Antiwork

I applied for a remote banking job back in 2021 and was given an offer letter but I had my application in at a few other places. I went with the more convenient option for me at the time and turned down the original company. After learning the job I took was toxic I reapplied to a new position at the remote banking job and got an offer again that was rescinded by HR emailing me that because I took back my original offer to start with the remote banking job, I am on the do not hire list due to failure to report. I’ve never stepped foot in the building, I took back my acceptance prior to my start date, and already received a new offer letter for a different position in a different department. How am I on the do not hire list for a company I’ve NEVER…

Need I add that my department was skipped over? I haven’t received a raise in years and was denied one around the same time, despite increased workload/responsibilities while in my current role. This is a small company that touts itself for its “family atmosphere”. They bring in millions each year, so solvency is not an issue.

If we are negotiating the best wages for our labor, then aren't companies and HR in general holding the workers back from fair negotiation, or more specifically they're colluding on wages because of their standardization of compensation across an industry? Isn't placing a knowable quantity and limitation on compensation based on experience, age, variety of factors, and then having access to information of how much that's worth to competitors a way to keep those wages similar across the board? Isn't that collusion? I think that having a minimum wage is a baseline. Having collective contracts is also a helpful marker, but for those who are opposed to collective organizing, do they not realize that the very concept of HR and its digital tentacles (ie. LinkedIn, GlassDoor, etc…) are the reason why our wages have been so persistently low for decades? The wages are not merely artificially suppressed. They are suppressed…

I am currently going through onboarding at a major tech company (one of the best workplaces to work). The trainer keeps referring to their employees as a family and how much they care about their employees. This page has taught me whenever a company says they’re a “family” it’s an immediate red flag. I can’t decide if people actually feel that way and they do care about their employees or if it’s all fake….thoughts?

That is all.

I cant seem to catch a break in life. I am pretty much rock bottom at this point. I have been working shitty low paying miserable jobs. No girlfriend littlefriends and I am still stuck at my parents house. I also have autism an clinical depression so its not really helping me. How can people work like this for the next 30 years?

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