Antiwork

I've been looking for a new job lately because my current job isn't paying me fairly. Oddly enough, they paid for me to get a valuable certification in my field, however. So the market has been good. At the moment, I haven't even applied to anything, recruiters are calling me. Cool, I'll take it. One staffing agency calls me for a good opportunity in my field. They ask my rate, we agree, and they set up the interview. It's a remote interview over Zoom. I get in, and I don't turn my camera on right away. When I get in, I realize nobody else has turned their camera on either, so I leave mine off. I'm more comfortable that way anyway. We exchange pleasantries. Them: Can you turn your camera on, please? Me: Sure. Turns camera on. Waits for them to reciprocate. They do not. Them: First question. Me: Turns…

One of the most common answers I've come across in this sub is “talk to a lawyer” and I 100% agree! My question is how do we reconcile needing professions (lawyers, doctors ect) to always be available to us with the concept of those professions working less and achieving a better work life balance. Thanks in advance!

I've worked my entire career in office jobs, “bullshit” jobs. It has paid decently but I feel useless and like doing nothing with life. I crave to work in jobs that are “real”, like building something or cooking or farming but alas those do not pay enough to support my family. Our economy is so backwards.

First off apologies if this does not belong here. So I’m currently interning at a small undisclosed hardware company and my internship is almost ending. My boss implied that she would like me to stay and become a full employee. She wants to pay me an hourly rate + commission of whatever I sell. The commission does not entice me as I do not care about the selling aspect of the job. I’ve had a talk with some of the employees and they are all getting paid WAY below minimum wage + commission, so that means that the boss is most likely going to pay me less than minimum wage too. Unfortunately I am in a position where I can not let this opportunity go (not in the US) because finding a new job would be too hard where I am. How do I approach the idea, to my boss,…