Category: Antiwork

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Well this sucks, Andy just sent out an update that there are plans for return office for WFH. Sure it's implied that some may be able to stay WFH but this sucks and shouldn't be happening. Uhg.

This is going to sound delusional and naive to many of you. I appreciate the cynicism with everything that happens in the world. I am no stranger to suffering and cruelty. However try and warm those iced over hearts for a moment as I attempt to expound on how cynicism isn't smart, even if it's logical. Cynicism sucks because it's a defense mechanism of learned helplessness in the face of a crushing system. You accept that things are bad and will go badly in the future because having hope hurts. To get through this crushing hellscape intact we kill off the hopeful feelings because it's untenable to keep them. It works on an individual level because you hurt less while trying to survive in this world. Your beliefs about the world line up with what you see. However it leaves us collectively in a problem. It's the same problem that…

I don’t think it’s genuinely fair to spend 20 minutes per application on a quiz assessment if you send out 10+ applications when you’re looking for a job just to get filtered through some system and a rejection email???

It's such a stupid fucking dance of manipulation. I'm so tired of it. I never want to submit a resume, an application, a skill-test, an obstacle course of fucked up questionnaires; interviews are awful. Applying for jobs is a waste of time and energy. If someone's entire job position is just to wade through the drones of desperate workers… I have no sympathy. It shouldn't be this soul-sucking in a world where capitalists are shouting “Nobody wants to work!” and “It's all because of inflation!” while making record profits off our god damned food. I want to create for a living. I want to set my own schedule. Maybe that means being self-employed, maybe that means starting a business. But having to deal with all the hoops and hurdles and anxiety of job applications? All that masking and hiding my true self? I'm done with it. (I'm in Canada, not…

So I'm expected to work 9 hours, get home, and spend another few hours doing more work/reading without getting paid? Like I don't have to cook, clean and 8 other things? Might be the worst advice I've ever gotten. To me this is just a relic of toxic 20th century work culture