they tried to pull the "we are family" on me on one ocasion. they didn't knew the kind of relationship I have with family. they found it when I showed them my middle finger while saying "f*ck off. I don't want to see you ever again" I got fired but, it was worth.

I worked at a great place before I moved, they had a set amount of certain items that had to be put together and the moment we were done, we cleaned up the area and went home. As long as you did your job and helped those who fell behind (some parts were more intensive than others), we could sometimes leave as early as five hours into an eight hour shift. The work was normally different from day to day, consistent, and the environment wasn’t bad at all. We could even set up the materials for next shift for an extra hour pay, took around 20-30 minutes and helped the next shift. Unskilled labor, pay wasn’t great but we did get paid. New manager came in, thought we must have been ripping off the company. All that nice stuff done for us? Gone. All the nice things we did? Mandatory. No water breaks, only a 15 minute and 30 minute lunch. No food or fluids in the work area, had to go to our vehicles to grab anything because the work area then became everywhere up to the security shack between the parking lot and the actual work site. At best, five minute walk to the nearest cars - even if you got through security fast. Docked 15 minutes if you were a second late and got warnings for everything. Morale? Gone. Productivity? Gone. Helping other shifts? Gone. Going above and beyond for the company? Gone. Great way to kill a job? Just trash on your employees and make your work site a place of misery. Simple.

I got written up for taking time off to deal with the aftermath of my mother's suicide. I was told quote, "You just kind of have to get over it." I left the company and pretty much everybody in the company made that manager's life hell when they found out about that one.

I was once fired for “discussing my salary.” Coworker somehow found out that I was being paid significantly more than him and he had a temper tantrum. We had different jobs.

So nice of that company to gift him a 450k settlement for his birthday.

The biggest bruh I have about the "come into work or you are fired" situations is the fact that they usually just lost a staff member, so it's not like they can't pay extra for the extra work. They just decide to be a bish about it and lose their employees as a result.

God I got in to an argument on tictocs with a "self made man" where he had said about the previous job that he had quit and then bought a house and went back in to education and then started a business. The problem was he was saying he did this off his own back but had also previously stated what his job was and how long he worked there for and where he lived. So it was easy to see that he wouldn't have enough money for any of it. He would be struggling to pay rent and feed himself from his income let alone put enough it to savings to afford a house. He then changed his story and instead of being a self made man. He was saying him and his wife were self made. He didn't want to admit his wife was the bread winner.

My dad took his own life while I was at work. My coworkers first reaction was to take my keys away so I wouldn't drive home and have an emotional breakdown. My manager's first reaction was to offer to drive me home using a company vehicle. I went back to work 2 weeks after it happened, not because my name was added to a schedule, but because a covid exposure took out half of my team, and I decided to come back because they needed me. My relationship with the company I work at was directly related to how I was treated the night my life changed. I can't imagine what sort of pain it causes to have something awful happen and your manager says "well he's dead, he's not going anywhere, you can finish your shift "

'Wouldn't you want your workers to be happy', I legit worked for a call center for a while that became absolutely bound and determined to split up people who were friends so they wouldn't take to each other between calls, it was like watching a stupid teacher from grade school move kids around the room so nobody would talk to each other.

The toxic work environment is more likely to change you than you are it, is real. My uncle used to work as a cop, and his whole family had to move because 99% of his co-workers were corrupt. They had the money to move so that wasn't the problem. He just didn't want to have to sell out his morals in order to be accepted in the workplace.

In most western countries it is completely legal to talk about your salary even if you’ve signed an NDA. It is not valid ground for termination either as ruled by supreme courts all over the place. Employers abuse you. Know your rights, abuse the corporations.

