Category: Antiwork

Very long story short, I agreed to take a job as a receptionist for my parents when I was pregnant as I live in a small town and it was hard to find work while expecting. My father is a new doctor (practicing out of residency less than 5 years as a second career) and bought a clinic from a retiring doctor. This other doctor lied to our family about the practice and it turns out we bought a clinic that was at a $30,000/month deficit. Then the pandemic hit. My parents spent 2 years getting the clinic back on its feet so they didn’t have to close their doors as they were the only family practice in town at the time (another small clinic has opened, which helped). As they transformed the practice to a model that didn’t accept insurance (DPC model, another long story, google it if you…

How is it that employers justify forcing their employees to work in an office when the job can be done from home? They don’t even reimburse you on the gas nor the time wasted driving to and from work. No, I’m not more productive. If anything, waking up early and driving in traffic already puts me in a tired and cranky mood for the rest of the day.

So let’s start this off right. The median house in 1950 was around 100k in todays dollars. Currently the median house value is around 450k. So there you go housing is 4x more expensive now in this generation. Rent in my city is 2,500 for a studio and the median income is only 3,000 a month here. Ok housing sucks but what else? Well the price of college has actually outpaced inflation by 3x for the last 40 years. College now is around 100k for the whole package while graduates on average make 50k coming out. Next, the cost of living is actually insane across many parts of the country. Hell, the used car market is up 100% from three years ago. Used to be able to buy a used car for 5k that ran now that’s at least 10k. You thought I was done. Nope. Healthcare costs are now…

This for a position as a concierge at an assisted living facility.

I’ve been on the internet for a hot minute. And for most of that minute I avoided Reddit like the plague until antiwork sucked me in a couple of years ago. Finally, a forum that put words to feelings I’ve had for a long time. A large group of people that want to end the whole concept of work? Fuck yeah. Shortly after I joined, the Fox News fiasco happened and this sub grew faster than it could moderate itself and orient new joiners. Now it’s nothing more than another neoliberal circle jerk of brainwormed incrementalism and capitalist reformation and rehabilitation. It’s sad and pathetic. Anything even a fraction as radical as its own faq and resources is downvoted to hell. The majority of antiwork members have fully co-opted and diluted it beyond recognition where engagement only happens on “pwease mr. boss make my chains a widdle bit longer” content.…