Antiwork

2000-2020: -Companies merged into mega corps & eliminated good jobs -Millennials could only find retail jobs for $10/hour part time -This kept inflation low because companies didn't give raises. They just easily replaced people. -Millennials couldn't afford kids. Birth rate keeps dropping 2021+: -Some Baby Boomers retire & low births = not enough replacements. -This drives wages up. -Because no one gave a s*** about mergers the mega corps charge whatever they want. No competition. -Because of dropping birth rates there aren't enough workers to support Social Security. -People cite government handouts for labor shortages and do not realize how bad it'll get if people do not have more kids & baby Boomers keep retiring.

The job posting was no surprise, but boy that salary was. Im currently working a relatively high stress office job in administration/accounting. I recently got a promotion which I was beyond excited about, full time accounting! I hate administration so it felt like a massive weight was about to be lifted. I currently make 31k a year (not including bonuses) working full time. It's not sustainable and even in a dual income house my partner and I struggle to get by (Canada). I've been with this company for 5 years now and I'm constantly being told I'm an assent and how they don't know what they would do without me. The job posting for my current position… 34k-37k a year. Well that feels fantastic. When I confronted my boss: “well you would be bumped into that range based on cost of living this year” I've slaved away for 5 years…

I came to the realization today that my boss is a salesman. I feel crushed. I always thought for years my boss genuinely cared about me and he was almost like a father figure to me. But I realized today that he is only about saving his own ass at work and truly does not care about me. When I approach the topic of hiring an extra person to help out because I am overworked and doing the job of three people he said that he would not even considering asking upper management for this. He said he does multiple different jobs even though I do probably double the amount of work he does and that he is managing quite well. I have stayed late, come in early, resended vacation days, and worked sick all because I wanted his approval. He has made me feel guilty I now realize for…

I’m a surgical tech. That’s the person who sets up the room for surgery, and assists the surgeon during the case. I started a new job after moving in January. This is my horror story. It’s a long one. First off, why they should be shut down. -They made us take dirty instruments through the “sterile” supply room to get to decontamination. There was regularly blood on the floors. -The ORs weren’t cleaned with an approved disinfectant, and frequently tissue and trash was left that I had to clean before the next case. -The door to one of the ORs had been hanging crooked and couldn’t close for a month, which prevents maintaining positive pressure. We had cases in that room almost every day. -There was rust and paint chips on the lights that hang directly above the patient, the beds, and other equipment. -They couldn’t maintain proper heat and…

I've seen people sharing stories about bosses expecting employees to pick up the cheque recently. Here's mine. The store owner decided to have the Christmas party at a local restaurant – buffet, one free drink, raffled prizes (that turned out to have been returned items with too much packaging damage to be reshelved…here we go). At the end of the night, I was talking to my department manager when the restaurant owner asked him who would be settling the bill (for the whole party). The owner had left an hour ago, and we'd all assumed he'd already paid. It took nearly an hour to get him on the phone, and he was annoyed that we'd bothered him. He didn't want to drive back, so could one of the managers just cover the tab and he'd pay them back (knowing him, that would never happen, at least not fully). My manager…