Antiwork

So today I had a final stage interview for a graduate tech position for a company and unfortunately I came 2nd to somebody else… I called up afterwards asking if there was anything I could do to change their mind and to thank them for the opportunity and I found out that the person that I lost to wasn’t a graduate, he had 2/3years of experience and applied for the same role.. Is it me or does that seem unfair? He’s not a graduate and this is supposed to be entry level so ofc I’m not going have the same experience as him or be able to be able to compete with that… Trying to keep my chin up but dam man this sucks… it’s like interview 70 and I’m sick of trying

So long as elections remain free, unions have the potential to be a catalyst for serious political change. Here's how it works: Unions organize enough that they can successfully run their own politicians for office, starting at the city and county levels. (Also, guys, start running for city and county offices. From there, move up to state positions.) Once union-backed candidates start winning seats, we're in real competition with the oligarchs. Oligarchs control politicians by making campaign donations. That money funds advertising that gets people elected. Unions already have an infrastructure for disseminating information. Large, well-organized unions can sway thousands of votes with a text message. Churches do this all the time. (If you're religious and pro-labor, consider going to seminary, getting ordained, and taking over a local church. The Bible is crazy left-wing when it comes to economic policy.) Large enough unions become the king-makers. It's no coincidence that…

They rotate the on-call staff so it's not the same people remaining on call every weekend, so pretty much 1 week out of the month it's a 5 day work week the other weeks a 4 day work week. Never had a job with an on call element before. Is 70 for the day oncall a good rate including the overtime you'd get if called in? Pay is 25 an hour starting.

I am planning on leaving my job at the end of summer as i have mentally checked out. My Boss pressured me into applying for an open position and is now pressuring me to do overtime. My days are already 4:30am -5pm. I am a union employee so OT cannot be forced. I have respectfully turned it down as being trained is pointless because i plan on resigning july/aug. He is noticeably upset with me and told me he will not stop asking. The promotion will automatically kick me out of the union and my boss can then force daily overtime on me until i resign. Interview is on Monday. How do i get out of this/turn it down. Didnt want to leave on a bad note but not at the expense of my sanity.

I absolutely HATE with a bloody fkin passion my job at Walmart. I always go into my job thinking “are they gonna fire me today?” considering the fact that they fired BOTH of my brothers for stupid reasons (1 of which happened April last year). I hate when my sanity gets tested by management because yeah I get more than $17 an hour at my job and I have health insurance because of it but idk how much more my head can take it. Worst part is that if I quit I have NO chance of finding a place for my fiancée and I to live at (she lives with her folks still and I same with mine). It's no fkin wonder why my work is short staffed badly. Management treats my co workers and i like they're superior instead of equals. There are times when I want to just…

When I was 17 and still at school I had a part time job in retail. The boss was dreadful but the rest of the staff were cool. There were four of us (boss/assistant manager, ft sales assistant and me part time.) The job however was really dull. It was a chain of camping and outdoors equipment shops I had had no interest in tents. We were rarely busy but the week before Christmas was typically 10x as busy as normal weeks (I didn’t know sleeping bags were a big Christmas gift) So it was clear for month that the boss didn’t like me. I was a cheeky/funny teenager who worked hard but had an attitude that could easily be seen as disrespectful (but not around customers) The last year Christmas Day fell on a Wednesday. The Saturday would be crazy busy but the Monday/Tuesday would be a rush as…

In the UK currently inflation is at 9% and expected to get worse yet our wages haven't been adjusted at all in potentially years. I'm lucky in the fact I live at home so I just make money and it piles up but I plan to move out soon and get into the real world and what the real world is telling me is that these wages are not suitable for surviving on. It's unacceptable nothing is being done about it and we can't simply stand by and just endure and suffer. Folks have families to look after. We're a small team working for a multi-billion dollar company. We're the lowest paid in the country and things are either going to change or they're going to lose tens of thousands of pounds per day when they no longer have the staff. If they aren't willing to invest in us as…

GM: You'd be good at it, plus it.means more money. Me: [more money] *sigh Fine.

TLDR: If the military gives people 30 days off, I'm pretty sure Walmart can too So I am new to reddit and found this subreddit and it really makes me not excited about my next job. I've been in the us military for 17 years, since I was 18. It is the only real job I have ever had (when I was younger I did summer jobs that just paid cash). And now that I am approaching retirement, 20 years, reading this page has me all stressed and shit. It boggles my mind that companies abuse their employees and (seemingly) just straight up enslave them to maximum work and minimum pay. For anyone that hasn't done military service, when you join the us military, at 17 or 18, after you complete your initial training you have 30 days of paid vacation. I was obviously jaded when I learned a long…

Apparently, there's an EMT and paramedic “shortage”. So some medic companies are onboarding people and actually paying them to become EMTs in about 2 months and then tying them into 2 year, full-time contracts at $15/hr (idk if pay raises within those 2 years are possible). I've considered becoming an EMT in the past, but the idea was dismissed rather quickly. But now I'm really on the fence because getting paid for the training seems like a decent deal. Then again, it's scary to think about being tied in for 2 years and hating it. Plus, EMTs are grossly underpaid. My question is, what do you guys/gals think of the opportunity? Would you take advantage?