Category: Antiwork

It took the recruiter/hr 2 months to tell me im not scheduled for an interview went with other candidates automated message. It took you that long why are these recruiters and hr overpaid.

Economists like Milton Friedman pushed back against the Marxist narrative that the working class (labor) and the owner class (capital) were two groups at odds with one another. These economists argue that we are all capitalists, some hold financial capital, some hold natural capital, some hold social capital, and some hold labor capital. In their view, there's no reason for people to come together and form unions or cooperatives because we are all in competition with one another. And they're right. In this system, global capitalism, we are all in competition. Therefore, it is foolish to agree to be a part of any company's “team.” We are not a team, we are not a family, we are individual market participants, each pursuing their own self interest. For them to ask you to be a team player is a violation of free market competition principles. You are a free agent, you…

First off, I’ve been working this job for a little over 7 years. The pay is pretty good, my wife and I have new cars and we just bought a new house. I’m just getting so sick and tired of going in everyday and having to work my ass off. My boss is always calling me and asking me to take care different things and it’s just getting to be too much. Would I be stupid to just walk off the job right now? Have 2 kids under the age of 5.

Why is the federal minimum wage still $7.25? Is it reasonable considering that the people in this country are having trouble surviving off of $15 per hour? How is he going to fix the major discrepancy between the rich and poor?

There's two primary benefits to being in a union in a non-unionised environment. The first is access to the union's legal resources, you can usually get free advice on employment matters from qualified solicitors, and in the event of an actual tribunal or court case related to your employment, you get the union's solicitors instead of whatever solicitor you can afford on your own. The second is representation at disciplinary hearings. You always have the right to bring a companion to disciplinary hearings, who can present your case for you and sum up your position, and talk to you and give you advice on how to proceed. As a union member, you get to bring a union representative to these meetings, someone who has been specifically trained by the union to deal with these hearings. In my personal experience the latter is even more powerful when a workplace is not…

I just need some points of view that are less bias than people close to me. So, I got hired at an independent insurance agency back in November. I had been working in insurance for three years. I am licensed. I am not new to the industry. I do understand that, while having an understanding of insurance is helpful when being a new hire, each agency has their own way of doing things. And you owe it upon yourself, and your team, to adapt. ​ So, I did my best to learn their way. But they basically expected perfection and no one is perfect. So of course I made mistakes. But nothing detrimental. They start every new employee as receptionist. So I pretty much took payments, did reports, made calls to late pays, took care of mail, made coffee, set appointments, that stuff. So the things I did mess up…