Antiwork

Do we have any representation on r/Place? considering this has been one of the most influential communities in the past year or two, it feels like we need some kind of large presence?

He's a locksmith, and he's a lifetime resident in a small town, and between being related to bikers and having a barely-not-jailed criminal past himself (25 years ago) and working for half the town now that he's straight, he knows about everyone. He's become a guy who gets calls about “I need a job”, and he knows fully that a lot of these people are unreliable to start with, and most of them think they'll just stand at a counter and punch a cash register. He needs a lot more from them than that, because who pays for one register person and one key-maker/advisor/salesman/emergency lockout person? No one does. So his solution is to tell them that they can come along for a couple days and see if it's for them. I greatly suspect that they're working for free during that time. It's all totally informal, and I think part…

Don’t get me wrong, I know the massive impediment to this gestures at tax law, entire corporate stock and investment system but I think this is a primary step to place in the public mind: investors, board members, CEO’s are the biggest waste of money and leech of the value produced by labor in any company. Major decisions can be made by the workers and designated representatives among them. The profit and value saved by eliminating the unproductive top heavy senior leadership in a company should go to the workers who produce the value. And EVEN THEN those workers should be represented by their own union of course. The question is how do we popularize the idea that eliminating CEO’s saves companies money other than the obvious fact that it would? What would be even one step to start restructuring and reclaiming our own labor from the investor class while…

The plant I work for currently runs 24/7. This isn't always the case, normally its five days a week, three shifts. Every other year though, when we release new products, we need to run 24/7. So what the company does, is ask workers to volunteer for a weekend shift. What that means, is you work 12 hours on both Saturday and Sunday. Sunday is double time, which means you're paid for 36 hours, despite only working 24. And that's it. Just two days a week, five days off. If there are openings during the week, you can volunteer for a shift, if you want. Now, in the past, people jumped on this. It's a great deal. Granted, you basically agree to fully sacrifice your social life by complete giving up your entire weekend. That is why you're paid well for it. For this to work, weekday shifts obviously need to…

If this post gets 1 updoot: I will cry on my way into work tomorrow.