Antiwork

I make $20/hour. No, no you don't. You make $20 – federal tax – state tax – health benefits – 401k contributions…

This community made a lot of noise late last year/early this year about a potential walk out on May 1st, but we’re just over a month from that day, and I’ve not seen the first post discussing if it’s still happening, what the plan is, who’s coordinating it, nothing. Does anyone have any information on this?

Exactly what the title says. I enjoy working. I don't mind it. What I DO mind is the corporation that I work for, that made 90+ billion dollars in sales last year, has the gall and audacity to tell us that they can't afford to give us raises, yet they continue to hire new people in at higher rates, they continue to drive away seasoned, good workers with their micromanaging, and they are genuinely confused as to why they can't retain anyone. I am so fucking tired of busting ass and only getting shit on because of it. “Oh we can't afford that”. “We work for a Fortune 50 company, they should be grateful”. “I will never pay someone over 15 dollars an hour”. Like. BRO. COME ON. we're not asking for yachts or mansions or free stuff, I just want to be able to afford a two bedroom apartment…

There are “non-profit” sites, I’m not sure if mentioning names would get me in trouble but one that starts with “C” and the other with “V” that “supposed non-profit” organizations post “volunteer opportunities” or “unpaid internships” whichever it might be, which post “opportunities” that ARE supposed to be paid jobs. They ask for a long list of strict prerequisites and requirements to WORK FOR FREE! I just applied for one of these “volunteering positions” as a Digital Marketing Ads | SEO Manager just out of curiosity to see their response, and the audacity of the program director asking me for 3 tests about analytics, charts, & writing sample, 3 professional references and expert experience to WORK FOR FREE!. When I replied to her request saying: “I’m giving you free labor that will benefit YOU, why should I jump through hoops to get a free labor position that you will benefit…

Years ago, I gave an employer one months notice, because we were relocating for my wife’s job, with a new baby, and I wanted to give them time to replace me, because I was in a critical position. My goal was to be a stay-at-home dad for a few months, in our new city, before reentering the workforce. After two weeks, it became apparent that they weren’t going to find a replacement. They asked if I would be willing to work part time remotely, at an hourly rate. I agreed, and, of course the workload required that I work full-time anyway. At one point, I actually had to travel back to the office for a couple of days, so we had to fly my mother-in-law out to watch the baby. I ended up working for them three months after relocating. When they found inappropriate replacement candidate, they notified me, via…

Now look this sounds crass and pretty broad, I just see a lot of posts where people talk about deliberately doing certain things to fuck their places of employment over. And while I get there anger, and while it is justified, who do you think is gonna clean that up or fix that? It’s not gonna be your boss lol, it’s gonna be some other minimum wage fuck jus like you and me, getting fucked over for something he didn’t have anything to do with. I know it’s not a majority but any means, but people have done this at my job before so seeing other people do it just kind of makes me angry. Dumb rant over