Category: Antiwork

“Hacking the Layoff Process [2023.04.28] My latest book, A Hacker’s Mind, is filled with stories about the rich and powerful hacking systems, but it was hard to find stories of the hacking by the less powerful. Here’s one I just found. An article on how layoffs at big companies work inadvertently suggests an employee hack to avoid being fired: …software performs a statistical analysis during terminations to see if certain groups are adversely affected, said such reviews can uncover other problems. On a list of layoff candidates, a company might find it is about to fire inadvertently an employee who previously opened a complaint against a manager — a move that could be seen as retaliation, she said. So if you’re at a large company and there are rumors of layoffs, go to HR and initiate a complaint against a manager. It’ll protect you from being laid off.”

Hi, sorry if this is the wrong sub, I just wanted to rant/get advice i guess? idk. I got a job yesterday at a local McDonalds, and have my orientation for it on Thursday. After searching for the past 6 months and going through hundreds of applications I am honestly really happy about it, even if its going to suck, because it means getting the fuck out of my shitty living situation. Unfortunately, my family has been planning a trip for about those 6 months to visit other family far away for ~ 3 weeks next month, around the 20th. Now that I have a job though, I don't want to risk losing it, and I'm scared to even ask because I'm in an at will state. At this point, what should I even do?

Is it worth writing a witty response to a company after not getting employed? I applied to this position (I'm not going to give any details) and I was shortlisted and had an interview. It was an entry-level position, which I was basically overqualified for and although until the interview the company seemed very friendly and professional, they did not contact me for 3 weeks after the interview and decided to let me know what I was not employed only after I contacted them and asked for an update on my application status. The positions and companies I applied for so far had the decency to let me know that they hired someone else even if I was not even interviewed. And this company tells me that “they will keep my resume for future openings” and I do not want them to contact me and I really have this urge…

It seems like I could get rich by doing zoom calls for people needing a note for work, which would then obviously be invoiced directly to the manager who made the stupid request in the first place. And then send that individual manager to collections if they don't pay.

But mostly it sounds like a bunch of entitled youth who think they deserve quarterly profit sharing or they should be the boss because you worked somewhere for a year, or you feel your skills are so valuable you deserve instant raises and rewards. If thats what you want be a co tractor and go sell your amazing skills to the world!! If your that good at what you do you will be in high demand. We are at the peak of humanity, people live 50 years longer then we used to, we have it so good as humans compared to living in most other time periods, at least in the last 2500 years. But the internet and instant gratification, and the change in society telling you every one gets a participation ribbon makes us forget that life is tough, and maybe you are not as valuable as a young…