Antiwork

Obligatory “this happened like 6-7 years ago” So I’m a bicycle mechanic and about 6-7 years ago I got a job at a non profit bike shop. I was somewhere between “experienced” and “still have a lot to learn” and had been working at a big box store for a few years and thoroughly jaded. I thought working at a non profit bike shop would be awesome and fulfilling and add extra purpose to my life. I was wrong. The “organization” (it was very looked down upon to call it a company) had/has very high turn over. It’s pretty much fueled by idealistic young bike mechanics who want to make a difference in the world, they get slapped into the machine like a cog, wear out in a few years, and then they jump ship to realize working in a more normal “for profit” bike shop is actually less demanding…

First off, I'm on board the anti work train. But I've got some gripes with some of what gets seriously pushed here. I'm a boss. Think mid level. I do my own hiring, firing, pay raises, etc. I try very hard to treat my employees well. Won't ask them to do work I'm not willing to do, and I often take the crap work specifically so they know it.  Recently, my worst employee, a kid on the verge of being fired, went on an anti-work rant. He referenced the sub and all that. He literally told me, his boss, “I don't need to be the best employee. I don't even need to be a good employee. I just need to be slightly better than the worst employee so I don't get fired.” Holy. Hell. I tried not to stare. I know I'm a friendly boss and that I try to…

You. This sub. These are my people. Please bear with me, this may be worth the read. My goal for every conversation I have with my friends, my family, random people who I meet on the street, people that work in cafe's I go to, basically anyone who will listen, is to bring about an exodus. Through my life, I am aiming to move more people from an antiwork mindset to a FIRE mindset. Both excellent groups of people, with similar motivations and similar end goals. This is my attempt at emploring you, en masse, to consider investing your spare change, your long term savings or even car cash. Invest something. Invest in the generic basket item (US has SP500, AUS has ASX200 etc) of your country, or another of your choice. Why? “I cannot pass down the income from my job to my progeny, I can however pass down…

As the title says I applied for a job with Tesco at the beginning of last month and only received a email saying I didn't pass their first lot of online questions, luckily I've already accepted a better paying job offer with one of their competitors but just makes me angry that they do this why post a job advert then make people wait a month to hear anything? Side note if anyone here has somehow worked for them how the hell did you get past their stupid online questions I've officially given up applying for them as I've applied for 3 jobs with them now brother applied for 1 and all them times rejection.