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Medical Insurance companies are pure evil.

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Boycott Applebees

Simple. Boycott Applebees. Top leadership is just too dirt-baggy. And the food isn’t even good. Win-Win.

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Loved This Excerpt from The Iliad

Never have I had a plunder like your own from any Trojan stronghold battered down by the Akhaians. I have seen more action hand to hand in those assaults than you have, but when the time for sharing comes, the greater share is always yours. Worn out with battle I carry off some trifle to my ships Well, this time I make sail for home. Better to take now to my ships. Why linger, cheated of winnings to make wealth for you? -Achilles speaking to Agamemnon Sort of reminds me how we were all called heroes and busted our asses while higher ups took the lion’s share of profits as usual.

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I Wanna Go Home Now

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Don’t think I can do this anymore

I am 56yo this year and have worked in the same profession (nursing), full-time for over thirty years. I have never been passionate or even really liked my career choice, but realize that to have any hope for any retirement, I have to stay the course. My problem is that I am existentially tired (beyond tired) of this grind; day in/day out. I've moved around to different hospitals but it's always the same; difficult and belittling medical providers, toxic coworkers, self-entitled patients…probably the same to some degree in every industry. For the longest time though I have come up against the hard reality that I just can't keep this up until full retirement age (11 years). I have racked my brain for years trying to think of a way out…. I've seriously thought of joining an intentional community, becoming an ex pat (for the health care), starting a medicaid trust…

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Resigned after boss scolded me for taking off 2 minutes early from work after he approved it!

I worked in an Ed-Tech startup in India. Not to mention, the founder(my boss) was a hotshot. Pay at entry level was almost 1.5x the market rates. Coming to the day, workday ends at 6.30pm. I texted my boss at 6.23pm to asking an answer early leave because my landlord was calling me. On 6.25pm he reads the message, which usually means he approves it. I waited till 6.28pm for a reply, leaving 2 minutes early! I receive a message at 9.30pm from the boss, saying the work timings exist for a reason and I’m walking on thin ice. At 10pm, I apologised and said it won’t happen again since I resign.

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Felt guilty calling work to tell them I can’t finish out my two weeks, but relieved after talking to horrible manager (bit of angry rant)

So I am 36 weeks out of 40 pregnant, and my pregnancy is high-risk. I worked part-time at a bakery starting at 14 weeks pregnant and it was awesome at first. I had been there 2 times before, my manager was incredibly accomodating with my pregnancy, and I love my coworkers. My awesome manager got transferred though, and a new one came in. I won't drag on about all the ways in which this manager has been awful towards me and others, but the way she treated my pregnancy can be summed up as uncaring and unsympathetic. Normally, requesting off tons of days each week would be considered irresponsible… unless you're seeing 4 different specialists for your unborn baby, three of which are an hour out of town. Normally, calling off a couple times a month is considered too much… unless you're being denied days off you specified as important…

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Managers have two buckets of money to pay you with: The one labeled “Staff Raises” is *always* smaller than the one that says “New Hire”

Get that “New Hire” money.

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Imagen being British having to work 24/7 only to fund an unelected corrupt head of state and here paedophile son. But hay the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. “Unemployment for all, not just the rich!”

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Relevant non-profits that support the antiwork movement?

Basically title. I created a clothing company centered around the a antiwork movement and would like to donate a % of profits to a relevant non profit. Problem is there’s so much out there, some untrustworthy or with poor agendas. Initially I was thinking something related to mental health. Any other thoughts? Thank you in advance.