Category: Antiwork

So I’m a causal at my job, I’ve been a casual for the last 3 year because of school. But I finished it in October of last year and have basically been working 25 hour weeks since then. So I’m moving out of my parents house in the next 2 months, and since I’m still a causal I needed some sick leave to have ready, so if I get sick I’ll still be able to pay my rent. So I go to my boss and I asked for a part time job, and she straight up said “no” and I asked why and she said because I DIDN’T HAVE ENOUGH EXPERIENCE APPARENTLY. Even though I would of been doing the same amount of work and nothing would of change from the type of work. And I told her that I was planning to move out so I need sick leave…

There has to be more than this, working full time for 30+ years but only to retire when my body has withered and they no longer have use of me. I want better for the next generation I went to college got a degree, got a full time job, and for what? Am I supposed to be satisfied? To work is not to live , but this is the cycle

Something pretty shitty and toxic happened to my company last year when they brought in a manager to slot between the director, who was super nice, and my manager, who let us self manage and upskilled us and empowered us to do our jobs to the point that we received awards and recognition for our work. Life was bliss and I planned to retire there. So new manager came in and announced we needed a “shake up” – if I could see their job description I would guess it said something along the lines of “needlessly trim fat to make it look like you had any real impact on the company”. During covid they made outlandish requests to get our office fully open and functioning at maximum capacity when everyone was advised to stay at home. Nice director was taking a back seat and said new manager was allowed to…

A while ago I picked up the last book by David Graeber, one of my favorite non fiction authors. The book is, again, a revelation of how screwed up our current society actually is. The stories of the Wendat nation paint an image of a way is living I would love to return to. At least for the social structure. No one in that society ever did anything against their will. Even their leaders could not force others to do their bidding. Wealth could not be converted into power. And members of that society were all eloquent debaters. I strongly recommend reading that book