I tell stories from this sub all the time and generally support the anti work “movement” here. It’s clear the work force isn’t short of workers. It’s just clear that employees don’t want to put up with that bull anymore.
I read an article on a teacher shortage and I was like, “shortage?… where’d they all go?”. The good answer is they found time to find a better job or better company after being mistreated during Covid. It’s really just the natural progression of things. The industry has had enough..
Anyway.. onto my topic. While reading some of these threads, I find people quit too quickly in a lot of scenarios. One was “my employer messed up my pay rate two pay periods in a row so I quit”. This was too soon. I’m not saying this is acceptable, but read on to get my idea.
This is a great opportunity to learn how to talk to management and be stern with them. Just because your boss is your boss doesn’t mean you have to bend over each time. Tell them it’s unacceptable and you need to escalate this to someone asap. Be a bit of a Karen. Don’t start your normal duties until the problem is resolved. Not only do you get to swing your dick around a bit and learn some new stuff, but you are still getting paid.
See my whole thing here, is that we should be taking more advantage of our employers before quitting. It’s their fault not yours. why should you go sit online and look for another job! What’s the worst that could happen, you get fired and end up exactly where you were gonna be anyway?
Of course this doesn’t work for many situations. If life sucks, quit. But quitting for small issues when you can “stick it to the man” a bit further is my point.
I’m a middle class engineer but I have had my fair share of crap jobs, retail and others, so I’ve been there.
As a note, I started at my company a year ago. They are very anti-work-from-home. But I just proved to my self I could do it for over a year during Covid the year prior at my last company. I shouldn’t have taken the job based on what I heard from the interview, because I want WFH. Well a year later, I told them I was going WFH for three months and they bit because I knew my worth and what I was bringing to the table. So I was able to swing the paradigm just for myself in just about a year. I plan more WFH here shortly when I get back in the office for a bit. So get in there!