Antiwork

Close to where I live is the Tesla Gigafactory in Germany. Now I obviously have never seen the one in the USA in Person, but I've heard they tend to really overwork their workers. Decent pay, but shit conditions essentially. Now looking at the one in Germany, they are offering above average pay (for Germany), 30 days vacation a year (kinda standard really also paid obv.), 40 hour work week (German laws don't allow for overtime that isnt replaced with comp time outside of very specific circumstances) and due to how Unions here work every worker is automatically under the umbrella of IG-Metall union. They still make a profit doing this, else they would not have build that thing here. And they are paying more taxes here than in the USA. So never forget, it is absolutely possible for these companies to offer decent working conditions. They just trained the…

Here's the picture. I'm 26 now and have been working since I was 19. I've been a chef the whole time and long story short it's a fucking grueling, unforgiving job for many reasons and I've had enough. My motivation is all but gone and I even called in sick today because I just couldn't be bothered to go in. For years I had the perfect work ethic. I was always first in and last to leave and would often work all day without a break, however my view on work and life has changed dramatically and I want to take a decent chunk of time away from the grind of work life. I earn £28,000 before tax, have about £15k in savings and a flat which costs me about £800 a month which I can leave in July at the earliest. I love my flat but I know living…

Thoughts or stories on companies deliberately delaying hiring employees that have passed the hiring process, wasting their time to get an upper hand in negotiations or to look for better candidates with cheaper compensation.