Category: Antiwork

Please I need help. I fucking hate working for people. I hate being around rude ass people all the time. It doesn’t matter what job I go to. It’s the same everywhere. I’m pretty fucked. I have no college degree, I’m almost 35. I wasted my life and now it’s caught up to me. I have a good job. It pays well but I hate it. I find no joy in it at all. Is there a way out for someone with little skills ? I used to be a florist and was pretty good. I don’t do that anymore though. I don’t know a way out of this misery.

Just here to rant. Going to be vague with the specific in hopes I can use this place as a reference one day. I graduated college in May 2022. Luckily, I immediately found a job in the field I went to school for and was hired within weeks after graduating. From day 1, this job was a shitshow. Another employee with a very important position (that required much more experience than I had coming in) decided to put their 2 weeks in on the day I started the job. My boss asked me if I would be willing to spend the next 2 weeks with this guy as he trained me to do his job. Being optimistic, wanting to impress, and riding the highs of entering the real world for the first time, I complied. The position was vastly different than the one I applied for. Mine was your typical…

My wife's job is declining to move her to the next level or give her a raise because she “did too much work instead of transferring customers” in her test call, and it sunk her overall scores by .03 There's really no winning in this system. We're feeling devastated.

I just moved to Baltimore and I’ve been looking for pretty basic customer service jobs and basically anything I can apply for. In the past week I’ve applied to over 60 places and I literally haven’t heard back from any of them. I’ve called the businesses to let them know I submitted an application and they still don’t get back to me. Why is finding a job I’m more than qualified for so fucking hard? Especially in a big city like Baltimore you’d think there would be so many options. I’ve applied to jobs saying they’re desperate, hiring immediately, etc.. and have heard NOTHING. I’m so fucking sick of this, and I’m so fucking sick of people acting like I’m lazy or not looking. Why can’t companies just fucking respect people? :/

So I was at my desk, I didn't get my lunch yet, but I was doing something important on my laptop that I brought to work. My manager gets out of their meeting, and sees me, we sit next to each other. She asks me to do something that took half an hour and I just yes and stopped what I was originally doing on my laptop. How would you politely stop someone from interrupting your break?

Hey all. “Be the change” post here. First off, I am an anarchosyndicalist and thus firmly believe in wage dissolution because I am sick and tired of this predatory capitalism shit fucking fucking everybody over. As much of an idealist as I am, anarchosyndicalism is, sadly, wayyyy too far left to be feasible at this stage of late capitalism. We are starting to see the death throes in real time. However, idealism won't put food on the table or pay the rent. And God forbid we have a little bit of fun outside of survival. I cannot alone change this. However, I really do fucking give a shit about my fellow human beings and want to get a temperature check on this idea. As much as I hate how things are, I can only change myself. I run a successful business and it is growing and in a future proof…

I have decided this is my new 2-5 year plan. and I hope to retire overseas. YES, I recognize that it's not easy to just up and leave, especially if you have children, spouses, family, commitments, pets, etc. It's not for the faint of heart. However, for those that are thinking of it: I am curious to know if your future plans involve not staying in the capitalist hellscape that is the USA. I don't see this country getting any better and I fully believe that 2024 will be our speedrun into full-on fascism. Blue states may be able to buffer their citizens a bit better than those in red states but it will eventually come for us all. I am looking into digital nomad visas, teaching English overseas in a low-cost-of-living country, or even doing a marriage if I get desperate. In what ways are you looking into escaping…