Had a job that was giving me daily panic attacks from the stress. Gave them my two weeks notice, they said no, I had to leave right now, they didn't want me wasting space. Then they handed me a piece of paper titled Consensual Release and asked me to sign it. I read it and being only 19 at the time wasn't sure if it was legal mumbo jumbo or just mumbo jumbo that sounded legal so I asked what it was. "It says you quit and we didn't fire you." I said I wouldn't sign it. They argued with me for a full 10 minutes that by saying I was quitting gave them the right to terminate me early without it being classified as a firing. I said I would sign a piece of paper that said I offered my two weeks notice but that management had asked me to leave early. But they insisted I signed their paper so I decided to call my dad. He said 'don't sign it, I'll explain when you get home, just tell them you're still on the clock so if they would like to continue this discussion, I was willing to wait until end of day not to sign it and go home at my usual time.' I said okay, told the manager, she stopped arguing and let me go home. When I got home, my dad explained that it's a paper unscrupulous employers use against paying out unemployment benefits. If I'm fired I could collect unemployment, if I quit, they don't have to. If they had just let me work the two weeks, they wouldn't have put themselves in that place. So now they have an empty position for two weeks (I was working sales so less sales while the seat is empty), they open themselves up to an unemployment insurance increase if I took benefits during that time and they will have to train someone new before they can fill the position because it was entry level. I, on the other hand, already had a new job lined up so I didn't miss a paycheck and got two weeks of free time until I started the new job. I'm pretty sure I won.

ahh yes, the good ole "threatening to fire ppl, due to lack of workers" never backfires does it

My biggest thing I learned was you work for 3 reasons 1) you work to learn the job 2) you work to improve yourself through networking 3) if you can't afford to stare off in the distance while pumping gas, it's time to get a pay raise.

It's not that people don't want to work. It's that people don't want to be abused and exploited. Stop abusing and exploiting your workers or allowing them to be abused by the public, and there will be zero difficulty finding workers.

“The reward for good work is more work” is a phrase that works in my martial arts dojo and NO WHERE ELSE.

Honestly, during my interview for my first job I was told that they were "just like a family". I was a little nervous, but really wanted the job (good pay and was a job I knew I'd like). Got the job and I've never felt more loved and appreciated in my life. I am genuinely so close with all of my coworkers and boss, and know that they'd be there for me if I needed it, and I for them. I am so so glad I got that job, as those people are some of the best people I've ever met. Usually it's a red flag, but I got so lucky 💜

As someone who just quit one of their jobs earlier this week, this was very cathartic haha! That one about "not mistaking free time for availability" really rings true for me!

Too many companies don't realize that a happy worker is a good worker. I remember when I was working fast food, I was talkative but I also got my work done. I excelled at that shit and was raised with a very good work ethic, yet I later on learned that those are traits that get used and abused. I suddenly had very high expectations and was punished whenever I failed to meet them, it was like I suddenly couldn't have off days or couldn't struggle. It came down to the point where I was often just expected to do certain things without prompt, expected to know how to do some stuff, was given extra responsibilities but no time to carry them out, and just expected to go above and beyond. One example of this was when I worked at McDonalds, I was tasked with cleaning the Orange Juice machine. Now, take in mind I joined when I was 15ish and was taught by a person who'd put in their two weeks. I later on found out that I was the only person, even out of all the managers, who knew how to clean the machine. Take in mind, it's not hard to clean. My managers always claimed that it had to be cleaned weekly, but as the person who cleaned it, I say it's more like at least twice a week. However, they rarely gave me time to actually clean it and insisted I did it "between orders", which in fast food terms means after you literally do the 12+ tasks that are meant to be handled by at least 2 people but they understaff and the managers will refuse to help you do. So, it just didn't get cleaned a lot- and honestly it probably was getting customers sick with the amount of mold that builds up there, and yet whenever I mentioned that to Managers they blamed it on me. They actively refused to allow me to teach another person how to clean it, despite me saying that the moment school started up I was back to working one day a week and thus would probably be unable to clean it often enough. So basically, never drink the Orange Juice, that thing has more mold in it than any other machine in that building. But overall, my treatment didn't get better at work until I was there for more than a year and thus developed the important skills of standing my grounds. I started calling out sick more often, mainly because I was both exhausted and actually beginning to get sick because they'd have me go hours without water, consistently forgot to give me my breaks, kept me for hours after my shift, and had me clean with harmful chemicals in tiny, cramped areas that caused me to get dizzy. I also began to prioritize my sanity while on shifts, and would actively stop going above and beyond unless I felt like it. I also utilized my parents who, after literally going through a year of their time being wasted because my managers refused to let me off anywhere near on time, eventually just began calling the store anytime 10 minutes had passed after my shift and demanded to know why their underage daughter was still working. My managers were not happy with my sudden confidence at work, and they were less happy when I quit on the spot and walked out one day after being scheduled a 8 hour shift starting at 6am and they'd neglected to give me a break. Take in mind, I'd literally made a schedule request to both not be working until 7:30 because I physically had no method of getting to work that early and not work 8 hour shifts because I could not take the strain of both school and work.

