Category: Antiwork

Today is resume day. While I like the people at my job, the job itself has turned into a giant suckfest ever since the damn plague started, and I've become locked into the position of being the resident substitute driver no matter how much I make it clear that I want a permanent South Sound route. They know, because I've been very vocal about it, how much I absolutely despise having to drive around downtown Seattle and come home late most days, but I keep getting told, “Well we're having trouble finding new employees”. Which I get; it's a worker's market, and will be for a while. But my labor is my product, and I no longer have the patience or the emotional bandwidth to allow my product to be wasted while I wait for them to figure out how to hire more people. Relying on your employees to recruit…

There are far too many comments or posts about boycotting this or that. If your workplace treats you and your fellow employees like shit then I shouldn't be able to buy their products in the first place. I will strike with you and support you, but if y'all just allow the abuse to continue then that's on you. You can't ask me to boycott while you continue making the product. You will never get what you want that way. You have the power to shut everything down and get what you deserve. Rise up.

I work for a fast fashion company in Canada. A week ago there was a roof renovation. There was toxic roof tar fumes circulating in the office. Many people complained about their lungs hurting, getting skin rashes, headaches, wanting to vomit, etc. Many people coughing. Upper management is doing fine as they are in secluded areas with closed doors. There are many at risk and elderly people working in the company. Management has not sent any emails about the situation, yet the same management has previously sent mass emails about random stuff, such as a copy pasted and sad “Happy International Women's Day” to the majority of underpaid women working there. After several complaints, HR said we could go home if we want, but no one left. No team leaders left so anyone lower felt too bad about leaving. This company has the tendency to fire people on a whim…