Category: Antiwork

So for reference I am basically a middle man for the government. I bid on contracts they put out and I either perform or purchase the item/task myself or sometimes subcontract it through the legal process I’ve been given by whichever agency i’m working with. Almost any business that requires manual labor has told me they can’t do any of the jobs i’m offering because they are afraid to disclose their payroll and cannot discuss the prevailing wages clause all of these contracts require. So in laymen’s terms, I can’t get a landscaping company to cover a contract in the hundreds thousands range because they hire migrant workers illegally and don’t pay them a living wage. I can’t hire a HVAC company to install a new system for a VA hospital because they cook their books to hide that they have people under 17 working for less than a living…

Please do it all. It’s not too much to ask.

I’ve been at my company for 3.5 years, I’ve burned out and now dread each day at work. For different reasons, I’ve had 3 VPs, 3 Directors, and 2 direct-line Managers in 3.5 years. I was promised a promotion with my former management, with many 70-90 hour weeks, excellent performance reviews and political clout, only to be passed over. The Director who overlooked me for the role was new and hired an external candidate (from her old org) with little technical experience (massive oversight) and no people-management experience. The Director has left for personal reasons so my boss has been unchecked for some time now. From his hiring 5-months ago until now, our company got an RTO mandate (1-day/week) and I relocated cities back to my current one; luckily i’m staying with my parents so expenses are zero aside from a car payment (with enough liquidity to sustain myself for…

https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/19/make-them-afraid/