Category: Antiwork

Covid has taught me just how much I love being able to work remotely. Or rather, it has taught me just how unnecessary going into the office every day is and how much I hated it. The job I do can be handled 95% remotely but the company I work for has decided that all of us are no longer allowed to do remote work and we must all be on-site every day. We're allowed to do remote work after business hours and on the weekend of course (lucky us). So I've decided to start hunting for work that is 100% remote. During my search I had an idea. It may not be the most original idea but it may go a long way towards helping me get ahead of my paycheck to paycheck lifestyle for a few months. What if, when I found a new position, I didn't quit…

Hi Anti-Work, This is a genuine question that I have for you. I know that a lot of people here want workplace improvement and better quality of work as well as employer-treatment. However on the flip-side of coins, companies may see the tendency of demands of workers and deem it is a problem to solve. The anti-work movement may actually accelerate automation trends due to its nature. (No joke, I have already heard of employers who see this as a problem to solve). Are you guys not taking this into account and if you are aware, are you prepared?

What would happen if all the people in this sub would start to report (to Indeed or whatever job platform they are using) all the ads which don't feature clear indications about the salary? Can we try? This practice MUST end!!

I’m getting ready to put my two weeks in at my job because I was lucky enough to be recruited to one that’s going to increase my salary by $16k (!!! If that shows you how underpaid I was). When I was talking with people who have already left this company, I found out something horrifying: one person was missing hundreds of dollars from their last paycheck, and another spent 1.5 years during his time employed there fighting for the $17,000 he was owed!! A close coworker also let me know she battled for 3 months to get the $3k commission she was owed. I’m fully aware that they’re going to try to screw me out of my money, but how do I prepare for this? Should I preemptively schedule a meeting with our financial guy to walk through my last paycheck? Or do I just wait until it happens…

My company just had some turnover. There's 8 of us total, and 2 left (and I don't blame them) so in the last 2 months we've had 2 new hires. I've been working as a security guard for over 4 years, but just under a year at my current assignment. When I interviewed, I asked the supervisor if I could get bumped to 12 (which is still shit) since I had experience, she said “hard no” We'll both new hires said when they came in “I won't work for 11.50, can you make it 12?” And she played it. I got a 3% raise in January which bumped me up to 11.83. These new cats are making more than me, this company doesn't care and I am so fed up. Company is allied universal if ya wanna know.