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I’m antiwork because I don’t think people should have to put in tons of time and effort to try to be successful in cruel tech conditions

Many people create small businesses online, on sites such as Etsy, only to sell 5 to 10 items. This involves a lot of time and effort in terms of photography, design, social media, copywriting, and more. Someone could be a highly successful writer and still only sell 1,000 copies of their book on Amazon Someone could spend years on the PR efforts for the music band or albums, only to realize it gets lost in the sea of distractions online So why should people put so much time and effort into those endeavors? Who is really benefiting? Mainly the big tech companies, at the loss of most people's time, effort, and emotional energy.

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Keep all credit and cash tips?

My boss is now cutting my hours and pay because of this whole tipping issue I had brought up. So my question is, can she be keeping all Credit and Cash tips to “split amongst all employees”? Or is it illegal. I know I don’t really have a way to prove the cash but the credit tips all go through our POS system. I would like to report to DOL or the correct place, but also don’t want to be wrong if nothing is illegal about how she is handling it.

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Land of the free and home of the brave lol

Just thinking about that while seeing another post somewhere on here where a lady forgot the lyrics to the national anthem and I started to realize how dated those lyrics are. I was thinking I've worked at a couple fast food places and they said I wasn't allowed to leave the building on the 10 minute breaks “in case we need you if it gets busy”…. but I'm on my break and therefore cannot work soo I'm going to go vape???? Then I was thinking about the brave part. I was actually scared to go to a city planned fireworks event last week and my SO had to convince me it would be ok and there wouldn't be a mass shooting. I'm not agoraphobic by any means I love to Cycle a lot but huge crowds like that I absolutely will never trust again in my life. We are actually…

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Hell yea where do I sign up?

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How to protect self against retaliation

I'm waiting for the date when a family member is to be baptized and I was requested to attend. Depending on the date I will need to take some time from work, maybe work a partial day or something but still need to take time for it. It's a call center who I do not trust to make the proper accommodations. Or if they do I'll face reprocussions. So what can I use to help me get this and who do I contact if I face retaliation?

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We are like the chained creature in God of War Ragnarok

I’m playing God of War and just completed this side quest where I had to free a giant sea creature that was chained down. After removing chains I was expecting it would swim away, but it simply stayed because it was accustomed to being chained for so long that it didn’t want to leave. It was staying up afloat and would rather stay and enjoy some breathy air. Fuck. This creature reminded me of some of my coworkers who are in their 60s, still working and do not want to retire. They have their mortgage payed off, kids long graduated, married and have successful careers. I’m honestly scared to become like them. I’m 30 and still have about 35 years till retirement age. Even game developers know we are fucked. US is fucked.

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Sorry. You’re not allowed to quit.

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The last time I was offered a raise of any significance was at my first job

In my first post college job, I received a stellar review after a year of work and got a 12% raise and a 10% bonus. This was over a decade ago. Ever since then, the only avenue I've had to make more money is to hop from job to job. No one will give me a raise, it's not even part of the discussion anymore. Every time I ask for a raise, even just to keep up with inflation, I'm offered $100-$500 holiday bonuses, or told I can leave if it suits me better. I do data work, I'm solidly in the middle class. I don't know if there's a point to this post. I just had this thought last night and I had to put it in wiring. The last time I was offered a raise was at my very first job. Fuck.

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How many of ya’ll make $30/per hour?? Boomer mom says that should be the minimum for anyone with a degree….

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If companies are families, then I was forcibly adopted into an abusive household