Author: Olivia

The anti work movement is based in anarchist/socialist political theory. I've noticed alot of people who show up here showing social democratic politics, the solution isn't to add painkillers to deal with the gaping wound. The objective is to agitate for a society, ideally globally, that has it so that your ability to eat or have shelter isn't determined by whether you serve capital or not. Do not hold the delusion that you can merely reform capitalism, this cycle , where a large socialist movement emerges, successfully obtains concessions like the welfare state and the weekend, and then see these concessions slowly clawed back as worker politics gets crushed has happened multiple times and goes as far back as Marxs day with the earliest modern socialists. Edit: For some naysayers Please consult the FAQ, look at those suspiciously socialist looking mod flairs, And of coarse, major announcements by mods that…

1. Your company is offering new hires more than current employees for the same position. 2. You ask for same increase. Your company says tough shit. 3. You quit and your company is forced to hire your replacement at the higher rate. 4. Someone at corporate got a bonus for this strategy. Brilliant AF

I've seen a lot of debate here about what this sub represents and if our goals here should be to completely get rid of all work or just aim for better and more equitable working conditions and compensation. I am not very active on this sub, so I could be all wrong but I think this discussion is not a very helpful one. The way I see it, r/antiwork should be seen as what it is: a platform for information, discussion and calls to action. Really, the revolution is not going to happen on reddit, but we have seen that local protests, strikes or even individuals standing up has had real, measurable impact and this sub can absolutely motivate and inform people to take action. So one the one hand: please don't tell people this sub is not for them if all they want is a fairer wage and better…

Our company’s annual compensation cycle is kicking off where we receive our reviews and find out our bonus and raises. To say I have low expectations is an understatement. Given all of the inflation talk over the last year I put together a simple Excel schedule of my historical comp from 2017 through 2021. I then went to the Bureau of Labor Statistics and adjusted my raises for that year’s official inflation rate. Over the 5 year period from 2017-2021 my total “real” comp increase was .29%. I always felt like I was progressing but guess I was wrong. The point of this post is to vent but also note that most companies do not reward loyalty and in general the only way to receive meaningful raises is to switch jobs. When I plug in my 2022 numbers it will hopefully lead to a larger conversation with the HR overlords,…

I worked as an English teacher for a private for-profit academy in South Korea for seven years. Every year, I had to sign a new contract so that they wouldn't have to consider me an employee and give benefits. One day, they got busted by the labor board because according to our contracts, we should have been considered employees the whole time. So they came to us all happy, announcing we were about to be employees instead of freelancers, and acted as though it was a favor they were doing us. They told us all we had to sign NEW contracts and void our old ones to make it happen, even though the whole problem was that according to our contracts we already were employees. These new contracts were a mess. Halving our vacation time, taking away our sick days, adding more work, and offering generally worse conditions all around.…

I need to vent sorry for such a long post, Tl;dr at the end of the post I started working at an AML (anti money laundering) company 5 months ago. Even before I started, I noticed couple of red flags, but was desperate enough to take the offer. Boy, do I regret taking it. Context: I live in Poland, which, as a “poor” EU country is more often than not utilized as an offshoring/outsourcing haven for western corporations. The company I work for is actually German but was acquired by an American counterparty and I work in a project for an American Bank. Ok where do I even start with all the wrong things about the company. First of all they tell us to come for 8.5 hours but they don't pay for the 30 minutes break within that timeframe, this is not a standard in my country and frankly,…

Getting the multimillionaire owners to come in and see how shit it is for the average worker then making them happy by giving them money and we are all supposed to say, 'wow, what a great person/company'. Its total bull and reality TV propaganda.

Could we (the people) organize a national labor strike to demand higher minimum wages? Even if it lasted one day. Just one day with absolutely no work done (except medical etc) and not a single dollar put back into the economy, the effects would be so insane that I feel like even just the fear of it actually happening would work.