Antiwork

I work in EMS and I have have been working for the same company since I got my license. I've been able to do a ton of amazing things and its the first time I've had a job where I can genuinely say I love what I do, however I very suddenly got the shaft from my company. One of the things EMS folks sometimes do is go on deployments in times of need. This can include natural disasters, staffing shortages, or locations of disease outbreaks. These deployments are funded by FEMA. FEMA pays the company, and the company pays the EMTs and Paramedics that are shipped out. They pay good money and are tax free income. You pack a bag, and at any time in the coming week or two, you get a call and you have an hour to get to station to ship out. This is how…

Just started my new bar job part time and the rota is posted on the whatsapp group for the whole week. the manager posted the rota for this week about 5 days ago, and straight away i messaged saying i couldn’t work friday (today), i’d figured since i stated it straight away it wouldn’t be an issue. she posted an updated rota the next day and i was taken off for today – all good so far. then this morning rolls around and they posted the brief for todays work, and i’m on it. i was confused as i clearly wasn’t on the rota and had been removed, but the deputy manager who’s on today said on the internal company system i was still rota’d for today (the manager hadn’t changed it), so he’d really like me to work today. i straight up said i’m sorry but no, i know…

I had made another post earlier about quitting my job because of getting a better offer. But it made me ponder about worker's rights more generally. As I said, I work in IT, which is one of the better places to work. The joke goes that we get paid to stare at a backlit rectangle all day. The pay is good and it allows me to have money to spend on my hobbies. But on a deeper level, it isn't that rosy. Despite making good money for where I live, I'd still need to take out a bank loan of at least a decade or more to buy a house. The only reason I have savings is because I'm single and take the company bus to work. I don't care about owning a car, but if I wanted to, I'd not have much left over either. My married colleagues are…

Yes, the company’s name is Advance Bauto Barts, for the sake of this post, and potential legal purposes. A few years ago, through nepotism, I secured a position working there as a delivery driver. Per industry policy, people who deliver car parts to dealerships and mechanic shops get paid less than customer service workers, that operate the retail front of a store. This didn’t bother me at first, because I didn’t have the self-esteem to recognize how inherently wrong it was. Regardless, I worked this job for a little over a year. Throughout that time, my shift changed from working the Monday-Friday day shift, to the Tuesday-Saturday evening shift. I didn’t have much of a social life, was content with mediocrity, and worked through it until I decided I wanted more money. I ended up leaving that job for a different, higher paying cooking job. That arrangement didn’t last, however,…

I mean it’s not like I’m working some big time job. I sell ice cream cones at minimum wage so I can pay for my car. Got promoted a few month ago cause everyone quit and they needed managers. Now I literally make half of what I use to because my hours were cut. I need to look for a second job now just to pay $500 a month for a car and insurance