Antiwork

After being fired from my job on Friday I am just down and depressed. I hated the job (mainly because of the terrible management) and was looking to leave anyway yet now that it was happened I don't know what to do. I have no motivation to do anything even though I have things I need to do. I am dreading having to go through the process of finding a new job especially when I have no idea what I even want to do. I'm 36 with no clue. The whole working 40 or more hours a week is so stifling. I suffer from really bad GAD (generalized anxiety disorder), horrible migraine headaches and I am blind in my left eye. In essence I just feel so lost.

I just want to say I'm a strange lurker on Antiwork because I'm actually fully disabled and don't work anymore. But I think you folks might be unaware of some very similar topics you have reoccurring that also reoccur on r/chronic illness. Believe it or not. We spend a lot of time struggling to deprogram ourselves from the life traded for money equals value. And yes it's a little different when you CAN'T work but not as much as you'd think. Especially since “humans” love to say that either you can work and your faking or that not being able to work means that others are being taxed without agreement to support your ass and you are drain directly on thier pockets. It's still about finding meaning when you've never been taught value to society outside of being financial fodder. You've probably never even considered it because it's never been…

Are you shills? Why would you criticize someone for anti capitalist sentiment on an antiwork sub? Many comments like this that seem to play both sides.

Maybe it’s all the doom scrolling but it seems like every financial media outlet and now the President is chiming in about returning to offices. Will remote work endure? The thought of having to commute into an NYC office is beyond stressful to me.

You don't need access to sensitive personal information before deciding to go with your nepotism hire anyway. It should be illegal to require this type of bull. I don't want you speaking to any of my friends or family because you should not have access to my personal life. Period. You don't need to know who I hang out with, what I do on my own time, or where I sleep. All you need to know is that I am interested in working here, can do the job adequately, won't steal, and won't disappear. ​ You don't need to be able to screen me for my political affiliation, social network presence, religious affiliation, anything. It's “illegal” for employers to do some of these things, but think about this from a rational perspective. Who is monitoring your bosses computer to make sure they didn't check your information? Are you going to…

I am so sick of looking at administrative job postings where the list of duties pretty much includes everything to run a business, all for just around minimum wage. I'm happy to work, and to work hard, but not to be completely taken advantage of.