Category: Antiwork

it stresses me out idk what to do with my life, i be wanting to save but i have no car so i be having to use uber or lyft everyday back and forth home and work. and my phone bill is 150, i have to give my gma 100$ every month. and buy my own food. its hard idk what to do tbh. and i have a weed addiction also that intervenes too edit: its my fault last job i had i was making 1,200 every 2 weeks but i blew it amd got fired because i almost got into a fight with a co-worker. i was broke for like 4 months then found this job

So I left my old job in early May to start my own business. My old boss is currently my first client and I am charging him for a service that I did before for him for free. He emailed me this morning asking if I could work 20 hours and possibly more later each week on a project they have. I told him I’d only be able to work 1 or 2 days a week until the business really took off. I texted my cool coworker and she told me all about how my replacement isn’t working out. Funny thing is I was promised a raise two months in to starting, I talked to him about it and he said “Let’s wait for more mileage.” My coworker later told me that my replacement is starting making $3/hr more than I was making! He was a shitty boss so fuck…

Shouldn't it be the other way? More money = more responsibility/duties????

My crew just spent the last 6 months complaining about the company and the bullshit we have to put up with. But when it came down to a vote to organize, it gets overwhelmingly voted down. Status quo? Fear? Self interest? Propaganda? Do people really buy the bullshit that easily?

I work for a government contractor who offers good starting salaries and really strong benefits, but our raises suck ass. The only way to get a raise outside the annual raise is by promotion or changing positions, and I knew from others that the promotion raises suck. I just finished a master's degree (paid for by work, so that was a nice benefit), and had kind of emotionally prepared myself for a measly raise with a promotion and got it. But now I'm sitting here looking at the 3% bump and it still feels like a complete fucking slap in the face after the amount of work I put into my degree. I've been looking at other job opportunities and gotten a few offers, so I know that I am being paid pretty close to market rate, especially with this lil bump, but I didn't want to relocate from this…

Or look online if possible. As someone living in a tourist town it sucks that most places do not pay enough to afford rent. Support businesses that pay a living wage and speak out on behalf of workers if you can! Visitors are most of everyones income in those places and the public opinion really affects local businesses. I don't know why businesses are allowed to upcharge in expensive areas because they are expensive… but do not consider employees an expense. 🤡