Category: Antiwork

I’m a receptionist/typist & I start work at 9:30am, I’ve been at this job for a couple months now and have never been late, not even a minute, i’m usually dead on time. So, today I clock out (again, exactly on time) & my boss says “we need to talk about your time, you’re meant to be on the computer typing at 9:30, not getting in at 9:30, if you’re leaving at 4 then that all adds up.” She got a phone call and we ended it there and I went home, but what do y’all think? It says in my contract that my hours of work are 9:30am-4:00pm and I get to work at 9:30am and leave at 4, I feel like she’s essentially having a problem with me working my hours?? Keeping in mind I literally get there and go straight to my desk and turn on the…

I mean this in the sense that it’s insane to me how much fucking work people put into minimum wage jobs. I have nothing but the utmost respect for minimum wage workers and the shit they have to go through. Shitty bosses, shitty coworkers and worst of all, customers. These big wigs get to sit at the top of their thrones while their little minions do all the actual hard labor and get royally fucked because of it. The whole American economy is fucked as a whole. Why am I busting my ass off at a retail job lifting heavy ass boxes just because I’m “big and strong” while my boss gets to comfortably sit in his office probably jerking off. What happened to power to the people? Why do we allow these big gas companies to choose how much they want us “the people” to spend on gasoline and…

My quality of life and health became so much better when I quit my last job. I used to work in a warehouse that distributed industrial parts and machinery. My job was to take products from totes on a conveyor and package them for delivery. The warehouse had little ventilation, no AC (we had personal fans at least) or heat, and dim lights. Most work stations had an LED light strip on the desk to illuminate the work space, but mine did not. My supervisor was a very imposing man who loved to critique my productivity. He would come up unannounced behind me and simply start telling me about how I wasn't working fast enough or critiquing some other small detail. The minimum number of orders a worker was expected to process an hour was 70. So I was expected to package individual orders or parts of an order in…

Trying for brevity here, otherwise I’ll keep going on and on, but need to provide enough details for you all. My dream: Start a business that allows me to shift work conditions for the better and “change the world” (really just the US). Lead by example with 4 day work week, 32 hours, 100% pay, better benefits and programs (i.e. parental leave, two week company holiday in summer), and cap executive pay to help raise the tide for all employees. No more C suites making 200:1. Productivity has increased so much more than wage growth and benefits haven’t trickled down. Challenges: To do this with just one company would require me to grow a company significantly and fast. I have a number of ideas but not sure any that would grow to the level that makes us a major player in the overall landscape. Other companies are starting to do…

Talking about how much you get paid is taboo, forbidden, looked down upon. Why? It’s not about bragging or complaining, it is about comparing. Employers do not want you talking about your salary or wages because they don’t want to pay everyone a fair wage. They’re going to compensate you and your colleagues as little as possible so they can profit more. Fuck that. Let’s share what we earn. Comment here with your occupation and income, include any benefits that come with it (insurance, retirement, pto, bonuses, etc). Again, this is not meant to be a thread for you to flex. It’s to help your fellow working class members see if their employer is fucking them over.

Like, you might as well make them wrestle for it wet-T-shirt style.