Antiwork

right, so why do all the managers act like they have a stick up their ass at all times? managers holding each other's backs if you try to deliver any critique? why do managers play favorites and certain underlings are treated better than others? ​ why is worklife so fucking fake and disgusting? why are adults like this? i'm starting to believe this isn't just capitalism – people are just fucking assholes.

I work my ass off, physically. I work at a warehouse here in Phoenix where I work 9 hours non stop where there aren’t any AC in the building. I make $17 an hour and 50% of my check goes to rent and I live with my gf, I’m so under paid and over worked I think I’d rather move to California and live in the streets near the beach somewhere be homeless, this shit isn’t worth it. I get paid tomorrow and 90% of my check is going to the IRS and I haven’t eaten since Monday because my last check was wiped out from rent and other bills. Sometimes I just wanna let someone run my ass over with a moving forklift.

One of the biggest things I see with shitty places is how they treat their janitors or other “help”. I've been in multi-million dollar companies where people leave piss all over the toilets, government offices where the kitchen has to be continuously deep cleaned because of bad habits, and even seen our lowest paid people feel “above” the cleaning crew. What are your bathrooms and kitchens like? Have you ever been in a company where people kept things clean on their own?

I had been working at a local plumbing company for a little over 3 years (felt like 20). Made it through multiple rounds of layoffs which resulted each time in fewer and fewer positions until it was just myself running the office. I had more or less been desensitized to this but what really disturbed me was when the pandemic hit , the owner decided to 1099 all the plumbers. Nothing changed; they had to wear the uniform, work when we told them to, and how we told them to. What little benefits they had were stripped and most did not even understand exactly how much money they were making due to the complexities of the pay structure and unknown future taxes to be paid. They had to pay the owner for use of the company vehicle which was not optional. They had to pay for their own materials to…

I hate that in order to make more money you basically have to sell your life away and deal with exorbitant amounts of stress. I didn’t realize this when I was younger so I thought I would just move up, deal with a little more stress, and still be able to work 9-5. Seeing how many hours my bosses and most of these people work and how much stress they deal with I’ve deliberately decided in the past few years to stay at a lower level because despite making less money and dealing with shitty management I still know I can clock in and clock out and come home to a life instead of being a slave to my job and emails 24/7. It sucks though because it seems like there’s also almost never any good management at this level in my experience so you’re basically micromanaged to a tee…

It doesn't seem like anything is changing anytime soon so at the least just give us a peaceful way to opt out. We didn't choose to be subjected to this anyway. I can't do 40+ years of this.

I just recently had my performance review where I work. I've been there 1 year. I just finished a zoom meeting with my boss where I was told that based on the budget he can offer me a $2000 raise (comes out to $21/hr). Then I was offered the chance to work more overtime… The only thing this job has going for it is that it doesn't make me want to un-alive myself when I'm there because everyone I work with is fucking awesome… Mostly. However happiness doesn't pay bills.