I used to hate anytime someone asked me what my "dream job" is. Like, of course you should find something to do that you don't despise, it's just that I don't want my whole personality be my job. I don't have a dream job, I just wanna have time for my hobbies, a roof above my head and some food. If I have those, what I do as a job doesn't actually matter that much.

In my experience and from the things I heard, whenever a business/boss pulls the "we're like a family" move, without exceptions, you need to add the words "dysfunctional and abusive" in front of the "family" part.

4:05 As someone with panic attacks, fuck yeah. Get out of there. And with your money too

I get that it's common courtesy and all, but I honestly feel that people like that "covid is no excuse" person should have their name, the company name, and contact info published as a public service.

"I'd rater deal with drunk guys than kids" Words from someone who hasn't experienced both, for they can be surprisingly similar.

I am so glad that my boss is actually on of my best friends and was before I started working for them. They also were so accepting of me being trans and helped me a lot even trough my mental health issues and problems I have due to having ADHD and being autistic. My Boss is a really good person and puts their employees before themselves. I am so glad to be working for them and this is really a case of workplace family, I feel like that's my second home.

Omg I can relate to the whole: "hey guys, great job this month, you worked under some seriously rough conditions including being laid off so now were going to reward you with your choice of food to be served in your department: The options: Pizza, Tacos, Chicken. my response: "How about a raise? or if we can pick an option how about a meal that's fit for a king? lobster? steak? how about any seafood at all? chicken cordon bleu? something high class, not this cheap ass children's meal choice bullshit. edit: I want a meal that says i'm appreciated as a worker not something I can buy from just anywhere.

So true story, relating to the person whose dad died and was told to not play the victim - My mother used to work for Office Max, and a coworker had to go on bereavement because a close relative had died. One of the managers actually had the balls to tell the coworker, "We need two weeks' notice of somebody's death." The coworker's relative had been KILLED. If they had two weeks' notice of the death, wouldn't they have done something to, I dunno, prevent it?

this entire subreddit is a perfect example why managers and bosses not being accountable to the workers that are working for them is a recipe for disaster

The lab I worked at was “like a family”. Healthcare benefits were over $300 out of each paycheck and didn’t extend to the employees’ actual families. Birthday parties were mandatory, even after potentially being exposed to covid, and would not be postponed. After hours team building events were also mandatory, and unpaid. Bereavement days were also unpaid. I myself was hired to work in one department, then unfairly pressured into working in another department I had no interest in. I was only given a raise as a bribe to go to team building, and before the raise I was making less than someone who called out at least once a week. I will never work in healthcare again.

I’ve had some bad managers, but even the worst manager I knew that was literally the definition of a toxic boss who had no idea what he was doing when it came to the actual work understood that family comes first. Only reason I felt bad quitting was because, when my granddad had a heart attack he was completely understanding. Literally the only thing he wasn’t a dick about.

I'm retired now, due to illness, but the one piece of advice I'd give anyone is to save enough to cover your bills for 2-3 months and keep it in a seperate account where you won't spend it. Then if your employer/new manager puts unreasonable pressure on you, you won't be afraid to quit. Not feeling trapped in a soul crushing job is worth a thousand times what you will miss out on by saving this money rather than spending it on a holiday, car, TV or whatever you have to sacrifice. Oh, and go to interviews every few months to practice you interview technique, you'll be so much more relaxed knowing you don't need to get the job and who knows, you might get an offer you can't refuse.

