Category: Antiwork
the powers that be are doing an excellent job of confusing people as to WHY we’re seeing the biggest inflation in decades. now obviously this is hugely complex issue with many contributing factors, but it’s also important to try to isolate what’s arguably the “biggest” reasons the economic landscape has so suddenly changed. link to the run away inflation we’ve been seeing since June 2020 perhaps not surprisingly, this is more or less in line with all the stimulus money that started with the CARES Act during covid. what i’m worried about is the “forgotten story” of the 500 billion tax dollars we gave to the wealthy corporations… it’s the second largest bubble listed here.. link so they took 500 Billion of OUR tax dollars.. allocated it to wealthy corporations.. and IMMEDIATELY sold that along with 200 Billion in mortgage backed securities to The Fed for 850…
I make 9 an hour plus tips which ends up being around 18 an hour at my barista job. Not a horrible gig, but a few people have quit recently for various reasons, and management has been having trouble finding applicants. I told a friend who is looking for work to apply. Great thing is, I’ve already worked with her before at another coffee shop and can vouch for her competence. When I mentioned this to a coworker and how I would be stoked to work together with her again, they said “Oh, well you’re probably not going to be able to work at the same location if you already know each other.” I’m sorry, what?? Has anyone ever heard of a policy like that? They said it’s because of a kind of “conflict of interest” and that at my coworkers old job, even if you started getting close with…
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“Why are you so rude?”
I received a callback on a resume I sent to an English school this morning. I'm a qualified English teacher with 5 years experience, he wanted me to start as soon as possible and was throwing words at me in strings I honestly could not understand. At one point after a barrage of information I simply replied “yes, those are all words” and he thought nothing of it. After digging through his lack of intelligibility we get to the hourly rate, I thought $25-30 to be fair and reasonable, on par with other offers I've been getting. Woah — hold on there horsey, “see… this is Australia and that doesn't make sense” he stated firmly, “we have a curriculum… And it is written, we don't charge you for training at all”. What? Their selling point is they don't expect me to pay for my own training? I've never had to…
