Antiwork

I’m still furious from what just happened so I’m not in the mood to fully explain the situation so I’ll come back and edit later but basically I was told 2 weeks ago that I’d be getting a promotion from my straight out of college job as an AutoCAD drafter to mechanical engineer which is what my degree is in. The salary/raise that they offered me is 33% lower than the average starting salary and after my projected 3 year progression it is still 12% lower than the average starting salary. The whole time the HR guy was talking to me his tone was all happy like he was offering me such a good deal and I just smiled and said yeah sounds good because I have nothing else lined up and they said it’s nom negotiable so I’m going to accept and dip the first chance I can

I know I should be asking about this from known professionals on LinkedIn, but I can't resist ranting here for a minute. I was hired on 7 months ago. My co-worker was hired on 4 months ago. Neither of us are veterans at the company. My co-worker has his BS and 10 years of experience. At time of hire, I had my MS and was nearing 20 years of experience. (I've added a significant credential since time of hire…and the pretentious people in my profession put the certification's initialsacronym after their name on emails, business cards, etc.) And I just found out (like a few minutes ago) that he's 2 steps above me on the company paycareer scales. I understand that means his salary is ~$15k more than mine. (Likely $15k. It could only be $5k more. It could also be just shy of $60k more.) When I've found out…

I’ve worked for this company for 4.5 years, we’ve constantly been short staffed while I’ve done at multiple peoples jobs to keep our department going, even filling in as a manager. I live in the Bay Area so the cost of living is astronomical, but they think 20 is good enough, and when I asked for a raise last year (I asked to be moved up to 25 since I do 2 full time positions for the company as well as fill in where needed and train others) I was given a dollar…. So I started looking for a new job. In April my dad passed away, and I was informed there was no grievance pay… so my fellow employees chipped together to get not just myself but also my husband across the country and back and enough spending money to cover the week I’d be off. I knew even…

This country and it’s working conditions force 90% of its population into debt that can never be paid back in any kind of reasonable time. You can’t even leave the country for good without being required to pay income taxes. If you refuse you are never allowed back. The only way out is to revoke citizenship and even that isn’t easy. No other country has any sort of tax laws like this. Don’t believe me look it up How is this freedom? We only exist solely to put money in the 1%s pockets. We’re forced to work in crap conditions and even though we’re told there’s labor laws reporting them is sure to backfire on you and for most people that means loosing everything. The land of the free is the biggest lie we are ever told, nationalist propaganda is shoved down our throats at a very young age and…

Basically the title, but I started at a new job in the US, and I won't provide much background for my own job safety, but essentially I have a few years background in the field, while my coworker, who personally spoke to me, stated he had no experience at all, as in had no idea how the job worked at all, got on at an astronomically higher pay rate. What do I do in this situation? I've spoken to my boss and was told that “there are good reasons” and may have mentioned that it was even unlawful to discuss other employees pay rates as well as inappropriate. In no uncertain terms she told me she doesn't want me speaking about it or any other employees speaking about their pay rates, because they would misunderstand, and there's reasons behind the decisions, regarding experience and quality of work. Except my coworker…

I’m trying to write a sentence To make myself look good so that I can sell myself To an employer I don’t know To do work I don’t care about To make money I need money to survive I need money to live I need money to thrive And to get it, I need to sell my body, my soul, my mind… my time But what does it even mean to sell your time? I know I sure as hell can’t ever buy it back What they want is my labor, but they purchase my time But how is owning a person’s time any different from owning that person? I suppose it doesn’t last forever. But it seems I have to sell all the best moments That my life is to amount to very little other than doing the work to make my purchaser rich And then living off the…