Antiwork

This is gonna sound stupid considering how much worse other peoples situations are. But it's so hard to improve at things outside of work when you are stuck working a full time job. I love playing chess and during the last week I had time off work, my rating went up over 100 points and I could concentrate and played really well. Get back to work and I'm losing all my games again because I'm tired and stressed when I get back home. My wife loves watching movies and writing reviews and articles but she hasn't done any of that since going full time. What's the point of working if you can't really enjoy the things that you actually enjoy doing.

The EARN IT act is a nightmare for everyone, it is an amendment to the law which destroys the basic idea of privacy on the internet. Just another example of big tech abusing all of the money they have. It’s only a matter of time until people protesting working conditions, organizing strikes or union attempts, or anyone getting in the way of the agendas of the ultra rich start getting doxxed and disappearing. This country is starting to look like a dystopian society more and more every day. We have to stop this to try and preserve the last shreds of privacy we have. This is the hill to die on.

We were shopping today at a local chain, retail store. Staff were super friendly and helpful. The store was very busy. Chatting with the 2 staff on cash and they said that “due to staffing issues”, they were the only 2 booked for the entire day. I encouraged them to lock the doors and take their lunch breaks. They were concerned about getting in trouble if their boss found out. I reminded them they didn't create the shortage and they were entitled to eat their lunch! Hopefully they did lock the doors. Both were super employees and deserved better.

Why are there Americans fighting for rich people who wouldn’t give two shits about them or their family? Or “the whole I work for minimum wage and suffered so you do too” attitude. America really needs to stop doing “me me” only. It’s upsetting hearing a Nobel Prize winner needed to sell his award to afford his health bills. The leaders leading this country can do a lot better than this.

I'm (34M) an adjunct teacher at an art school, currently teaching one class this semester. The rest of the time I'm a freelance illustrator and I make a decent living. Recently, an art school friend and fellow freelancer (28F) got offered a last minute teaching gig at the university for the rest of the semester, filling in for another adjunct who sustained an injury. The only problem–they offered her $45/course hour while I was offered $63/course hour when I first started. According to the administration, pay rate is determined by amount of experience both professionally and teaching. She and I graduated in the same class and have nearly identical experience, both teaching and professionally, yet they were offering her 66% of what I make. I gave her permission to cite me by name when asking for a higher wage before officially accepting the position. They spent the whole day today…

Started working at a start-up approximately 3 months ago. A coworker and I somehow got into the taboo conversation of salary. I was absolutely shocked to find out that they make $65,000 more than me. We both hold the same position with fairy similar experience in our prior work. This taught me that I was absolutely shit at negotiating. During my interview they refused to give me a salary range and I fell for the trap. It’s my fault 100% Long story short I find out that out of the 5 of us with this position, I am the only one that didn’t negotiate correctly. The rest have a similar salary to the coworker above. So here is my question. Is there anything I can do to renegotiate my salary? Obviously I would never speak about private coworker conversations. It just sucks to realize I’m 65,000 less than my peers…