Antiwork

Strike now and take the chance at homelessness/hunger, or keep working this way and certainly meet that fate. Why are we waiting?

I've been living paycheck to paycheck since I left my mom's house when I was 18. Recently I had a conversation with a friend on what would I do if I won the lottery and I'd told him that I'd open a homeless shelter and create a place where people could make a family. The. He said something that really got me thinking “Thats a nice thought but there are so many hoops you'd have to jump not to mention all the taxes that would be taken from your cut and the land you'd buy would be taxed even higher.” And I realized. Money's not the issue it's the whole fucking system. I could be rich tomorrow and I'd still be just as miserable, not to mention that I would live in constant guilt of having money while others don't. Growing up poor really gave me a perspective of the…

I dont understand yalls awful work ethic. Lazy SOBs i swear.

I am not sure if this is the correct sub to post this in, but I’ve seen similar posts and questions so here it goes. If this shouldn’t be posted here, please let me know. Also, this will be quite long. TLDR at the bottom. Some backstory: I am a scrum master. I basically help engineering teams manage their tasks, remove impediments (blockers), run agile meetings such as sprint planning, sprint retrospectives, etc. The team has a Product Owner who is more customer/stakeholder facing. They speak to the customers/stakeholders and figure out what they want and then bring that info to the dev team, which has a Scrum Master and devs/engineers, so that we can break down those tasks into working tasks for a 3 week sprint. That’s the PO role in a nutshell. I recently got hired onto a company that needed a scrum master to teach their teams…

Last year, ZipRecruiter went public. If you are unaware of how HR technology and algorithms unfairly impact the labor market, I HIGHLY recommend skimming through the company’s registration statement. Good stuff starts on page 9. Here’s a sneaky peeky… “Unique Data and Artificial Intelligence Provide Better Outcomes for Employers and Job Seekers. With a relevant data pipeline created from billions of interactions between job seekers and employers, we are uniquely positioned to harness that data to fuel the advanced artificial intelligence behind our matching, recommendation and marketplace optimization capabilities. Through our deep learning-based natural language processing, we understand job seekers’ and employers’ nuanced needs. We model and analyze clicks, applications, hiring signals, and numerous other interactions to improve outcomes for all participants in our marketplace. Our advanced technology stack processes the data generated by our highly engaged user base to continuously improve our matchmaking. Our climbing satisfaction metrics on both…