Antiwork

Recently I have had some tooth pain that's gotten so bad I had to take some time off work. Technically most of that time was apart of my already scheduled time off so I've only had to call in sick one day. My boss is aware of everything and has helped to make accommodations for me like a good boss should which I thought was nice. So I was finally able to get to my scheduled appointment at the dentist where they took x-rays but couldn't do anything right away so that meant I was going to need to take another day off totalling two whole days off of work. A lot, I know. Anyways, I told my boss I would need more time to get my tooth fixed before I could go back to work and she questioned me to see if I was taking medicine yet and if…

I made certain this was no joke by telling him 2 days before April fool's day. I doubt I will ever find a job better fitted to my particular skill set. It is with great sorrow that I admit the circumstances of life have forced my hand. So this is my /r/antiwork anti-prank. I am very sorry to have leave the only job where I have been properly respected and properly compensated. I gave 18 months notice because I think that is an appropriate amount of time to bring my protégé up to speed.

So today I got recognition at my job. No big deal really it was just a small recognition of a great job in quality assurance blah blah (I work for a call center) Now in our group chat my boss decides to mention me directly and some other girl about how well we did with the QA. Ok, thanks. The group vibe is never serious everyone complains about customers etc etc. so with the mention I come into our chat and post a Michael Jordan mean with his hands up like oh jeez classic meme and then I joked and said “it must be April fools lol jk” about the recognition just joking that I’m not good and it must be a prank. Anyway, my manager decides to text back about how he never jokes (lie) around this time because it’s been 11 yrs since his mom died. And I…

Kia ora koutou, Just wanted to write a little piece about the post that was removed earlier. It received, in my mind, a concerning amount of traction (last count it had 15,000 upvotes). Hope this post helps explain my, and many other leftists, point of view. The premise of this sub is: “for those who want to end work, are curious about ending work, want to get the most out of a work-free life, want more information on anti-work ideas and want personal help with their own jobs/work-related struggles.” I think there may be a bit confusion around what 'work' is in this group. In my mind, work ≠ labour. Personally, I love work. Researching stuff around this is 'work' to me. Work ought to be creative, fun, and explorative. What we have to do in this current mode of production, is labour. Specifically, we provide labour power for the…

It took 16 years of concerted, purposeful, nearly undaunted effort, but I found a truly great boss! Job 1: while a grad student in a Masters program I was running a clinical research lab at a university. My married boss had an affair with an undergrad student who worked for me. I didn't report it because I knew how the world works. I did encourage him not to be in that relationship. I encouraged her to find another job on campus. Did they listen? Of course not. Were they discrete? He brought her to an international conference with a ton of people who know him and that he was married. So, the other employees found out, they lodged a complaint and I was compelled as their supervisor to forward it to HR. You get one guess who got blamed when HR spoke to boss man. The female worker on my…