Antiwork

I see a lot of posts about rto or the half step hybrid. We need to make striking or work stoppage standard fair against these. We can not fall back into the horror that was working from the office. Now is the time to fight.

So three years ago I was working in my hometown in small town Alberta and asked for a raise. They gave me a $1.00. I was making $21 an hour, no over time. I had been in my career for 17 years. Take home was usually around $2100 a month. Rent was $1200 (and not a nice place). So I found a better job, moved 40 minutes away. I have a job that pays double that in salary, plus over time and perks. I see today my old job is looking to hire for my position again. Every year since I left they have had to fill the position. They could have just paid me decent and I would have stayed.

Hey guys, I have seen this observation and wanted your take on it. For instance, we see it with the phenomenon of fast fashion where ugly clothes will be come “trendy” only for them to be reject a year or two down the line. In contrast in other cultures its possible to buy a piece of clothing and keep it to use it years later. However, this would be against the “Puritan logic” of mass consumption and mass production.

i live in lebanon, who has the worst economical crisis ever, how we live without work?

Please help me figure this out. I current work as a data analyst in a research hospital. I have been in the position for over a year and in January I receive a promotion with a title change and wage increase for switching part-time to full-time. I am also finishing a masters degree in informatics this spring. Because of my experience and completion of my degree I am a candidate for more senior and higher paying positions within my field. So I have started to apply for positions internally at the institute that align with my career objective and salary expectations, which has led to the early discussion with a team in a different department. Today I found out that because I received a promotion in January I am barred from making any internal moves to departments other than the one I am currently in for 12 months. Here is…

I am not from America. I honestly do not know the labour laws in my country well either. Throwaway for privacy reasons. My lead engineer tattles about me behind my back to my boss. My boss has not confronted me about it but it's obvious that he does cause I've heard it many times. These things include me taking breaks, me not staying overtime (I'm not paid for it), etc. I am anyways planning on leaving in a month or so, I'm waiting for offers to come in so I can finalise my resignation. But I ask you antiwork community, what can i do to make this guy miserable for the rest of my time in the company? Or do I wait patiently for my other offers and just silently leave?

I’ve started working again part-time in a bar and I really enjoy it – that being said I’m beginning to notice a few things which don’t exactly make me very happy about the way the bar is run and wanted to ask for some opinions here. This bar is in the UK where the minimum wage is £8.91. And of course, this bar is owned by a chain who pay that much to their staff, even the supervisors. When I have worked cash-in-hand shifts here, I was paid £8.50. I complained about this and one of the managers said it was a “company policy” that I was paid that much because other full time staff would be getting taxed, whereas I wasn’t, so I’d technically be getting ‘equal pay’ I’m not allowed to sign myself out, managers have to do that. I’ve been told by managers that the chain that…

I read through these posts somewhat frequently and often see people complaining about all types of blatantly unlawful behavior their employers engage in. Most people seem to inherently know that it’s “not right” and some even go so far as to point out the specific laws their employers are breaking. My question is this: why don’t people fight back? Most plaintiff’s attorneys in the United States work on a contingency basis, so there are no out-of-pocket costs. Yet very few people seem to lawyer up and start getting even. I’m genuinely curious why that is? I would love to hear people’s thoughts and any negative or positive experiences.

I’m turning down an HVAC job because I simply don’t want to put in the longer hours at a job I wouldn’t really like just for more money in the future. It pays the same I am now until I get out of an apprenticeship, but HVAC techs and installers can make loads of money as time goes on in the career. My current job treats us very well and gives a lot of benefits and I’m always out in or near nature (my true passion.) Current job is a cake walk compared to HVAC and even though it will take longer here to make the money HVAC can, I am probably choosing to stay. This job lets me slack off and be free to be more truly me. Also gives me more free time to work on side projects and gives me more opportunity to find a career I’d…