Antiwork

As much as people love to crap on working for big corporations, they have their shit together in a lot of ways due to having more resources. Today was a really slow day at the office. I finished all my work early and was panicking – Should I be doing something else? Am I slacking? My boss said sometimes it gets slow, I could take it easy until I get my project notes back. I felt like it was a test after working for so many companies with that “If you have time to lean, you have time to clean” mentality. You have no idea how many times I'd be working at a small office job with nothing to do and they'd hand me a broom and tell me to sweep or have me re-arrange boxes in the storage area. I've also never worked for a company that was doing…

Just in my car at the clinic thinking about why work doesn’t end when school ends – wouldn’t it make sense for parents to be able to pick up their kids or drive them home from (insert sport here) practice so they have some downtime in between getting out and picking up their kids? Is there some secret origin to the 9-5 that’s not well-known?

I bought a new range at Best Buy and the sales guy, younger gentleman, was super helpful and helped me get a discount. I figured I'd pass some of the savings to him with a $20 tip, but when I went to hand it to him, he said they are not allowed to accept tips and that the “cameras are watching”. Not only that, but I'm told he will make no commission on the sale either. What a bunch of crap!! I feel like going back and giving him the tip in the parking lot.

I was just offered a position with the IT department of my state's Supreme Court. This will help me when I obtain my degree is Psychology with a minor in Criminology. This position is hybrid, three in-office and two at home. I'm making $12k more than I was a month ago. I said no more to being unhappy. Thanks to r/antiwork, I was able to see my worth and do my part. Thanks, everyone.

I am the store manger of a food business that was hit really hard by COVID-19. Losing 90% of revenue overnight bad. The owners decided to shut the business for many, many months and then re-open it. I was given a very small crew to build it up from the ground and It's slowly getting better but we're miles away from hitting profit levels. Things were really quiet for months but I started to get overwhelmed by e-mails, phone calls, customer service, ordering, stocking etc. I used to have an assistant manger but that's not possible due to low revenue. I told the owners over a month ago I was overwhelmed and I need help. I was doing more and more hours just to keep the place running. I was already doing enough hours. When I told them one of them threw their eyes up in the air and the…

Basically the title. Ever since covid happened things have changed. We woke up and realized how sore our assholes are after being constantly fucked our entire lives. We realize now that we are nothing more than cogs in a machine, a dying breed. A class being phased out. At this point, I have relinquished the notion that I'm going to have a good life, rich people and the older generation has ruined it for all of us, big companies are constantly fucking us and not even hiding it anymore. People are starting to get fed up, I know I am. If I can't enjoy the life I visioned for myself because of other people, I will martyr myself to take the people down who took away my future. We gotta figure out a plan.