I have never been more confused at the stupidity of managers than at my first job. When I was hired the official start time was 7:30am (we dealt with several companies on the east coast while we were on the west coast). A few years later they made a big announcement that you could start work 30 minutes later if you put in a request. Apparently, some parents were having difficulties dropping their children off at school and other appointments. I am not a morning person so I went to request to start at 8:00am. My manager look me in the eye and said "But that isn't 30 minutes." I'm so happy that they made me a single point of failure in the company so I could blindside them with my resignation.

Always loved those jobs adverts like “floor sweeper required, minimum 6 years experience” because pushing a broom is extremely difficult. People always saying just apply anyway, most places don’t actually require that kind of experience. I’ve never had an employer get back to me when I had qualifications but little experience, same with experience but no qualifications. Where are these companies, think it’s a conspiracy 😂JK

Boss: "I'm sorry, we're short-staffed, I need you. Me: "I'm sorry, I'm short-energized, I need time off.

The Health Care threat comes from the simple fact that in the US most employees get their Health Care from their employer so if you lose your job, you also lose your Health Care until you can make other arrangements. If this sounds insane it's because it is insane.

Also about equal pay, it reminds me of something I heard a while ago. People who make more often worry about sharing how much they make because they think their coworkers will go "you're an asshole!" But in reality, when the coworkers find out they'll go "our boss is an asshole!" Always share how much you make with your coworkers.

I used to work for a yard maintenance company that liked to use the “family” ideal. To be fair the parent company was still in the family. But when I went to a quarterly meeting and they tried using the “work hard because we are family” line I responded with “well dear family I could really use 30k”. Wasn’t brought up much after that.

Loyalty is something that an employer must earn. The places that demand it are never worthy of anyones commitment.

"you're both human" I think this is where you went wrong, middle-managers are gods in their minds and devils in the eyes of everyone else!

I worked at a "luxury" apartment complex and the boss the day after I was hired said no more overtime to the whole maintenance department, then told us we had to do mandatory cross training all over the state at over locations and we wouldn't get any travel reimbursement. When we asked what happens if we refuse he said "you have your options and we have ours" when we asked for clarification he just shrugged and walked away. 1 week later we all turned in our resignations and had new jobs. I sent a very lengthy letter to the main office and boss man got his ass chewed out and he was left with no maintenance department for 2 weeks. Just a tidbit to employers don't threaten what you can't back up.

On the whole "Do not discuss your pay" thing, at my old job a new hire had asked what my pay was and I told him only to find out he was being paid $15.75 an hour where as I was being paid $11.20 an hour. He was the same age as me and it was his first job as well only difference was gender me being fm him being m, he went and asked our hm (hiring manager) about it only for the hm to brush it off then fire me a few days later for "too many no call no shows" where as the only one I technically had was for my grandmothers funeral on I day I was meant to have off anyway.

Early in my career (now retired), my bosses stood me up in front of the employees at the Christmas party and said my dedication made $5,000,000 for the company (as a high-speed data entry typist and working with clients)...my bonus was $15. I ripped up the check and gave it back to my boss in front of everybody, then I quit.

Ugh, worked for a bank once, they informed us as a “team building exercise” we would be comparing sales numbers at the end of the month and whoever was lowest would be up for a review and possibly let go. The manager informed us that this was to encourage us to help each other and push eachother so we could all get higher sales numbers. As a merchant teller I would be incapable of keeping up with the other tellers, my customers were employees and did not have access to the accounts they were depositing into. I was told to try to get them to open personal products for themselves, and that this would be an “exciting challenge” for me. I used that month to find a new job and when I gave my notice my manager was upset, said he’d never meant to fire anyone, it was just to encourage us to go to extremes. He then offered to give me a cut of the monthly bonus he was receiving for my over two year perfect till balancing record…that I had no idea he had been receiving. Needless to say, I did not stay.

