Category: Antiwork

Why are the French so much better are protesting bad laws and an unjust system than we are? They seem to constantly have thousands of people protesting in every major city. Why is France so much more mobilized/active than the USA?

Just did an interview with a potential employer for a job for which I am very (overly?) qualified. They posted their salary as 100-160K and it's a fully remote job (!!). Not bad right? Only asking for 5 years of experience and a BS in IT. I've got a Master's, 11 years of relevant experience for this role, a ton of certifications, etc. Interview is going great, lady is super impressed, kept knocking her questions out of the park, asked some relevant ones; overall a great interview. Then she drops the bomb “What I'm concerned with is that at your experience level, what are you expecting for compensation?” So I tell her, well, I see your posted range is 100-160 and I think I bring a lot to the table (degree, YoE, certs, business knowledge, etc) so something near the 150 mark in addition to whatever your benefits package is…

My father worked his entire life, mostly as a service guy at car dealerships, then later in aerospace manufacturing. Last year, at the age of 77, he was diagnosed with ALS. He never got to retire because the cost of living was too high and they needed health insurance for my disabled stepmother. He finally couldn't physically work anymore as of last month, and I have been scrambling to get him assistance to help them survive. No pension, no savings, 401k drained by the stock market, and a highly expensive disease that requires medications that Medicare won't pay for (the copay on one of his drugs is $1500 a month, over half of his social security payment). The lack of humanity in our current system is disgusting. We dangle the carrot of “when I retire I will do all the things I put off while I had to dedicate 2/3…