Antiwork

I just saw a former co-worker re-post this cliche from the page for Black Rifle Coffee on LinkedIn. I’m in the suck at work rn and it made me doubly realize I hate this shit. What if I don’t want to embrace the suck anymore? What if the suck is the result of poorly designed processes, knuckleheads with giant egos and crap technology we use because the firm is cheap? What if I’m no longer receptive to using military slogans in civilian jobs because civilian life is not the military and half the people who do this have never even served? Fuck the suck. How about Fix This Shit, instead?

There was once a businessman who was sitting by the beach in a small Brazilian village. As he sat, he saw a Brazilian fisherman rowing a small boat towards the shore having caught quite few big fish. The businessman was impressed and asked the fisherman, “How long does it take you to catch so many fish?” The fisherman replied, “Oh, just a short while.” “Then why don’t you stay longer at sea and catch even more?” The businessman was astonished. “This is enough to feed my whole family,” the fisherman said. The businessman then asked, “So, what do you do for the rest of the day?” The fisherman replied, “Well, I usually wake up early in the morning, go out to sea and catch a few fish, then go back and play with my kids. In the afternoon, I take a nap with my wife, and evening comes, I join…

The company fell on hard times and asked me not to invoice. To be a “team player”, I went along with it and helped get the company through the hard times. But I haven’t been paid in months after repeatedly being promised my check would be “coming soon”. I am starting to think I’ll never get paid unless I get nasty. I know the company has money to pay some, but not all, my bills at this moment. I wouldn’t have stayed with company so long if I knew I wouldn’t be paid by this point as promised. What are my options? Company is based in Ohio.