Antiwork

So, this story may not be as grand as some here, but I wanted to share it anyway, because it wouldn't have turned out this way without this community. Long story short, my employer wanted to give my crew and I some new responsibilities to help fill some gaps with a different team due to staffing issues. It wasn't anything too hard, but still outside the wheelhouse of our current job requirements, and would regularly pull time away from our current responsibilities. So after we were told this, I remembered the things this community has shown me, and I started talking with the guys on my team. Nobody liked the idea of new responsibilities, and with a little prodding, they agreed that this should constitute a small raise; if for nothing more than to set boundaries with our employer. So we went back and had a reasonable conversation with our…

I want to preface this by saying I'm not American, but I'm taking a combined sociology degree and find “tipping culture” fascinating. From my understanding (please correct me if I've interpreted things wrong!) workers are not paid enough to get by without tipping. So we should raise the minimum wage for the hospitality sector. But a company will not raise the minimum wage when someone else is tipping an employee to make up the difference In effect: Tipping discourages a raise in wages. But you need a raise in wages to eliminate tipping. These two points make the conversation on tipping impossible to have, because it is founded on a paradoxical basis. I believe it's also why every conversation on this sub about tipping ultimately turns into a cesspool with 0 ways to positively affect change, because pro-tipping or anti-tipping, the corporations are the ones holding the cards. War is…

No you didn't. You left me a voicemail Friday, giving three possible dates and times (perfectly fine). Weekends I already work a side job, so I figured I'd listen to it later. Now I missed the first date (today 11:00), which you assumed I'd magically attend? Something about this irks me. It took weeks to respond to my application, now you want me to limbo a Zoom and two real meetings. For a student side job. Probably a little above minimum wage (€11 instead of €10). No thanks. /Rant

Title says it all, I hate it when my employer expects that I'm going to spend time outside of what I'm paid for to spend time with my colleagues. These aren't my friends, these aren't people I want to spend time with, I spend time with them purely because I'm paid to do so. IF there is an event during work hours and I get to go instead of work then maybe, MAYBE! Then again, I would often much rather just work quietly on my own and go home early. ​ Christmas parties are slightly different, I don't mind spending one of my evenings if I'm being fed and given alcohol. However, they managed to ruin even that as recently I've noticed that they expect ME to pay and they expect me to pay more than a normal meals worth! No I'm not giving you £50 for me and my…