Antiwork

Hey there. 27 year old here. I want this to be a top comment. This “generation” stuff is honestly out of date too. The “9/11 generation” consists of those born between 1978-2000. Old enough to remember what happened but too young to truly grasp everything it meant. We were born into a world the promised us the same as generations past and DEMANDED our best. Over 1999, the 2000s and the 2010s we witnessed the entire illusion deteriorate. 9/11, Columbine, Virginia Tech, more government/bank/big business scandals than ever before, slow response to hurricane Katrina, 2 recessions, more police violence (particularly on black America) than ever before, the ongoing wars on terror and drugs with taxpayer dollars (we lost both; and most that died are from our generation), school shootings become normalized, division and breakdown of our society, the ever worsening environmental crisis, the rise of terrorism (despite said war on…

The article mentions the amount of profit between 2010-2020 was $38 billion. I'm the quarters of 2021 they made $80 billion. ​ Source in the post.

I’m working as a legal assistant and have been working full time there for 6 months. I am paid less then the Pizza Express and Tim Hortons starting wage. There are no benefits or any time off or sick days. I really have liked the job and have worked really hard at it. At the start I was working part time and had no experience in the field so the wage was alright. It was all fine until I crashed my car while doing errands for the office (that I am not paid mileage for even though I do them everyday) and $6000 later I’m struggling to make rent. I asked my boss for a raise after laying out how I had switched to full time and had become very proficient at my job and she said she would think about it but she had not given any one a…

So my work will adjust the time I clock out so they won’t have to pay overtime for me and in exchange, I get a good schedule because I don’t cost the business as much as the other servers. I just want to get paid and scheduled what’s entitled to me without having the carrot and stick treatment.

Just frustrated today because I’ve been working in healthcare for nearly 7+ years now and had previously worked in education before getting a different degree. Im in an entry level position yet again because that’s all I do. I flip to another when when offered more pay than before after a few years. This seems to be the only way to actually get a decent raise anymore. I have a masters degree and it honestly doesn’t seem to matter. I am a creative thinker and always trying to help and work hard at my job. Hell I’ve been the top performer in my department for a year now and been running engagement and meeting people. Ive joined resource groups, hosted meetings, and joined extra work programs that don’t pay anymore. Just was turned down for a management position for someone who has been working at current company two years but…

Imagine for just one day we, across the globe, didn’t make a single purchase from a large corporation. Nothing, from a coffee to a car! What would the ramifications be for those corporations? If they knew we were not purchasing due to unfair work conditions and pay disparity.