Antiwork

Title says it all. About 8 months ago, I decided to quit my job and go into business for myself. I try and stick with the “nice” substances, it just make things better for everybody. I take in anywhere from 2-4k a month, but this past 2 I made over $10,000 for my first time ever! For anybody who hasn't picked up on it yet, I'm a full time drug dealer. But I did what I had to do to escape the corporate death trap, and I'm never going back. I answer to nobody but myself, and that's how I like it. I trade and barter for essentially everything I need. So yeah, ask me anything. And before you comment bashing my lifestyle choice, if you had the opportunity to make sitting at home playing video games and getting stoned would you? Because I'm telling you right now it's fun…

Interview 1: “Can you explain this two month gap in your resume?” “Yeah, I wanted to wind down for a bit and had some cash saved up.” “You just chose not to have a job?” “Pretty much.” Interview 2: “Says here you didn't work for… two months?” “Yep, needed to wind down.” “I get it. I took a year for myself the last time I left a job.” Guess which one I've been working with for the past four years. They're not perfect, but they respect my time and the pay's more than decent.

Boss and I had our review meeting today to discuss my yearly merit increase. He starts me off by trying to butter me up, telling me what a great job I've been doing this year, ect ect. I know I've been going a great job, they've been giving me projects to work on way out of my job description. On top of that, I've gotten multiple certifications in my field and had a great performance review. He then tells me that my raise PERCENTAGE was higher than anyone else's on my team, and I'd be getting a 3k raise annually. This felt like a complete slap in the face, especially knowing I accepted the job knowing it was lower than what I wanted to start at. I'm just at a loss for what to do. I feel like part of me wants to just leave because I'm so insulted by…

I’ve never quit the same day I put in my resignation – always was a good sport. Not with this company! Sent my manager an email that today is my last day, and that I will be logging off shortly. Didn’t include my backstabbing coworkers. Just shut down my computer and left. Sure feels good to be free!

Let’s say I make 100k/year (for simplicity’s purpose), my toxic boss finally agreed to add one more person to help me, I’d be overseeing this new hire’s work. So in a group chat I was asking the internal recruiter if we found new candidates, she said all the candidates that have the qualification we want ask for 160k/year or above. I bet my boss is not very happy the recruiter shared that information with me lol, considering I’m only getting paid 100k after working at the same company for 2 years and no raise. But thanks for the recruiter I now know my worth, and will be sure to use that info when I negotiate my salary with this other company that I’m interviewing with.

My brother-in-law worked for a Menards for 8 years as a middle manager and worked up to an AGM position. He's going to have a kid soon, his first child. They asked him if he could take only 3 days off. After that he had enough quit and had another job in 2 weeks with a good employer that might not pay as much but would give him plenty of time off. Just fuck Menards.

My intention isn’t to belittle any country! We could all do so much better including the UK. I’m just shocked by so many of the screenshots, emails and actions of employers.

(I'm not from the US.) It's always baffled me that exploitation in the US has been framed as a “right to work”. As if companies were doing you a favor by taking your labor and underpaying you. You almost have to tip your hat to whoever decided to frame exploitation in such a positive light.