Category: Antiwork

I don't think this will go very far but I just need to tell someone. I have been a dental assistant at an office for over 18 years. I did 4 years with a dentist that retired and sold the practice to a new dentist. I then spent 14 years working for my former boss. I was a single assistant though covid and the last 2 years. That means I did everything for the office from ordering to clean and all chairs work along with helping out hygienist and front office work. I was working 6 days a week and really loved the dentist I worked for. About 12 years ago I was physically assaulted by the front office lady. I called her a bad name and she slapped me across the face. Long story short we both still worked at this office, but she was at times very hostile…

My son was trying to kill himself. And he has Crohn's disease. I am a teacher and had saved my leave for years in case of an emergency like this. I took 5 weeks off back in September. My principal went through my records and put a disciplinary note in my file about not following expectations to record grades, even tho I was on leave. They also tried to say I didn't follow my department protocols, but my department chair is a duplicitous piece of shit who never says what the expectation is, so I was never told what to do. I took my union rep to the meeting because they lied to me about what the meeting was about. I did my homework. I had all the emails to demonstrate I was following expectations. He didn't care and put it in my file anyway. He blatantly interrupted me while…

Ever since the interview gone to hell a few weeks ago, I thought about the nature of this subreddit as it pertains to the public eye. The public is not going to take a group of people seriously who define their goal in life as “not wanting to work”. As great as it sounds it will never gain mainstream momentum. I think everyone here does want to work including myself, but people want to get paid a living wage. Restructuring the name to something positive such as “pro worker” would be taken much more seriously by the public. Once you gain the eye of the public, telling the stories to them will come naturally. We tell each other stories on here and it is great to brainstorm, but those ideas need to catch on to the cashier at a 7-Eleven in the Bronx. They need to catch on to a…