Antiwork

I just woke up and thought “I can't fight traffic, stay in the office for 8 hours and work” Called in sick. Wasn't even afraid if they were to say they would fire me if I didn't come in. Of course my boss just said ok. I hate this life. This American capitalist system

This is from a local gas station owned by a grocery chain. The grocery chain has closed several of the unionized grocery stores. I asked the cashier about the sign, and asked if they were unionized. The gas stations are not unionized. She assured me it was because “nobody wants to work”, and that “the pay is good”. I looked up this job online and the wages start at $7/hr. You have to supply personal information to get past that stage of guessing the actual salary. I looked into that on some wage comparison sites and it appears the job starts around $10/hr, and was rated 3 out of 5 stars for employee satisfaction (regarding wages) The Walmart across the street is hiring at $17.50 an hour. https://preview.redd.it/803pmtfkpf091.jpg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bfee800b581f2531a986fe0b2f9381acec9f5e0a

Started at an NYC tech start up years ago. I am one of the first 25 employees. When I started I was told there would be amazing opportunities for me in the future if I just worked hard and was a team player. My first year, I regularly worked 12 hour days as an operations manager. Did almost every role from account management, customer service to supply chain logistics management. Literally did the labor that enabled the business to function, without my long hours the business would have failed. I gained 50lbs because I didn’t have time to cook or go to the gym. Also have intense bouts of depression that have me on my ass for months. This was my first corporate job and I have a shit ton of debt so I powered through it thinking things would get better. 3 years later, after I given everything to…

If you were to watch the movie or had seen the movie aside from the memes; Is it possible for you to identify your problems at work and/or Identify with the characters in the movie?