Antiwork

They installed cameras at my restaurant. They told everyone it was because we were having problems with homeless people sleeping on the patio at night. Also, some of our patio chairs and tables have disappeared. However, none of the cameras are installed overlooking seating areas. There are about 12 cameras and they're exclusively aimed at employee activities in places customers aren't allowed. We found this out because a customer grabbed one of the servers (sexual assault). They did kick the guy out. But, of course, we also went to the manager on duty to see if it was on camera in order to have a picture of his identity to ban/prosecute. Nope. The cameras facing the public areas are fake! The cameras that watch employees are real. They don't care what customers do, or if the public steals from us or hurts us. They're to see if we're sitting down,…

If your workplace has decided to go on strike and is doing a mass walkout, stand with your fellow workers. This is a reminder, however, that walking out of work to strike may not be the most effective thing you can do to create change. Striking in place can be much more effective and it will allow you to control the means of production. To strike in place, you still show up to work, but then you work as slowly as possible, or even do no work at all. Do any work processes, repairs, or maintenance to the absolute letter of the instructions, forgetting all efficiency and common sense. If the book says that someone must do a complete clean and sanitizing of an area every 30 minutes and it's not safe to have customers there while it's happening, then do that. If a machine should be thoroughly inspected before…

I’m at a point where most jobs make me miserable and I feel stuck. I’m leaving my current job (in education so next couple months would be off anyways) and every job I look into makes me cringe. I am just tired of dedicating my life to a job just to survive and not actually experience my own life. And the jobs I actually want to do (makeup artist and graphic designer) feel like they take so long to establish on my own they feel ages away. Plus wanting to move out on my own makes it even more difficult because I live in a touristic area so rent is ridiculous here. I just hate having these monetary expectations just for being born a human on earth. My current job isn’t even that hard, I don’t do much all day but I still get so depressed being here I can’t…

That's what my partner's boss said to him when he asked for a well deserved raise. He's been working with a small company as an electrician for almost a year. They have had him train other employees, oversee projects, manage materials, all these above his paygrade of… $18 an hour. He is supposed to be a full time employee, they send him home early it seems to ensure he doesn't get his full 40hrs. All Americans know its getting harder and harder to get buy. We have two children, which makes it even more difficult. Of course the owner of this small company knows all of this. But when my partner came in today to ask for a raise he turned him down and instead suggested my partner pick up some “side work”. I thought working full time was supposed to be all we needed to support ourselves? Isn't that…

I believe I am about to get another job offer in the next couple days. I have 17 days of PTO (vacation time) saved up and my job states and PTO is not paid out upon termination. I’m not sure the best way to handle this, but wanted to run my idea by everyone and see if it’s a good option. I was thinking instead of putting my two weeks notice I put an extra 17 days notice in. Then request the the last 17 days off so I’d still give notice and be able to get paid for my pto. Not sure if I should put in the the request prior to giving the notice or not. If I do it before that might raise a flag and not get approved, if I do it after then it could be denied all together. Any advice would be appreciated.