Category: Antiwork

So, back in my old job (with I quit while my boss was on vacation to go to a better opportunity after 1 year of moral abuse, I may tell you guys in other post…) My boss ruled by comparison with himself. “When I worked at…..” And “My team knew half of what you know and made more…” Where common things to hear in my daily life. But there's one thing that pissed me off. He just spend all of his days looking at fishing videos instead of working, and the job that was supposed for him to do was just passed down to me and my teammates. Long history short, I was even putted to do presentations for his brother (who worked for another company) while he did his daily thing, just to receive a comment such as “when I was your age I worked 12 hours and did…

There are a lot of people asking how to get more money, wealth or comparing socioeconomic classes. A better question could be what would I need to feel wealthy? How much money do I need? Etc And then subsequently asking why? And to the response of that why? And why again until the true answer is received. That answer is the answer to the question we haven’t thought to ask and it will be what changes everything. Change yourself=change the world. Thanks

I currently do graphics for a warehouse that sells candy and other things you’d find in a gas station. My boss is a dick and micromanages the employees he doesn’t like (me for example). To give some context: I was promised an office upon hiring but that was revoked because I spent 15 minutes in the restroom on my first day. I initially used my phone to take photos of the product, great spreadsheets, etc which was very productive and helpful to the job (I had to create my own systems since there were none in place already), but he’s banned me from using my phone now because he doesn’t like seeing it? I do most of my work in a back office (the one that was supposed to be my office) and initially this gave me a bit of privacy where I could discreetly listen to some music while…

Those who have room could offer to let others, who’ve had to sacrifice their own apartment or house for the cause, stay with them or even combine households.

So I work in customer support for an American telecommunication company and for a few months I had work from home, but today I got a text from my manager that you and 4 other agent will have to report for office from tomorrow. Covid cases are increasing and there is even night curfew on weekends, which don't always coincide with my week offs. My shift starts at 1:30 AM and it ends at 11 in the afternoon. The reason that my manager gave for calling me to office was that my score for this month is not good enough. I work in chat support and our score is calculated by a survey form that customer fills after a chat. The survey form is from 0-10 where only 9 and 10 are promoters while 7-8 are neutrals and 0-6 are detractors. The formula that they use to calculate the NPS…

Hello, this is my first time making a post here, but I've been a long time “lurker”, I've been working part time at McDonald's, the pay is as expected, though I don't mind the job itself even though it's very hard for me as I'm small and not very strong physically but lately, I want to quit, because I'm scared. Every day something dangerous happens, two customers fighting today, a guy with a knife the next, someone mildly attacking a member of the staff, it always narrowly escapes me but until when? There are teens that hate me because the rules says I'm not allowed to let them vape so I report them. They literally growl at me when they pass by me (which I used to find funny) but then one of them straight up threaten to stab me today. I think they're not serious, I mean they're just…

This all happened a few years ago and things have only gotten worse. I got hired to manage a glass shop. I get on site and find the place in complete disarray. I find out we lost money the past 6 quarters. I see a huge stack of windshields that are unspoken for. I’m talking 120 windshields for all makes and models. FYI glass shops operate on appointments. Make appointment, order glass for specific vehicle, it’s installed the next day, or so. So, this stack is out of control. I get my nose to the grindstone trying to negotiate returns and all is going much better then expected. Here comes my inexperienced GM telling me I need to cut hours and send three of four people home for the day. I explain we have 5 appointments in the coming hour and that we need the staff in order to not…

I don’t have any kids. However, I’m approaching the age where my peers are all having kids and wondering when I’m taking the plunge. I’ve always maintained that my mental health wouldn’t be great for a child to witness or inherit. Lately though I’ve started to question whether I could even afford it and if I could – the hours of work I’d have to put in would make me an absent father. How can I be expected to raise a child on 40-50k a year while working 50 hour weeks? My job doesn’t offer paternity leave, new fathers use their ten vacation days for the year. It seems so hopeless that even if I did decide to start a family, I couldn’t.

So I've been having a debate with my parents over wage and how people choose to spend their money, and their solution is for people to watch what they spend (don't spend money on coffee, fast food, skip the dishes, luxuries, miscellaneous things etc) and if their job isn't paying enough they should get a better one (but not quit until they've found a better paying job) only then can they get out of the financial rut they're in. How the poor take advantage of the system. I can't really give any counter arguments since the only stats I have are from the states, so if your Canadian, do you have any advice or statistics? Cause they're starting to make me believe thats its not the circumstances you're put in but what you make of it that counts the most. (They also believe essential jobs like grocery workers or fast…