Antiwork

Apologies for a long post. Don't care about karma. Just want to get this out there. For those of you who aren't American, Waffle House is a Nationwide diner chain here in America, usually located off of American interstates, that is ALWAYS open. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. All holidays. No exceptions, except when deadly weather conditions are present. I used to do a lot of driving across the country for my old job, so I'd naturally stop and eat at a lot of different Waffle Houses for late night sustenance. Over the years, I have seen how a lot of these Waffle Houses operate, I've talked with a lot of employees, and I've heard a lot of depressing stories from them. After listening and seeing all this, I can confidently say that Waffle House's business model exploits the most vulnerable people they can find in order…

Pacifism, rather than being a tool of the reactionary, is the most revolutionary act. The next revolution must reject violence entirely and strive for greater. Lay down capital, it worsens all lives. Rich, poor, black, white. All affected by the same central fear, a nuclear anxiety which threatens our lives and we refuse to see the truth, that violence isn't the solution. We need a security for the old to live peacefully yet studiously and the young, retaining information, can work to better society until automation makes all lives beautiful, as beautiful as the richest man can experience with little to no effort needed. a true peace to last, a farming civilization caring for the young species on our planet. Our job isn't done yet.

I just quit my job of 5+ years in the financial tech industry. Money was very attractive, but you were expected to kill yourself working: days, nights, most Saturdays, frequent on-call, and painfully few company holidays and PTO. The expectation was you work like a dog, and work is above else. I burnt out, but I was easily the most experienced in my group. I agreed to give 4 week's notice as opposed to the two I had originally planned. As a result, I now have to work an on-call shift in my last 2 weeks, and have to jump through hoops to “train” my other peers on the stuff I did. I asked my boss if he was going to re-assign my on-call week as I have leaving and his response was “Uhhh, no. You still work here.” Fuck you, dude. I'll just turn off phone at night.

I am an MBA student and while I was doing my course, I didn't update my Linkedin profile yet. A headhunter reached out and I went through a few interviews to land a (fairly high level) job at one of the startups in the area. I told them that I still have school commitment and I would be spending 5-10 hours of work time at school every week but I would be able to make up for that by OT. Note that this offer was ~ 20% higher pay than my previous job. But to be honest, rarely anyone in startups cared about clocking in / out so I got away with that pretty easily. I wasnt contributing much because my first few months were onboarding, i.e: me trying to learn and understand the business. Last 2-3 weeks were crazy because I was juggling between schoolwork and work but also…

Just as the title says. Need off for an appointment on Thursday, told boss man no less than 3 times over a combo on text and email. Find out I’m scheduled a full shift for that day. Told him I won’t be coming. Still waiting for a response. At this point if my boss tries to pull a fast one on me like last time or tries to order me into work anyways, I’m ready to walk. Wish me luck! :))))

See title, because it's the same as bailing out the banks, which is the problem. Otherwise bank will just give out more loan and have the student ask for government to bail, and it repeats. If anything government should make bank outright cancels it (which isn't going to happen) or just make all the loan NO interest. ( more likely ) Using tax dollars not just make some people not want to support it (which is an issue), but also not tackle the actual issue ( stupid high rate and banks) Again, personal opinion.