Antiwork

I've worked in corporate America for 15 years and retail America for 10 before that. I'd like to think I'm good at what I do; however, the pay was never enough and until I ran across you guys it never occurred to me that I could advocate for myself: I always thought I took what I was given and hoped for more at review time. Thanks to your inspiration I successfully negotiated a 25% pay raise and a permanent ADA accommodation to work from home. Thank you for educating me. I will continue to advocate and educate on behalf of my coworkers, children, and you.

Have you ever turned down extra shifts and then feel bad about it because your boss had to take those shifts he wanted to dump on you? Have you ever wanted to quit a toxic work environment but are hesitant to quit because of how negatively it could impact the work-life balance of your fellow co-workers and boss? Have you ever felt guilty of taking time off because your work load will be left up to your co-workers to pick up the slack? If you had said yes to any of these then you may have “Work-Empath Syndrome” Work-Empath Syndrome is when you hold an emotional attachment to your workplace or feel empathetic towards the struggles of your superiors and/or Co-workers due to you quitting or taking time away from work. ​ At least that's how I would like to coin it, cause sometimes I see or hear stories of…

To set the scene a bit, I work for a company that I have enjoyed for the most part. I like the way the hierarchy is set up, my superior has been great to work with, and I have very little oversight. I don't, however, enjoy the time I have to spend on-site and I largely don't like the customers that I have to work with. I was recently offered a position with another company with better pay, more enjoyable hours, good benefits, and (the cherry on top) is 100% remote. I informed my current company of the offer and gave my 2 weeks. I emphasized that the main reason I was moving was due to the hours and having the ability to work remotely. They have just informed me they want to counter. I don't know how I feel about this. On the one hand, it feels pretty awesome…

This didn't happen recently. This was at my previous workplace. However I just learned about the outcome of it yesterday, after I had lunch with my former boss. This story takes place 4 years ago. I worked for a company that is a large telecommunications company, and the majority of the leadership in my division (technical stuff, like networking, IT, etc) were all people who were promoted from within the company. It was rare for anyone to be in a leadership position from outside the company. My boss was a really great guy, and always supported a healthy workplace, and upheld the standards of a proper work/life balance. Our HR team was also great in this regard. His boss left the company at one point, and was replaced by someone who was hired from outside the company. He was a hard-nosed asshole that had lots of ideas about ways to…

I’ve been at my place of work for about two years, have had several promotions and now currently the AGM of my retail store. My question for everyone is how do you get over the feeling of dread going in? Every day I get a huge pit in my stomach before work. I love my job, while I’m working I’m always in a good mood and I get along with 99% of the people I work with but can’t ever seem to shake this feeling every time before work. Tell me I’m not alone here.

The only reason why the U.S has so many millionaires is because a couple centuries ago a lot of Europeans took natural resources from other jobs places(Africa, Middle East). So all these right wingers talking about land of opportunity isn’t accurate. Plus I don’t appreciate how right wingers use immigrants being successful to put down Americans who were born here.

Just because you can teach almost any able-bodied person to do it, that doesn’t make it a skill-less job. Just because you could train almost any person you point to how to do the job, that doesn’t make the position unimportant or unnecessary. Furthermore, the definition of “unskilled labor” is sloppy at best, and sadistically ableist at worst. Driving a car is not unskilled labor — you literally have to pass a driving test in order to reserve the privilege to drive in the first place. Cooking food is not unskilled labor — you have to learn the ins and outs of food handling, promoting a sanitary work environment, and committing to memory the preparation of food to someone else’s (the business’s) standards. Waiting tables is not unskilled labor — you have to be able to listen, write, communicate, and balance trays of plates, all while being personable and charismatic.…