Antiwork

So I worked at a small healthcare staffing company. I would’ve been there for 2 years in August. Two of my good friends started in March/April as my previous coworker quit and I referred my friends since I didn’t want to sit in the small office with another stranger or two again. We will call one E and the other M. They both got the jobs and everything was awesome, I enjoyed going to work and it didn’t feel like it was such a huge bother in my life anymore. I’m getting married this year and so are two of my best friends, so me and E have a few dates we need off at the same time for more bachelorette and wedding duties. M is a single mom of two so she had dates in the future for appointments and school stuff with them she’d need to have off.…

Last Thursday I went to interview for a place here in Los Angeles and was told by their hiring manager that not only would I be hired but I was also being assigned to a higher position due to my resume and experience. I was elated. The manager showed me around and introduced me to a few people and then said “Looking forward to working with you. You will receive an email this weekend about orientation”. Come Monday, no email. So I respond to a previous email just asking if any orientation dates were selected. No response. Still here on Thursday, no response. I send a second email this morning again asking about orientation dates and letting them know I’m available to start asap. Crickets. Now at this point I feel like I’m going to have to start my job hunt again, and reach out to the interviews I declined…

Inflation is caused by to much money supply which in turn is taxes being too low relative to the amount of money created by the government. By burning money we reduce money supply. I mean 'burning' figuratively. What we really need to do is tax there rich, I suggested an inheritance tax earlier but that was unpopular. This is modern monetary theory. Government creates money and then increases taxes if inflation is too high. Rather than the other way around.

I get information about my old workplace every once in a while. The (Millennial) CEO there is annoyed about WFH employees not returning. He likes to walk around the offices taking calls on his earbuds and watch the action. Of course, the only action is on the manufacturing floor now. It also doesn't help that a bunch of people got COVID in the office recently. Something else struck me about the desire to get employees back into the office. That company has been hemorrhaging staff, mostly in WFH positions. I'm kind of essential and have to be in the building most of the time anyway. What made me feel bad about leaving the old job is not seeing my work friends anymore. If I was WFH, I can see how replacing one group of Zoom boxes for another wouldn't have as much of an impact. Lots of comments here say…

What if everyone who was paid less than a living wage all organized, picked a date, and decided to call in sick or just no show to work on that day. I wonder what would happen. The simple yet enormous fact is that the system will not change unless we force it to.