Antiwork

I handed my notice in last week because I accepted a new position. I can't handle to go to the office 4x week staring to my laptop (1 day is WFH), when this could be easily done at home, so I found a job which is 100% remote and for a better pay. My current job haven't had any job description in the contract so I strongly feel like an 'office mop'. Whatever is needed – they ask me to do it. After the first shock when seeing my notice, my manager asked me to write down a list of my duties and responsibilities and basically what I'm doing. Now she is asking me to write down SOP for all that ?? Like step by step, what do to in the system, where to click, what to follow. I'm quite conflicted here, I have not been given anything when I…

I’m so sick of this culture. I know we all are. The fact that it’s legal for your employer to write you up or fire you for calling out for any reason is repulsive. I was stuck outside for four hours in the early morning and had to help my neighbor get out of their burning house, and they asked me if I tried to get my shift covered? Then they write me up. They even told me last week I was the new representation of the company since I’ve been doing so well. I make these people so much money. Didn’t even ask if everyone is okay. Fuck all of this. When did we start put money over our community.

So, this story may not be as grand as some here, but I wanted to share it anyway, because it wouldn't have turned out this way without this community. Long story short, my employer wanted to give my crew and I some new responsibilities to help fill some gaps with a different team due to staffing issues. It wasn't anything too hard, but still outside the wheelhouse of our current job requirements, and would regularly pull time away from our current responsibilities. So after we were told this, I remembered the things this community has shown me, and I started talking with the guys on my team. Nobody liked the idea of new responsibilities, and with a little prodding, they agreed that this should constitute a small raise; if for nothing more than to set boundaries with our employer. So we went back and had a reasonable conversation with our…

I want to preface this by saying I'm not American, but I'm taking a combined sociology degree and find “tipping culture” fascinating. From my understanding (please correct me if I've interpreted things wrong!) workers are not paid enough to get by without tipping. So we should raise the minimum wage for the hospitality sector. But a company will not raise the minimum wage when someone else is tipping an employee to make up the difference In effect: Tipping discourages a raise in wages. But you need a raise in wages to eliminate tipping. These two points make the conversation on tipping impossible to have, because it is founded on a paradoxical basis. I believe it's also why every conversation on this sub about tipping ultimately turns into a cesspool with 0 ways to positively affect change, because pro-tipping or anti-tipping, the corporations are the ones holding the cards. War is…

No you didn't. You left me a voicemail Friday, giving three possible dates and times (perfectly fine). Weekends I already work a side job, so I figured I'd listen to it later. Now I missed the first date (today 11:00), which you assumed I'd magically attend? Something about this irks me. It took weeks to respond to my application, now you want me to limbo a Zoom and two real meetings. For a student side job. Probably a little above minimum wage (€11 instead of €10). No thanks. /Rant