Author: Olivia

r/antiwork is proud to present another Reddit Talk AMA! Have you ever been curious about the music industry? Ever wondered what the life of a touring artist is like? Maybe you've even wondering about the history of political activism, expressed through song? From David himself: ​ David Rovics is a songwriter, musician, writer and podcaster based in Portland, Oregon. Since the 1990’s, David has been touring regularly throughout North America, Europe, and occasionally elsewhere, playing on stages large and small, at protests and festivals as well as in squatted social centers and folk clubs. He has recorded dozens of albums and has millions of his songs streamed every year. He writes regularly for Counterpunch and Fifth Estate, among other publications. David also plays music for kids. If you're interested in learning more about David Rovics and his music, you can find his website here. Join us this Thursday afternoon for…

They sit there clicking keys on a keyboard doing nothing all day, meanwhile I’m working my ass off moving shit from the warehouse into trucks. Manager always talking down to me while I make 15 bucks an hour working weekend shifts

I'm currently working for a small restaurant (USA/MN) and one of my coworkers, who may or may not be a naturalized citizen, has been working 8-10 hour days, seven days a week for a couple months now. I know the business owner has been paying some employees cash and not reporting it. Is it possible to help this employee without jepordizing their safety while also getting the business owner to face some accountability?

Our store go a new manager hired from outside the company. They have been terrible to the workers, making orders for some people to work alone on a big task which led to injury, they consistently bully multiple workers and make a very inconsistent schedule favouring some workers over others where one person gets 40hours a week and the rest are surviving on less than 15hours. Work morale at an all time low, store is in the worst condition ive ever seen and to any voiced concernes they reply with “i dont care im the manager!”. Im at a supervisor position and truly worry about about my coworkers it saddens me greatly hearing about the misstretment they experience with this manager. My first time finding courage and that i owe my coworkers to at least try and defend them, im looking for any help and suggestions on what is the…

I'm a game artist. Been working in the same indie game developer company for about 3 years now. The salary I got is just insulting. Still, I decided to stay and work here, I know maybe it sounds naive, but I liked my line of work. As an artist, I thought initially I would put aside the money aspect and focus on getting some experience & build up my portfolio. But, yeah, it's hard. When you struggle to pay for your needs, it all doesn't matter anymore. I'd got no raise on my first year. The second year, I did get a raise, but I was shown a spreadsheet with literally just 2 columns in it that said “Deadlines”, and beside it “3/5”. Below was “Work quality”, then “3/5”, and explain each points with a brief 1 sentence. When I asked who did the assessment, how did they come up…