Antiwork

I work for a private locator business that contracts work from the big utilities so they don't have to pay union workers or for that matter pay a high wage for their own people to do what I do. It's an absolute shit show of punishment if you even step one foot out of line for driving, for trying to unionize, for trying to even safely drive and so much more. The job itself is something I'd honestly say I enjoy, it's not hard, very straightforward and outdoors. Sometimes homeowners are a little trouble but mostly they know why we are there. The company though, I went two years with no issues. Got awards, prizes and even made a few positive drives for the company in regards to some contractors who had issues with some previous employees. Now, after a bad day in the middle of a blizzard, a ticket…

Title says it all, want to know what people would want to do with their time if they had more freedom and less financial burdens

I have multiple physical and mental health disabilities and I have been on leave for 6 months recovering. As part of my discussion to return to work, I submitted an ADA request for a 4/10 schedule so I can have a day for medical appointments as well as to just sleep and recover from my physical issues. My company already has alternate work schedules available for everyone to request, and this is one of them. I requested the schedule from HR and they immediately turned around with “no, your manager determined an 8am – 5pm schedule is absolutely necessary – they may be willing to allow you to start/end one hour later or one hour earlier (7-4 or 9-6). Considering the fact that the department already has flex start/end times, and most people are at their desks from 7:30 – 3:00, this is basically a non-response at best, and also…

Could help add some people to the movement?

I'm not an economist in any sense of the word so this might actually be a dumb fucking idea but why not give businesses an incentive to pay their employees more, to a degree. Obviously not to an absurd amount but say you give your an employees a 2.5% pay increase and in return be granted a 5% tax credit. Netting the business 2.5% in return? I don't know maybe this is a terrible idea but just a shower thought.

It’s insane honestly. You don’t like something someone said or did so you tell their ‘master’ hoping they will lose their livelihood. Losing a job today because of a social justice warrior has the potential to ruin your life. Imagine ruining someone’s life over 140 characters on the internet. One mistake and you can literally lose everything in a matter of days. It’s disgusting how much of a hold corporations have on us that people complaining about your social life can lead to isolation and homelessness

I work at a produce supply company and was hired for the office. My job description when I was hired was just filing paperwork and taking calls. Generally people call pretty often, though we have busier hours than others, and being away from the desk for any amount of time makes us miss calls and puts us behind on paperwork.Today they told us that our coworker is now a supervisor and that he will be delegating extra physical tasks to us, like weighing food, stocking shelves, cleaning the shop etc. Before this, he had tried to make me do these sort of tasks which I would respond with “I don't get paid to do that” or “that's not my job”. They're not giving us any extra pay for these duties or any choice, and just act like we should be OK with it. I don't want to quit, because they…

Ok no offense but some of y’all need to understand that reform in the work place won’t do shit. Reform in general will never and never has worked because you can’t fix an oppressive system. The only to stop an oppressive system (capitalism, police, ect) is to abolish it. How do we reach this u might ask? Socialism. Ik u guys think raising wages will do smth but no, it will always return to this. Instead we need people running the means of production. The workers should be choosing their wages/ conditions, and no one to be in charge of it except themselves. Not to mention, work should only cater to the needs of the people. We have a lot of unnecessary jobs and roles in our society and we also still benefit from imperialism. The only way to solve this is through socialism. It would also so our overconsumption…