Antiwork

Hello people of reddit I genuinely just wanted to share a bit in the hopes someone might be able to give me advice. Basically I was unemployed for almost a year cause of Covid I am in the lucky position of being supported by my family so i could get by without ending up homeless. I got a job like 3 months ago in the governments crisis management. I work 7 days in a row 10-11 hours a day and then we got 3-4 days off depending on the shift. The pay is ok it's way more i would get at any other job with my education level. But the 7 days working a piece basically close to 80 hours a week exhaust me so much I don't think I can handle it anymore. I do not have any other job options and i have been looking for a way…

I paid $5k and did 120 hours of unpaid placement to qualify as a support worker. Found a job at a residential facility, only to find out I get paid the same as a service station attendant (last job). Why would they require a qualification that takes 6 months $5000 and another 1 month of unpaid work, just to care for elderly and assist with daily living activities (showering, toileting etc), and pay them the same hourly rate as other jobs that don’t require no qualifications or even experience? No wonder they have shortage countrywide and plan to deploy military at aged care facilities if this continues. This qualification to me is a null set, no set of skills was acquired. I basically hold a certificate which proves I can brush someones dentures, listen to abuse and and wipe shit off their back. I quit the third day, and asked…

As a European, I have to say that I find tips absolutely disgusting. I would hate for that to ever become a thing in my country. Oh, your boss doesn't pay you enough? That's the client's fault, they should reward you personally! Ugh. Like I see people here comment stuff about how they're being paid “11$/hr+tips, so 16$/hr” and I'm here baffled by how tips are basically essential to their lives. It's truly sickening. I wish tips just didn't exist and workers just received the right pay for the value that they produce and should rightfully own.

I often hear that raising wages would cause inflation. If this is really true then it just shows that our economic system sucks and really isn't as great as its proponents say it is. If America really is the greatest country on Earth and capitalism really is the greatest economic system then it should be able to provide the common person with a basic standard of living.