Antiwork

Personally I would, however I would work very very little and do what I'd actually enjoy: working with animals (zoo or shelter or both, or maybe even study to become a vet) Instead I've chosen to work in IT because it pays really good. I'm currently an app admin at a medium sized company Side-note: I am under the impression the vast majority wouldn't work if they didn't absolutely have to, which I totally understand, since ultimately, you live to live, not to work and make someone 10x richer for 1/10th of the price.

I know the likelihood of this is nonexistent, but it could provide perspective about how much living actually costs people who don't have an over-abundance of money.

No one is actually hiring. They are posting jobs and wasting time doing interviews so the company can say they are “trying to staff” while already reallocating those payroll dollars to upper management bonuses and incentives… Then have the audacity to blame the employees drowning at the customer level for poor performance and loss of revenue… it’s a dog and pony show for the lobbyists in D.C. to say “look how hard we are trying but I guess poor people like being poor…” GTFOH I have, in ‘22, applied for jobs that the only requirement are a high school diploma and get told I’m not qualified. Based on what? My college degree? My 18 years of customer service/management experience? My ability to effectively work in word, excel, and quick books? The years I’ve spent perfecting my time management skills while doing inventory, labor control, scheduling, hiring and firing? The last…

2 years remote now, record profits, great productivity, and all of the sudden our leadership went from “work from home, local remote is fine” to “everyone has to be hybrid, but you can chose to work from home if you want” to “everyone needs at least 2 set days in the office” all in the last two months. I went into the new building today… 5'x4' cubes, with 1/2 height cube walls jammed into a building with almost no windows. I'm a manager, I have a team of 12 people and I spend 4 – 6 hours in meetings all day, talking about projects and things that can't always be shared out, salaries, costs, etc. I told my boss he could either move me to “locally remote” or leave me at hybrid, but I'd never work a single day in that cubefarm. If that was a problem, he could fire…