Antiwork

Been stuck without work since December, been trying and trying to find one but everyone is starting people off on contracts, I guess it makes sense since they're trying to keep everything in their favor given “the great resignation”. Seems like corporate America is fighting back against people trying to just get a better life. Contracts only work to support the employer and can sometimes even be predatory. Keep an eye out and always ask the terms

6 years ago I was really excited to work for a new company. I had no problem quitting jobs I wasn’t feeling and getting into new ones. Long story short, I’m still there. In the same position. I have been looking for new jobs for almost a year. And I’m burning out completely. My resume looks bad because I have only had one position. I wish I didn’t have to work. I’m feeling so hopeless

This is not my story but I am posting it for someone with their enthusiastic consent. A friend of mine started what she thought was a full time serving job at a pretty mediocre diner chain. When she started they handed her a thick handbook to read in a sitting and sign. She scanned some of the contents and just signed as she knew it would be incredibly difficult, if not impossible, task. The manager made a comment about how it was fast so my friend explained she had a severe reading disability and wouldn't be able to read and process it. They would get a free meal on shift but could only bring it home if they paid for the styrofoam box. She was bringing the second half of the meal home since she had very little money to eat for the week. The manager yelled at her that…

I work for 16 an hour in Canada from home (which is the only good thing about this iob). It is incredibly stressful as fuck. I am on the phones all day with homeowners, contractors and building departments. We are a 3rd party and my department that is incredibly short staffed, gets shit on so hard. I'm getting screamed at by homeowners, and contractors are so insanely difficult to deal with it's actually insane how some of them are in business. Like I said, we've been short staffed. I started 9 months ago and the department had 8-9 people answering the phones for a whole province. Now there is 3. There's one girl, Jane, who hasn't had to pick up or make a single phone call since December due to “temporary deafness”, I don't know. She's just randomly deaf, and is getting paid the exact same as me for the…

Been at this job five weeks and no paycheck. When I brought it up to someone’s attention it was just “owner has to fix it”. Sooo. If I’m not getting paid that means I just don’t have to show up right?

First off, this isn’t me but a friend that had this happen to her. She works at a bank in the west and is accused of stealing money ($20). The thing is she didn’t steal it and they can’t prove she did (the security cameras are inconclusive). However, the customer that is accusing her of stealing money is adamant that she did and has made multiple fusses about it. So her work has taken the side of the accuser and is tanking her compliance (from “exceeds expectations” to “does not meet expectations”)which means she will not get her quarterly or end of year raises. What can she do to fight this or is she SOL?

Forgive me if this post isn't a traditional anti work post but this is the target audience that I am most interested in hearing from. Are you worried about automation in your field? To what degree to you think automation will impact the work you currently do? Do you think the job you have now will continue to exist in one form or another, or will a machine/automated sequence eventually take it over? How do you see automation effecting the job market in the coming years? I work selling capitol equipment to manufacturing industries and am watching them embrace automation with a willingness that absolutely was not there 10 years ago. To be clear I'm not talking about large manufacturers like auto makers or Ikea I am talking about small regional companies that only do a few million a year in business that are investing heavily in automation. Edit: spelling

I've answered as both “white male” and “decline to answer” and received arbitrary rejections after spending time on interview code challenges. If I put a different answer and showed up for an interview, would the employer say “oh, we thought you were black”? If not, why do employers ask? Is there a hidden systemic racial diversity quota?

I quit my last job in January and I haven't gotten my tax info. Contacted my former manager and hr, finally got a response after a week and apparently I have to contact the corporate office. I did, qnd I got an automated email saying they will try to get to my case in 2-3 business days. Is this standard protocol? Nobody informed me beforehand that I would have to do that, and I haven't heard of this before.