Antiwork

I switched industries recently and didn’t even think about searching if there was a union available. On my first day, all the new starters were sitting through various speakers and presentations including one from the union who we could text for more information (it felt very discreet haha). I didn’t need to text for information and hopped online and signed up right away. It’s just really nice to be part of an industry that first of all, has a union at all, secondly, even offers union representatives the chance to promote new starters, and thirdly, embodies the true r/antiwork beliefs (we are not all lazy unemployed dwellers of our mother’s basements). TL;DR: I joined a union, it was great.

I've switched a few jobs recently and I'm just going to resign soon because income wise jobs just don't make sense. I can sidehustle double the amount of money they pay me per hour without putting up with management. And try as I might nobody is paying more. Like why am I doing this? It's not like the job has any kind of certainty either. They'll just dump me at the next hiccup in the global financial system anyway. What the hell is the point of having a job anymore?

We need to stop working. We need to stop paying our bills. We need to choose to stop participating in this derranged wageslavery. Quit your job and do not even look for another one, just enjoy the pure bliss of not having 80% of your life taken away from you by a powertripping employer using you to get rich. Society will collapse if we keep working.

So I got blindsided today by my (now former) employer when they fired me. They said that a recent (rather scathing) Glassdoor review “sounded like my writing,” and they said it violated their social media policy (even though Glassdoor reviews are anonymous). The bigger kicker is they threatened to sue me for defamation if the review isn't taken down! So on top of now being unemployed, I have to worry about the costs associated with defending myself if they take me to court (I don't expect the lawsuit to actually go anywhere, but I still have to hire a lawyer to represent me). I've been a really good employee for almost 2 years (and I have the performance reviews to prove it). Something tells me they were looking for a reason to get rid of me because it's a legit flimsy reason to terminate. The company has been going down…

The workplace I just quit- racists. FOH all white, I've only ever seen one POC and I bet she hates herself and wants to be white. BOH, all foreigners. Glass polishers- all thai. Do you have some sick fetish or something? Also, being gay is alright but lesbian is not? (I'm straight but there was a rumor that I was lesbian…as always, simply because I didn't talk or compliment men). They told me they were inclusive and diverse- their restaurant is fully segregated. Also, I didn't even know you were being racist towards me. What a massive projection. That is hilarious. I didn't even know why we were talking about diversity and inclusion. Almost every single girl that works there is in a relationship with a manager or chef, amazing. Yes, that is totally gender inclusive.

This is the 4th or 5th time I've called myself in sick for the 3 years I've worked there, so not an abnormally large number if you ask me, in the past there have been multiple times where I still clocked in while feeling like shit, but this time I just couldn't, energy has been zapping out of my body and it's been a while since I've felt this miserable. ​ Since it was an early shift I tried calling them asap this morning so they can perhaps still find replacement to cover me, the shift starts at 07:00 AM, so I called at 06:35 – 06:50 – and 06:55, 3 times they didn't answer the phone even though I know most people are inside already by the time 06:30 has passed, so after the the 3rd ring I left a voice message saying I couldn't come in today cause…

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