Antiwork

This was years ago but I still feel guilty even though I probably shouldn't. I worked as an unpaid intern for about 6 months, I was helped find the job by someone hired by the mental hospital I lived in so I think that work place just exploited me like no tomorrow. I wasn't paid, not even for commute, I was left alone jn the store while they literally had a pizza party in the back, expected long hours despite the fact they knew I was mentally ill AND unpaid. It was the whole situation of “maybe I guess we'll hire you knew day” bullshit. Anyways I stole about 30 USD from the register and got caught the day after and fired after having an awkward talk with management. I was made to pay back the like 15 bucks (for some reason they never found out about the rest) and…

Thinking they were going to have a great benefits package and salary. WRONG. They’re Los Angeles’ most expensive grocery market, where organic berries cost $15/lb, and a yearly membership costs $200/year, so imagine my disappointment when they told me that they would start me off at $17/hr, even though I have 6 years of management experience. I was crushed. That’s significantly lower than what I make now. But they stressed tips being great. Why should we have to rely on tips to survive when this market doesn’t pay their employees enough to actually afford shopping there. Needless to say, I turned down the offer.

https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/news/2022/03/canadas-poverty-rate-decreased-significantly-in-2020-federal-emergency-and-recovery-benefits-mitigated-the-pandemics-economic-impact.html The poverty rate decreased in Canada during a global pandemic. They gave $2,000 a month to people who couldn't work because of covid. It's not a lot but it was better than what minimum wages were getting. Pretty good argument for universal basic income…

Just generated my resignation and let HR know. I’m leaving the rat race and taking some time off. I was on a good project for a year then had to roll off. HR said find a new project or get an unpleasant call next time. So I interviewed internally and found new work long term. Boss says that’s not an option and proceeds to place me on short term high stress projects that works weekends. I initially was going to suck it up and push through but life is too short. I tried for two weeks and realized that was my worst two weeks in a long time. I’m not giving two weeks notice and it feels great. Heck I might not even open my laptop again to read the boss’ response.