Antiwork

I’ve seen it time and time again where people get called outside of work with questions pertaining to the job and will be kept on the phone for a while. People please understand it’s technically illegal of your employer to do this, even tho using our cellphones is a 2nd nature to us, it’s still technically working and they need to pay you for it. I had a job where this one manager would tell us if we didn’t know how to do something to call our coworkers to help walk us through whatever we needed. One complaint to HR got that crap shut down instantly with a nice, juicy scolding from the district manager to our manager for being so lazy. Now if an employee needs to be asked something off the clock they don’t answer anymore but if they feel like it just to help out the manager…

We just temp-for-hired a guy at the same rate as a 30yr tenured employee. How does that make sense? Other then exploitation. What'd'yall think of a wage reset? Groceries are up, gas is up, inflation is way up. If your company makes more than $10M / year: $20 base pay – that's the cost of living now days $1 per year of tenure – yeah, your raise outpaces inflation?! $2 for every degree / applicable training – collage isn't so flattering this way, is it?

Work, and working, sucks. It sucks hard. So much of it is meaningless. I used to be able to help veterans get federal benefits. Even though I'm still in exactly the same position, the process has changed so much that now it's nothing more than procedural bullshit. I am so detached from my work anymore it's ridiculous. I literally only work for the paycheck and for the benefits, and do my best to actively disengage my brain during the work day so I can minimize the emotional suffering of being a mindless cog in a machine that doesn't care whether I'm there or not. But that's not actually the point of this post. Tonight, I got to coach 3rd base for my son's T-ball game for the first time ever. If you've never seen kindergarten T-ball, you're really missing out on a great joy in life. The first thing you…

At this point in my life (35), I'm not certain I'd be considered a “Millennial”; but in any case I feel it better to acknowledge a few hard truths that actually seem to help delude myself into being able to enjoy life. By letting go of the following: The “American Dream” is and has been over. Gone are the not so long ago days when dad would shove off to work (insert any generic, menial task), mom stayed home and raised the family and Everything was more or less ok. Dad most likely was a high school grad, worked maybe as a store manager or shoe salesman and was inexplicably able to not only buy a house, but a car, support the entire household, maybe take a few vacations, SAVE for retirement, have a nest egg for emergency etc. Then right around 65, cash it all out and retire with…

I know this also makes me sound weak (which isn't untrue because I literally lack strength and resilience), but the fact that I already started off my adult life with maladaptive behaviour from traumatic events I couldn't control definitely makes me resent even more this pay-to-win grind that is being alive. And when you lose work because your casual contract of course means they are gonna opt for offering shifts to someone who is, y'know, competent and stable, those 8 hours get stretched out over weeks.