Month: May 2022

So i work for a rather large defense contractor as a non-exempt salaried engineer. Think blue, a star, and “35” and you might guess it. So i work nominal 40 hr weeks. more frequently than normal though, i work 50+ hrs. After my 40 hrs worked i no longer am paid for the next 5. I “donate” them, or you can call it a pay gate to deter working more than 40 hrs. But the thing is, my employer requires i work more due to understaffing issues. My employer still charges the customer, aka the gov, aka the tax payer, for these 5 hours at an exorbitant rate well above my hourly pay. Ive had to donate countless hours this way. The light at the end of the tunnel is that after this 5 hour gate, i can earn the equivalent in vacation hours (which i never have time to…

This is a form of Antiwork. I Was Production welder 33 years counting two plants I've worked at. (all you need to know is it is all about the numbers) I Was top seniority on 3rd shift when I retired during Covid. But during that Nov 2019 a coworker was crushed and died. (Robot loading fixture) My partner found him 1st, myself 2nd. long story shortened. I ended up running same area. Then on day 4 – I was told by my “Lead” I needed to load parts into fixture before Robot loaded main part. I laughed and ask him straight to his face, “How did my co-worker die?” Silenced him right away. He calls Supervisor on radio. Supervisor comes over tells me the same thing as my lead did. Again I ask “How did my co-worker die?” It is under investigation was the answer. I replied well I'll just…

While paying us more is part of the solution and something you need to do right now, it's a bandaid fix at best. Employees need to have some stake in the success of the companies. There's several ways to do this, bonuses are one, but in my opinion, the least effective way. In my opinion all publicly traded companies should have to provide at minimum one share per pay period to the employee that takes a year to vest. This makes everyone a part of the ownership class and rewards the employees when things are good. As it is right now employees have no reason to work hard, as office space so rightly pointed out, “it's a problem of motivation, of I work hard and initech ships a couple of extra units I don't see an extra dime”. So motivate us.

I know i have to work, hell. i even have a great job that pays good for my age i think. But i feel like im at the end of the road. what do i even do?? i hate working. I have a strong reaction to not work sometimes because of my mental issues. but whenever im not in a low i work my ass off. I do everything possible. my job knows about the frequency of my whole ass to half ass work ethic and they dont even care. I genuinely hate working. i want to not be bound to doing a single thing at a place every other day. Are you still able to reject society and live in the mountains without prosecution?

Today I had my “wtf am I doing this for?” Moment. Been working since I was 12, always thought the dream was achievable, or at least just a few steps away from my grasp. I've worked blue collar since I got out of the Army, and prior to joining. (prolly gonna catch some flak for that, but I'd do it again). I always thought, hey just gotta get the NEXT promotion, the NEXT raise, the NEXT step is the one you need. Nah. Fuck it. I work 70hrs+ at a very well paying career and I had to choose between paying for groceries, light bill, and a speeding ticket. I have a warrant for my arrest for the first time in my life and I WAS A COP at 20! Seriously, idk how most people are making it. But I know I'll never go to school and get a degree,…

i don’t hate my job, or my boss, or my coworkers, or even the nature of my job. but, im only 19 and feel fatigued constantly. AND i have to speak to customers at work and it wears me out further. i work full time because i didn’t go to college. i wish i did go to college because maybe id have free time, or a social life. home just feels like a bed and food now instead of a place to enjoy myself and a place where my family is. i wanna say im too young to suffer like this but no one should. i hate that work is life. you’re born, you work, you die. im so tired of it.