Category: Antiwork

In my experience the most ineffectual and out of touch people in the business community are business owners , HR and managers. As a manager how do you sleep at night being able to sell out your fellow person for a wage that is wholly inadequate and exploitative at that. What kind of mental gymnastics must you do to justify your self on this earth, and your existence? As a manager you are either are part of the problem or the solution. It’s difficult for a manager not understand working class issues especially when your salary depends on you not understanding the problem. Not standing up for your team or fellow human shows lack of courage and integrity. It’s not a left vs right issue, its not an identity politics issue, plain and simple, it’s us vs the 1%.

I know I’m lucky to get a raise, but it’s essentially $100 per month extra than what I’m usually paid. With inflation, that doesn’t do much for me. I met all their requirements and put well more than my 40 hours in to stay afloat with their demands. The excuse for the amount of my raise? I didn’t exceed their expectations. I didn’t help my coworkers with their work because I had too much on my own plate. I didn’t join any committees or clubs offered by my company, so only my unit knows who I am. I’m not putting myself out there. If I had, I could have had a more substantial raise, but because I’m doing exactly what I was told to do, I’m only getting a 3% raise. I’m supposed to be getting married this year and we want to buy a house so we can start…

I am a preschool teacher for a very big and well known school and im so tired of it. I am one of the best employees in my hallway/age group (been told many times by management and got employee of the month out of 70 workers) but make two dollars less than the new people that just got hired. I also have all my certifications and 4 years experience under my belt so that is not an issue. My co teacher just got a 50 cent raise which still puts her at 1.50 less than the new people. I could not run my classroom so well without her and she deserves much more than they gave her. Last week a teacher passed out in my classroom and once again our school phones werent working. Someone had to leave the class out of ratio and run upfront for help. They keep…

I know someone who grew up during the great depression dirt poor and managed a furniture store in southern california his brother owned. I don’t know the exact time frame of his story, but it probably was between 1950-1980. I lean more towards assuming it is 1960-1970ish. Many years ago he told me they had to hire all mexicans because young white Americans didn’t want to work anymore. All they wanted to do was just go to the beach and hang out. Only later did I realize what was probably going on here: nobody wanted to do that kind of labor for that low of pay. So he had to find a group of people desperate enough to accept such low wages and/or poor working conditions. I think he also said something to the effect of, but I can’t quite recall, about the mexicans still being lazy and him needing…

I know the topic of rent has come up many times in this group and I need your help I just bought my first home. Nothing fancy but for a single guy, more than enough. I am planning on offering the 2 spare bedrooms up for rent. They will share a bathroom. Question is, how should I go about doing rent? Option 1: A flat rate based on expected expenses (utilities, mortgage, etc). Option 2: A variable monthly rate where bills are split 3 ways. The downside to this is the unknown amount owed.