Category: Antiwork

The owner of the BK that I work at is making more while I'm making less right? I refuse to become more poor than I am now! How should I navigate this?

This is from a friend of mine that gave me full permission to post. I used to work at a community college that I left due to a hostile work environment. We had a great many permanent part-time workers that were never allowed to go over 19 hours a week. If they hit 20 hours a week that would push them into full time, which meant the college would have to start offering them insurance and benefits. The college decided to do an audit of the part-time workers and discovered that one department (the workers there had initially been hired under a different category that was later changed to the permanent part-time category) were being overpaid. They yanked fifty cents an hour away from those employees, from 9.00 an hour to 8.50. Yep, the college saved themselves ten dollars a week!

I think about this a lot and wanted to see where other people were with this. I think the above two things would free people to pursue their passions in life even if those passions didn’t lead to profits. Personally, I think we would see a new renaissance with an explosion of arts and culture the likes of which we’d never seen before here. I also think there would be an incredible amount of innovation as people would be free to tinker in their garage and come up with amazing new stuff without having to worry about paying rent or getting sick. Unfortunately, the lack of UBI and Universal Healthcare is part of the modern capitalist slavery system in which we are all trapped. But I’m curious, if we had those two things how would your life change? What would you do instead? Or do you love your job so…

There's a principle I've posted about before here, about why anarchists don't make demands of those in power and why others who want liberatory change shouldn't either. But let's apply this to a practical example that a lot of people in the sub run into. Say you and all your friends are thinking about walking out and leaving a place. You're done; maybe ou're fed up with management, or with pay, or with the hours and working conditions, probably all of these. Leaving altogether is probably a smart move. But I may have another plan. There may be another option, even one outside of the things I've said in my past post about collective direct action at work (I believe it's called “When unions fail” or something to that effect, worth a read if you'll pardon my plugging it). Suppose you gave your boss a one day's notice that you'd…

i applied for a job at an state farm insurance company as a receptionist and it's address seems to be in some dudes house.

I hear lot of talk about pay and benefits but to keep up a acceptable living standard we need to factor in the cost of being qualified for the job being offered in the market. That would mean more policy action on expensive healthcare and education which is the real reason why boomer's don't understand the problem younger people are having due to the costs associated with acquiring a masters and getting minimum pay for it. (Although it might be a white collar issue it still needs some focus)

Will I ever have a job where I don’t feel the sensation of dread on Sundays at the mere thought of the onslaught of ever-increasing responsibilities in the weeks/months/years ahead? Does a job that does not lead to burnout actually exist? I feel like I shouldn’t even be allowed to say the word ‘burnout’ because I have the privilege to work from home, but I’m so tired of never being able to really clear anything off of my plate because more just keeps getting piled onto it. And I’m so tired of raises meaning just a little bit more money, but a LOT more work. And I’m tired of getting promotions I never asked for. I just want to be allowed to be comfortable where I am.

You loan your labor to a company at a cost. When there is an opportunity to earn more for yourself then don't think of it as quitting, think of it as loaning out your assets to the highest bidder. No company would ever do the opposite and neither should you. Find ways to improve the income of this asset so you can either earn more or put less wear and tear on this asset. You and your business is more important than anyone else's business. Don't abuse your asset for someone else's interest. Just wanted to say that because I've been seeing a lot of people worried about two week notices and leaving your employer in a bad situation. They don't matter, you do.

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