Category: Antiwork

There were recently some articles about how Maine has recovered X dollars for workers who had their pay withheld? What proportion of that is against the total amount stolen or withheld? 20% 30? My freakin employer (who no longer operates in the state) owes me 12,500 for work performed last summer. This work definitely gave me Lyme disease as well If he decides to go bankrupt we’re all screwed. So I what, pray? Light dog shit on fire on his porch in the night? [Maine Dept of Labor can’t do much, recommend a class-action] This BS being protected is why I live paycheck to paycheck, analyze the bank account before thinking about a Dr. visit. Our socio-political contract is so broken. End of rant. Any other stories of people loosing tens (or hundreds) of thousands of dollars? Make me feel better.

So in the end I took it to Fair Work Australia. Unfortunately they didn't want to do their proper jobs and decided to palm it off to a small claim courts which would have meant extra hoops to jump through. You can see it took them 10 days to even respond to me and their investigator happened to be conveniently on “leave” when I called. I went to leave it, then one afternoon my mother called me. Her house had gotten burnt down by a Human Rights Lawyer 6 years ago, and the Tasmanian legal system sat on the case, only to drop it due to the “MENTAL HEALTH” state of the accused. For me this was enough to enrage me to the point where I would launch a political career (I won't promote myself as its against community rules). Then I remembered, if elected, Senators are allowed under “PARLIAMENTARY…

I currently work as an entry level, software sales representative (SDR/BDR). I’ve been in the role for 2.5 years now, which is about 12 months longer than what I was told is the standard tenure. No worries, I enjoy the company, our direction and my coworkers. The actual work itself, not so much, but I’ve done well and have made myself into the top performer for our office. Well, the next role to move into would be account management, which I’ve had my sights set on since I joined this company. I’ve let everyone from my managers, coworkers, and friends know this was my goal. All have supported me and have told me I’d be the ideal candidate, and I’ve been patiently waiting for a position to open so that I can apply, and have said they’d take my professional development seriously and mentor me (haven’t heard from them since…

I work as a behavioral health specialist in an adolescent mental hospital. We run groups and activities for them that range from karaoke to school work on a daily basis. Today the group I was supposed to run was “How to behave an dress for interviews.” The four page packet covered many tricks and tips on how to dress, how to groom yourself and what to say and what not to say. I flat out refused to do this group. Instead we spent 30 minutes talking about how the concept of “dream jobs” are bullshit and capitalist conditioning.

Why does every job application have a stupid personality test, a line that says “up to ___ pay”, or some crappy cooperate thing like “Fun and fast paced work environment.”? Kill me.

I keep seeing posts here promoting a 32 hour work week… Hell… I wish I could get the old standard “40 hour” work week… Nowadays people seem to boast working 60 hours is “normal” and somehow I can get fired for refusing to come into work on my day off… My shift especially has to work super late at night and we are not allowed to go home as scheduled until all work is complete. (normally 1-2 hours over each day)… And it's especially bad for salaried workers who don't even get overtime and must work crazy hours… Anyway there should be a law that allows people to “opt-out” of overtime without being discriminated.

That hard work would get you where you want to be? That getting a college degree would open up a world of possibilities? That spending endless nights studying and sacrificing your social life and sanity to earn a bunch of A's and a high GPA would all be worth it someday? That being booksmart meant that you would someday “be the boss” of all of the smarmy rich kids who never apply themselves? That living within your means and not wasting your money would lead to financial success? Yeah. I'm 25 years old, I've been working for 10 years, I got straight A's for 10 straight years in high school and college, I graduated Summa Cum Laude from a great university with a solid degree…and I'm a full-time DoorDasher who is one blown tire away from total financial ruin. Meanwhile, those smarmy rich kids all have great careers and no…

I lost my hope in working. Working is not fun anymore. After university I thought that I can fulfill any dream but now I am just tired. Everyday I am so tired that I could stay in bed for hours and still feel like a potato instead of being refreshed/rested. I am currently working in part time but don’t like my job. I would like to change it but in my role (software engineer) it is hard to find a job in part time from the beginning. You need to start in full time and change to part time after your probation period. This means I need to work 40hrs or even more for the first 6 months. I am mentally so tired that I cry solely by thinking of it. I am so tired of this life. Nothing enjoys me anymore. What shall I do?