Antiwork

Found this on Quora. I don't know if it is true or not, but I've always wondered what happens if you build up bills after you die. https://preview.redd.it/wom7u75gs6t81.jpg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0c565c809969096707500ae08eacd401fa795032

One of the first things I was told starting a retail job was to look into joining a union by a colleague. I'm still not entirely sure what they are or anything about them really yet I hear about them. I find it also confusing because I've heard people say if you haven't worked long they can drop you or something so there's pros and cons to a union? Can anyone help me understand it.

WFH for a MAJOR corporation for over 2 years due to pandemic. asked for a mouse & was told to “just buy one like we all did”. Saved the email. Later contacted by Law firm who is suing the employer for not paying full wages during pandemic (lowered our salary twice during the pandemic) but made us work more hours (yes, for less money). I sent the law firm the email and my receipt for the mouse. Now they're getting hit with not compensating over 5000 employees for office supplies.

I was a college professor for 20 years—even tenured, full professor at the end of my teaching career. The unjust nature of adjunct teaching is well known, well documented, and worthy of its own post. But that’s not the story I’m telling today: Several years ago there was a bill before the state legislature to change the definition of an “exempt” employee. The proposed law said that if an employee made less than $50,000 per year, they could not be considered exempt and had to be fairly compensated for their hours and any overtime they worked. The problem was, my small, liberal arts school had built its athletic dept on the backs of people making $16-18,000 a year (euphemistically called a “stipend”). These individuals were required to recruit, train, and coach. At times their weeks would approach 80-100 hours, and if their teams lost they’d be fired. They did it…

I work for an organization that requires a minimum of 2 hours of over time/week for every employee in my section. We also have the option to voluntarily pick up an additional 36 hours of OT per pay period. Well apparently a handful of individuals have been abusing the OT system. They would clock in for their OT but only do 2-4 “actions” per hour (in this sense 'actions' are reaching out to clients per assignment, scheduling appts, delivering vital info to appropriate parties). Rather than directly dealing with the small handful of jagoffs abusing the system, the organization decided to set a new performance standard to pass annual evaluations. So they set the new standards at 12 “actions”/hr – successful, 14 “actions”/hr – Fully Successful, 16 “actions”/hr – Exceeds Expectations. They decided to apply this both to the OT hours and regular working hours. Well, you can imagine how…

It's supposed to be simple. You choose a career stay with it your entire life, find a girl or a guy, meet some friends, make a family and live a fulfilling life. Everyone I ever known has been able to do this. Yet, I have not been able to decide on anything. About me: I chose a computer science degree and dropped out. It ended up being too difficult. I tried majoring in Biology, didn't get the GPA to get into nursing school. I realized later on that nursing was really never for me to begin with. It's not what I wanted. Personality type: adventurer, outgoing, sociable, honest and blunt, empathetic, etc Does anyone else feel this way? I'm fearful I will be stuck in customer service jobs for the rest of my life.

I can't keep a job to save my fucking life My life is pathetic, I'm broke, my anxiety paralyzes me and my depression exhausts me My friends are buying houses and getting married and I am not even a fucking adult I'm 27 and basically a child. I live at home and am a total loser When my parents are dead I'm fucked, I'll be homeless and starve to death because I'm not built to work to live My brain literally does not function in a way compatible with working 5 days a week doing some completely pointless bullshit. I can't see past the bullshit, nothing matters to me because this world is a fucking joke and everyone is a selfish piece of shit I just want to be left alone for the rest of my life