Antiwork

I learned many years ago you can do that with a high school diploma, but I recently got a degree and noticed employers are not asking to see it even after an interview. Work sucks but if you must do it, I hope this helps you get the job

I don't know why this is even a debate. Imagine if your boss told you that they wouldn't be paying you enough to survive at the end of the workweek. That's essentially what they're saying every time they pay you less than the living wage in your state. But even if you don't give two shits about low-income workers, sub-living wages are bad for you too. The reason why the government will never get rid of welfare, food stamps, and similar support is because a significant portion of the population would be starving and homeless otherwise. Why are they so dependent? Because they aren't paid a living wage. Businesses figured out years ago that they could simply make the taxpayer subsidize the wages of their employees, like an even shittier version of tipping. Walmart, the nation's biggest employer, has mastered this scam. The company actually aids its employees in applying…

I've missed so much work lately. I've been calling out sick left and right to get out of having to be there. I have social anxiety and depression and I just can't bring myself to go to this job anymore. In the beginning everyone seemed nice. But over time, the professionalism faded and I noticed how gossipy and distrustful everyone is, and how they're cliquey. We're forced to sit in close proximity to one another every day and that just makes me even more uncomfortable. People are always lingering behind me and though I can't prove it, I feel like they're talking poorly about me etc. I'm afraid to quit on the spot because I feel like they may try to be vindictive or slander me, but I know at this point I'm probably getting fired soon anyway. I just can't bring myself to go in anymore. I have to…

So I’m 21 and I work as a courtesy clerk at one of many divisions of Kroger (I decline to say which brand for anonymity) and I work with these old guys who are in their 60s who seem to get on my ass for not working when I can’t find anything to do. I do have a tendency to sit around and text and browse Reddit during these moments but only if we are looking good on all counts, full of carts, everything clean, etc. Neither of these guys are my boss, and my boss has literally referred to being at work as “a waste of time” and he wasn’t kidding either. I don’t get paid enough for that shit to be constantly finding tasks to keep me busy. That’s my boss’s job. Am I being a dick and totally off base? You guys tell me.

Um??? Hell no. What the fuck is that? Who did I piss off? Lmao?! Insert vine guy “Is this allowed? What the fuck, is this allowed?”

At Valero Energy, it’s not about your skills but rather who you know. You could literally have a non-technical degree and become a refinery scheduler and go on to be a trader (met someone like this and he straight up said he got the job through connections). There is nepotism at every corner. Most of the interns got there through connections. Whether the CFO is your uncle, you have a family friend high up in HR, or your dad manages a refinery, most of the interns got there by knowing someone. The amount of sexism that was present was overwhelming. I felt like I was in the 1900s and I might as well be a secretary. Many of the female interns would complain about their partners stealing their ideas and presenting them as their own (happened to me too), or being cut off while talking. My male partner for the…