Antiwork

does anyone have that meme where a little boy is sat on his grandads lap and his grandad asks what he wants to be when he grows up n he says something to the effect of I do not dream of labour ? CANT FIND IT and want to send it to someone at my work THANX

I’m as proletariat as the next guy, and don’t want to invalidate people sharing their shitty employer experiences; but shouldn’t this sub be used more as a hub for resources on uplifting the working class? Or organizing town hall meetings with city officials? Or anything else more direct? I’m all for outting abusive employers and the need to vent, but there should be some form of agenda besides the screenshots. Also please correct me if I’m wrong too

TLDR at the bottom. For a little over the last year and a half, I’ve been working as a copywriter for a digital marketing agency. They have about 50 clients, 30 staff in Florida, and about 70 staff working remotely from a few states as well as places like Mexico and the Philippines (so they can be paid less). Oh, and I should probably mention that I was their ONLY copywriter for all these clients and, after three raises bumping me up a considerable amount from my starting pay, was barely making $45k. I will say though that I really enjoyed the creative work and made friends with everyone I worked with, and genuinely saw myself there for the foreseeable future. But then, this week, my CEO (completely out of the blue) hands everyone in the company within the US a Non-Compete Agreement, stating that if we leave the company,…

This happened years ago but really speaks to the mind set in the USA I worked at a call center making 12 dollars an hour though with shockingly good health insurance for that type of job. I got a phone interview for another job that went as follows Recruiter: This is a 6 month contract to hire job with starting pay of 9$ an hours and benefits after three months me: I already make 12 dollars an hour, already have benefits, and am already full time them: well we have great opportunity for advancement me: are you willing to put anything in writing that guarantees me something Them: what? me: repeats request them: no … me: I don't think I'm interested I already make more money Them: its not all about the money Me: No offense but this is latterly an arrangement for my time and skills in exchange for…