Antiwork

Before we begin…. I'm in crisis and very emotional right now, and this just happened a few hours ago. I probly am missing a few details and everything is out of order and jumbled up. I just needed to get this off my chest. Thanks. I recently had a family crisis and it was all put on me suddenly. Ive had an enormous amount of pressure on me the past few years and I've been able to cope… Poorly but enough. Until I broke today. Let me give some background first actually. I work in a resturant that has been struggling to keep staff due to poor managment. But I've honestly never worked in a resturant that didn't have messed up corrupt management. So I assumed it's normal and acceptable. Of course I try as much as possible to leave shit at the door when I go into work. But…

When I get invited to an Interview i make sure to always be on time. In fact, I am always at least 5min early. Besides all the other “rules” that you should consider during interviews, like not asking for pay and shit like that, how is it possibile, that in the 10-20 interviews I made, NOT ONE OF THE INTERVIEWERS had the common courtesy to be on time. They are ALWAYS LATE. It ranges from 2-3 min, to 10-20, and immediately I'm thinking, how is it a dealbreaker when i ask for pay, but you assholes can't be bothered to lift your ass off of your seat 2 min early?? When it was already announced that I'm waiting? Fucking hell, its asenine to lay out so many rules for the applicants, and then behave like complete trolls yourselves.

Recently I saw a post of a guy jumping between two cars – from one shitty employer to the next – and the caption “having 7 different jobs a year”. This in turn means for the company that it has 7 people on the same role in a year. Because you can willy-nilly hire and fire. That's why you can also see signs with “you are all replaceable”- But what if you couldn't fire? German labour laws make it quite difficult for companies to fire people. You have a trial period (of 3 to 6 months) where it is easier, but afterwards you have the workers you have. And many seem to try to make the best out of it. In my local supermarket I have seen the same faces for years now and I asked, how long they worked there. 2 more than 15 years, one more than 25……

I interviewed with a company 2 and a half weeks ago. It went great, and the manager said he’ll hire me as long as the background check comes back and that it should take 3-7 days. So I called his office the following week and asked for an update and he says there isn’t any update and it’s still being processed but the offer is ready and he will have me come in when it’s complete for training. Another week goes by and I personally message him as I still haven’t heard anything and he tells me that he’s sorry for how long it’s taking but that it’s telling him its still being processed. That was 2 days ago. I am extremely anxious abut this because I have no idea why it would take so long. I have no record, I didn’t lie on my resume, and I have been…

Just saw this add on another subreddit – “I'll cut to the chase. Person left nursing school and the job, I'm looking for another one. Preferrably a guy who is tall and can lift 190 pounds, Able to lift, cook, drive, etc. Pay is 15 an hour. No credentials required. Message me if interested?”

I would consider myself pro union. The issue is I've only really been talking to people that are pro union. I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this, but my question is as follows. What are the downsides of unions and the arguements that people use against unions? I'm just seeking to be more informed.

The less I (physically/hard) work the more I get paid. For most my life I grew up just above the poverty line sometimes below it. As teenager I'd spend the summer helping my grandparents on their farm in the RGV. My junior and senior year I worked as a food runner and made tips plus minimum wage. I joined the military right out of high school and from there first learned how contractors doing the same job as me, sometimes less and for less hours, were making 3x what I was. I got out and got a position as a logistics coordinator for $20/hr in Austin. Not bad but still struggling. I applied for another position within the company overseas on a government contract with amazing benefits. 60k starting, HOLA/COLA, and hardship pay. I come in, do my 8hrs, can take lunch when I want usually an hour, if I…

So hear me out, some of you may remember when GameStop was heavily shorted, and the Subreddit 'wallstreetbets' all teamed up and bought the stock, causing the big boys to lose billions in a matter of hours… Now imagine, that antiwork as a collective, started unionizing, and collectively spreading word on all social platforms with a single hashtag, a future date in which EVERY working class citizen goes on strike, imagine the devastation it would cause… Just the mere sight of a heavily backed movement to strike globally would scare the Sh*t out of them 🤔