Antiwork

As a retired patroller (20 years). I watched the industry pivot from an affordable family activity to a sport out of reach to most people.

So 3 roommates of mine have corona, the boss says if i have any symtomes and i said yes i have a light fever. He then asks are you able to work, wtf. Yes i could work bit for the sake of my coleauges i shouldn't. This happens often at my job (McDonald's) So what do you people think?

So this employer was the only cannabis dispensary in my small town in washington state. I was hired on as a budtender and was quickly promoted to their social media manager. I was VERY competent at this job, this isnt a brag, i really just do my best because i always hear my mother in my ear. Had multiple top sales for the month etc. I got in close with my coworkers and everyone grew to respect the effort i out forward generally. I was FIRED for a very stupid reason that sounded like an excuse to me, but i have opportunities so i moved on. However, my firing has resulted in a cascade of more firings, quittings, etc. I just went in their today, because they are the only option in town and learned some news. Since my untimely firing they have lost 7 employees, some that started before…

Let's get a strike/boycott going to stop UberEats from allowing tip baiting on their platform As we know, restaurants and food delivery don't pay livable wages and the workers rely on tips from customers. UberEats allows customers to place a high tip on an order so a driver will pick it up and deliver it and then the customer is allowed to remove the tip from the order. This is causing a trend of what I would call theft and it's being allowed to continue by Uber. The only way to change this is for the workers to demand change.

Human resources is there to protect the company from lawsuits and to whitewash it’s image just enough to keep outside applicants from running away before they’re locked into a job there. Companies have also figured out how to turn HR into a “punching bag” for employee frustrations. In other words; it’s a place for employees to bring complaints without resulting in any meaningful change. It keeps workers frustrated and disorganized. But please understand that I’m not hating on all HR workers. Most of them are stuck in a tight spot like the rest of us. My point here is that if you want to change anything within your workplace, you have to do it collectively with your fellow workers. Don’t settle for anything less.

The next time you or a loved one break a leg, have any injury that affects your ability to care for yourself, or have a devastating stroke, it’s worth knowing that the highly educated therapists who are with you in the darkest times of your life, likely work for a multi billion dollar “therapy contractor” who resells their skilled labor to Medicare, pockets up to 80% of that money, pays their therapists as little as possible, forces them to be face-to-face with patients for 90-95% of the day (barely leaving time for a bathroom break) despite being required to complete 4-5 hours of paperwork strictly for billing purposes. These people enter a “helping” profession, knowing they won’t make tons of money like an MD or even nurse practitioner, study their asses off, are incredibly knowledgeable after 6-7 years of post-secondary education, and genuinely want to help you . Many new…

I’m new to Reddit so forgive my overall ignorance about how things work. I’ve been lurking in this subreddit for a while and thought I’d share my story as the super bowl nears. We sold our business in 2013 and I needed to find a job. I was in my early 30’s and work in media and marketing which means I create or help create ads and then buy them on various platforms. Those ads can vary from a simple google ad to a super bowl commercial, hence the timing of my post. I put my resume on LinkedIn and a recruiter called me for a job that he thought would work. It was 2013 and the offer was for $48,000. I was like okay, let’s try it. The job itself was easy, most people didn’t know what they were doing but my boss SUCKED. He was a poor excuse…