At my old job I was told that switching to cashier would get me a $0.25 increase. I was working two jobs so any increase seemed good to me so I took it. Then a coworker, who was also a cashier, wanted to talk to the higher ups about that pay raise because she heard differently and asked for my help translating for her. Apparently they used a convoluted system and basically when you switch to cashier it automatically adds $0.25 to your pay, but they later manually change it to $1 (what it's supposed to be). They immediately fixed it for her. I asked around and all the other cashiers never got the dollar increase because they were also told it was only a quarter instead. I tried contacting payroll and HR about it and was ignored/dismissed for about a year until I talked to a district manager who had just transferred to our area and it got sorted out in like a week

17:05 this was one of the biggest rules at my sisters first job, it was just a summer job so when it ended her and her coworkers asked eachother, turns out their boss was paying the girls half of what he was paying the boys🙃

The only thing worse than teaching unruly students are their parents.

I like how the planet is overpopulated and people out there somehow need employees like it is a problem of quantity and not a problem of the companies

I pay about 42$ for both health and home insurance here in Sweden, and since I couldn’t work they payed me about 700$ every month from 18y to 25y. Also payed for scars I’ll have for life and every hospital stay. The US system is disgusting.

The party one got me a bit. Like at my job my manager kept insisting on doing something for birthdays even if we didnt want anything, but it was just because she was a really nice lady who wanted to make people feel appreciated. Im someone who doesnt like celebrating so i had to decline her offer quite a few times, but eventually we compromised on a box of munckins and no singing which was fine

manager: "I don't believe in working from home!" employees: "We don't believe in this company!" Manage: Surprised Pikachu

"The Tax the childless" thing already exists in the US. When you have a child, you can claim a dependent on your W-2/income, which drops your tax amount you pay. Or/then, at tax season, you also get a child tax credit.... Those who are childless don't get this credit, nor the benefit from claiming dependents for your paycheck. Therefore, people without children pay more in taxes. I understand why this happens, and I'm okay with it as it stands, as parents need more from raising children, but the idea that childless need to pay MORE is stupid. They already pay more. But you'd bet that if a couple who can't afford to have a child has one to avoid the tax, the same people will say "If you couldn't afford a child, you shouldn't have had one." while also saying that abortions should be illegal.

Coworker told me "I don't need breaks. I'm a hard worker". This happened because my supervisor wasn't managing my department and telling us when to take breaks so I asked if I could schedule out pple's breaks (our department was detached from everyone else so me doing it took a load off him) and he said yes. My coworkers were thankful to have breaks finally except one. That one shamed us for "being lazy" I was polite and patient but she continued to shame us in front of the store manager, who also thought we were lazy for wanting breaks. He would say, "i've worked 16 hour shifts and didnt complain about no breaks" One day she shamed us in front of him again. Said, "I'm a hard worker. I don't need breaks". I told her, "that makes u a liability." and told her that she could sit behind the counter area but she cant touch anything. anytime she tried helping customers i'd take over. Eventually this break debacle got me fired. It got everyone except that girl fired. She went around, getting pple in higher paid positions fired and taking their jobs. As far as i know, the work environment there was hostile largely because of her and that manager. Lots of quality workers quit and i think the place shut down. dodged a bullet.

I love working for a research team. Failures are progression instead of lost time. Time spent contemplating is constructive. Flexible hours because most people have kids, and they all understand how that is. Our wages are set by position and seniority, so it's completely transparent. 👌 low stress work is when I'm at my best, and I'm thankful for the opportunity to not be maximum stressed every day.

12:05 I wanna let you know as a non American, what this is, is called "wage theft" and its been the largest form of theft in America and people unfortunately don't talk about it as much as they should, a few good examples: changing hourly employees to salary to stop paying them OT without informing them, lying about pay in the interview, (secretly paying them federal minimum wage $7.25) not paying part timers OT for working pass their scedualed shift and pass closing hours, tip pooling is just corporate communism, your tip? No our tip, there's probably more examples but those are the ones I remember off my tongue