Category: Antiwork

My last day of work before the holidays was the 23rd, and we're all scheduled to return January 9th. My supervisor told me if I don't come in tomorrow they're going to take back my holiday pay which has already been paid out.

Organizing workplaces is critical, but it takes serious time. Are there little things we can do at the same time to advance the cause?

I studied computer science and landed a tech job in a fairly small company. The pay is great, and I used to have passion, but I got burnt out and now I want to run away from any computers I see. I've applied to general administrative jobs but all got rejected, on the basis that I had a computer science degree so I'd likely not stay for long. I know I can get a job at retail or fnb but preferably I want a job that takes less of a pay cut as possible. Here's come schooling. I have saved enough throughout a couple of years of work to afford to go to college again, I've heard many stories about mid-career switches, but mostly they are to computer science, has anyone had personal experiences about switching away from computer science? What degree did you eventually take?

And once again, I find myself overwhelmed by how much I just DON’T want to work. I want to wake up whenever I wake up, instead of being a slave to an alarm clock. I want to spend my days reading, playing with dog, and enjoying my hobbies. Heck, I’d even love to spend my time volunteering and putting goodness and kindness into the world. Work is just such a waste of time. But I have bills to pay.

I have worked for this town for 5 years, we have about 6 employees at any given time not including my boss or his assistant, in the 5 years I have been here I have seen on average 2 people leave per year, the turn over rate is insane. Our second newest hire has been non stop complaining to me about how this place is ran and about how our boss treats us (he is not wrong). The problem is that I want this guy to stay, he is everything we need in an employee right now and I wanted my boss to figure out what he could do to keep him, I don’t want to see another good one go (but I couldn’t blame him in the least). I confronted my boss and basically told him that it’s obvious we are going to lose him if we don’t figure…