Category: Antiwork

You can read the original post here. First off, many thanks to all who commented, gave me encouragement, and schooled me in the term constructive termination. I wrote my boss an email later that day and quit. She was not surprised, and was not planning on rehiring for my position. Knowing that I had a bit of a landing pad through unemployment was really huge. I had been thinking of changing career fields for a while now, and it encouraged me to apply to a couple of graduate programs doing something that I think is positive for the world and people, versus what I was doing, which was wringing money from local businesses to line my boss's pocket. There were many questions about base pay vs commission. For anyone who's worked in sales, the base pay is usually a fraction of what you normally make overall. This is what I…

I'm not a big capitalist myself, but: The “work” of an employee is their product they sell to the company they work for. That's what the worker is to them. A product. And in capitalism, you should shop around and know the prices of the product you're selling. And the prices in your area (office). But, they don't want people to share their wage information. But you can't negotiate well if you don't know your local prices. And that's for any product in any business.. apples or labor. If you're selling apples, but they say you can't look at what all the other people selling apples are selling them for.. that's quite a disadvantage. In capitalism, you can gather your buying power to get better prices, like Walmart using all their stores to negotiate a lower price. But, unions are the same idea, gathering their product, labor, together to get…

Context. Ive worked for a sling and rigging group for the last few years. We build specialty lift devices basic nylon slings etc and work on hoists and indoor cranes. I work on hoists and do inspections. For the industry im paid 40-50% under the standard, i have 7 different superiors i report to. The usual understaffing and minor wage thefts, coupled with a complete lack of benefits. Worked last in underground construction and a couple jobs back was a technician for a heavy equipment dealer. Got a call from a company my previous employer subcontracted for and whom i dealt with ALOT while i was working for the heavy equipment dealer. Know a few employees there and theyre all quite happy. They offered me a spot as their main tech. Comes with between a 24-28k raise,A tool allowance, company paid health insurance, company vehicle, Starting with 2 weeks of…

Should start to guilt trip the hell out of their employer. Start telling them you can’t afford to feed yourself. Tell them the honest truth about how fucking hard life is with poverty/slave wages

The title says it … why do I give a shit? I’ve never even met the people I’ve upset … no one was hurt as a result of my mistake, no one lost money. But I still let them make me feel like garbage … goddamn