Antiwork

To preface this, I am in my final year of a 4 year Computer Science program at a university in the southern U.S. Essentially, all CS students have to take a required senior design project class at the end of their degrees where they are grouped with “Sponsor” companies who come to the school and interact with the students throughout the semester to complete a software development/CS related project to get “real world experience”. The company that I have been paired with is having us build an integral part of their business function in a full-stack application. My group consists of myself, 4 other students, 2-3 employees(software engineers) from the company, and occasionally the CEO is in contact. ​ While in concept this class sounds like you could get some great experience and skills out of this class, I can't help but feel as though myself and the other students…

When I was studying I worked part time at a local supermarket. I took a semester off to reevaluate what I wanted to study and ended up working full time at the supermarket for 6 months. The work was literally backbreaking, I worked from 6am till 4pm each day, 5 days a week. When I got to work I spent the first two hours packing the shelves, which had to be done by the time the store opened at 8pm. Then, the rest of the day I would drag pallets of stock out into the aisles and using a ladder carry the boxes up onto the 'picking face' (stock was kept on top of the shelves in the aisles). Every day was deja vu, I had a boss who monitored us on the cameras to make sure we were working non-stop and not talking to colleagues. Our breaks were strickly…

I want to own my own home, no mortgage, no hoa. I DO want to work, but not something that breaks me down physically or mentally. I don't want to work long stupid fuckin hours. I don't want to work five days of the week. I want to be able to afford to go on vacation once or twice a year. I want to be able to retire early, like in my late 40's – early 50's. I don't want to worry about how decisions of my bosses or government will affect my life. I don't want to deal with shitty people including customers, neighbors, co-workers, family. I don't want to buy two sets of clothing just because a t-shirt is “not professional”. I don't want to be bothered with inconveniences. I don't want to fight this fight… I'm tired. Let me live in peace and be happy. Fuck greed,…

After submitting my resume on indeed, i got a text from the manager of the place to come in for an interview and to “try” their clinic ( i was applying for medical receptionist position). The manager sounded lovely over the phone but oh boy when i came in, no discussions or interview, she just asked me to sit down in front of a computer, gave me the doctors schedule and asked me to take answer phone calls while giving the bare minimum information about their clinic. They wanted me to stay 8 hours and do the trial shift, without payment . I said okay (wasnt planning on doing the full 8 hours, but i wanted this job so i wanted to try ). While sitting there I was left to fend for myself , the manager occasially came by my side and I asked questions. I was confident i…