My life was a many decades long attempt to escape the hamster wheel of a society that views people primarily as human capital. Looking back, I can say that it was worth it. With my book 'The Art of Being Useless' would like to share my experiences. This edition is a translation of the original German edition (Wie Ich lernte das Nutzlose zu lieben). Click here for the book
I worked 31 days as a cart pusher for a store and they did not pay me a single dollar the whole time I spent there. So I am naturally concerned of getting buttfucked again by a big corporation. I work a new job now, and after thinking about my pay checks I had a weird feeling I am missing some money and that my froggy bank should be fatter. I ran some math and my instincts were confirmed, I should have hundreds of dollars more than what I should. But can I get some second hand input on this before I go toe to toe with my store manager? Between May 12 ( start date of employment ) of 2022 and June 4 of 2022 ( today but not including today's shift hours ) I have worked 56.5 hours in total according to my time cards. Paid for my…
When I was younger I worked for a major corporation hotel chain and I loved it. I learned a lot and I was young, energetic and naive, well unfortunately I would pick up shifts that I didn’t really want to but did it anyways because I thought, “it’s extra money and overtime”. My main department was working at the intake department for produce, dairy, meat and dry-goods for the restaurants. I would help out other departments like banquets and other restaurants (serve, food run, bartend, etc). So my general shifts at my main department would be 6am-3pm with a 30min break. Since I would usually say yes to pickup a shift with maybe a 30min notice I was usually the person other department managers would ask first. Going to my memory. I was working my 6am-3pm shift and around 2:00ish, the manager at the bar asked if I wanted to…
You are hired to make them money. Money that comes from their customer base. Record profits? That’s a record amount of money taken from their customers who weirdly enough, aren’t getting record rises in disposable income.
We encourage Starbucks employees to unionize. But at the same time, we are buying their products and putting more money into those fat corporate pockets.
