Category: Antiwork

I am a socialist at heart and truely believe in 'from each according to their abilities to each according to their need'. I am Canadian and have had shit jobs that I had to keep much longer than I wanted to because I used to be a have not. After reading a lot of these posts I am so thankful for my countries labour laws. I have read about people having to work jobs that pay minimum wage with no benefits, working 12 hrs shifts with no breaks, getting fired over utter nonsense. I truly believe that the issue is directly related to living in a capitalist economy and democratic political system. How anyone could think that those two things fit well together is either dillusional or already rich. It allows for the rich to make the rules by lobbying and buying politicians. I have no clue how to effect…

I'm in a much better position now, but I definitely relate to the grinding capitalist pushback here. The UK is in many ways the U.S. of Europe – our legislation in terms of employment and annual leave is a lot less generous than many European countries (although I accept wholeheartedly that that's coming from a very western-European vantagepoint), and especially with the unbelievable rise in cost of living currently going on, I definitely relate to the stress and pressure that late-stage capitalism is putting on all of us right now. Having free healthcare is a MASSIVE advantage of course, and in general things like having guaranteed minimum annual leave/better job security legislation/less obsessive grind culture are obviously game-changing, but I still remember struggling in an entry-level job where my personal time was scrutinised to the minute and getting a mortgage on my £10hr salary was almost impossible. I know many…

I was told if you want to make more you’ll have to find a new job. So I did. For 75% more. Now they’ve no one to cover me. Tick-tock.

Hello! Worked as a bartender in an upscale restaurant north of Toronto. Found out a few weeks ago my employer has been pocketing a percentage of my tips rather than giving it to kitchen staff. No tip policy was in place / documented. This is illegal, I started asking cooks if they've gotten anything over the year I've been there, they all said no, and I got fired. I did the math and he took between $5500-7000 from my tips. Everything was documented on my end of shift reports which he kept in his office. I went to the MOL and reported him for firing me without notice in lieu, severance, and tip theft. They got back to me very quickly and let me know I'm not owed severance due to only working there for a year but I am owed notice in lieu and if it's true he's been…