Antiwork

So Id never heard of this before my previous company, but the fact that others have even heard of it tells me this is an actual thing across the US workforce/industry/etc. Like so many other companies, this company distributes payroll every 2 weeks (every other friday). Therefore, the pay periods are of course, every 2 wks. So here's the breakdown. Of course, a 2 wk pay period consists of 10 business days. Generally it's expected that you work 8 hrs/day 5 days/wk for a total of 40 hrs/wk. Standard stuff. Now ppl at that company are given the choice of whether or not they wanna opt into this 9/80 schedule. So the 9/80 comes in as having those employees work NINE hours per day on Monday through Thursday. The first friday of the pay period is a standard 8 hour day. Now that you've spent 2 wks working four 9hr…

Our district is going to a new pay schedule. Unfortunately there is an extra month after this one ends and the new one begins. Their solution? Take 20% out of our paychecks until then to cover the extra month. Every time I asked any higher ups about it they all told me “it's the same amount of pay I the end” even though it's stretched over an extra month. I'll be devastated losing 20% without a months notice, I barely make a living wage as it is. This is what we get for working through the pandemic to take care of everyone's children so the whole country can work on our backs. Not hazard pay. A 20% pay cut. We constantly think they can't lower the bar any more but here we are.

Yesterday I received a firmly written text from my boss instructing me to “not discuss wages in the workplace, it is highly taboo and has made coworkers feel uncomfortable and to “not stir the pot.” Mind you it is a worker's right to discuss wages and further I was saying I was making more at this place compared to a competitor. Today they texted me saying they were really short staffed and wanted me to come in… Didn't even reply. S

So I filled out an application for Six Flags to see if I could just get a job there. WEll, I'm an hour away from them. That's not enough money to drive there. I told them where I live and they are like, “Oh ok, so then what about the warehouse or security?” I didn't know this was an option. Each times they've called them, I told them that $11/h is WAY too low for the average person. Even when I talked to one manager there he said that they won't likely hire for more than $11/h. Sorry, bur that's basically not a livable wage for me right now. Not where I live or how I live. I would love to work for Six Flags but they won't give me enough. These corporations make almost 4B a year and they have 29k employees and you're telling me that you can't…

“You know, plumbing is easy. I mean, what do you actually do? Go in and unclog drains and screw pipe together? Maybe run some pipe up a wall? It’s easy billy. That’s why your making 14 dollars an hour.” – the guy who has been making 3 times that for two decades doing the same thing Many plumbers would be pissed to see that. However, this hypothetical is common practice by management when dealing with IT related jobs. I currently troubleshoot and oversee network infrastructure and user management for a decent sized group of large and small businesses. Sounds fancy? Sounds important? It is. What do I make? A dollar more than an Amazon warehouse worker. “Well just go find a better paying company” is an easy cop out, but I’ve been in many different IT roles and this issue spanned all of them. For years I was told “listen…