Antiwork

So I did retail for a decade, straight out of school. Recently I said F it and finally quit (my mental health thanks me). Now I do cleaning, which is not glamorous work, but I get a higher wage and I don’t need to be serving the public anymore. I usually actually enjoy cleaning. I just feel like now, I’m being paid for my work, for what I’m worth, rather than my job being to put more money in the big guy’s pocket, you know? Does this make sense? I felt like it would make sense here. Any similar stories please do share!

Let me preface two things: I'm a freelancer, so I'm not talking about my boss but about someone who shares his clients with me – that kind of makes him in a power position, he's also a senior and I'm not, but I'm not hired nor his employee. And I'm not English native so bare with me if this gets messy sometimes or I choose my words poorly. Basically, as in the title: I'm paid well, I work from the comfort of my home, I love what I do and I feel very lucky to be able to do it. But then I have to interact with my clients or the people who give me money, basically, and suddenly everything gets awful. Like today. After 7 months of flawless work on my accounts I make a mistake. It was my fault, but not entirely, because this person who gives me…

Always been the case for me as I don't enjoy work. I personally believe that in most cases, (having to) work = modern day slavery. UBI will not happen for at least 10 years I predict, since the elite doesn't want to disincentivize working for the lower and (barely existant) middle class, so people are going to have to keep working just to survive I really wish I was born a trust fund kid. Imagine being able to do whatever you like and just enjoy life, nice and slow, comfortably, going on a hike if you want, when you want, driving a nice car if you want, going to places if you want to etc Pretty messed up my boss is making 10x the money I make, off me and my bloody sweats. The only solution appears to be my own boss but that's gonna take a while in my…

One of the few positive things to come out of this pandemic is the ability to work from home. While remote work is great, one of th e downsides is companies installing remote tracking software on employees computers and monitoring them. Either through camera, mouse movement, keyboard strokes, or other means. How could we end this kind of surveillance or get around it?

Turning coal into diamonds was a favorite way to justify pressure at my last company. We are making you better by making you do two jobs for the same salary. We are grooming you for bigger and better things someday. Turns out that coal stays coal no matter how much pressure it's under and artists stay artists even when they work at crappy companies. The only diamonds were on my manager's watch from the bonus he got for money saving staff cuts.

Hi all, if I sound like a whiny teenager I'm sorry. Going through a lot of stuff and work is the cherry on top right now. I'm working at a dealership as a lot attendant (I basically just look at cars and make sure they're ready to be shipped out) making $15/hr (min wage in Portland Metro Area). Currently it's raining pretty damn hard and in the short walk from the offices to the lot my clothes were completely soaked through, and I'm now sitting in a random car hiding from the deluge. I barely make enough for rent + necessities. I have a few interviews lined up but nothing certain and I'm worried if I tell them I'm not working in this weather for that pay they'll fire me and I'll be fucked and out of a job. This post probably makes no sense. Idk what I'm writing I'm…

Apparently I need to be more appreciative of all their requests to send emails and file documents. It really taught me a lot.

I need to vent to people that get it. No, nobody directly said the post title to me. I’ve contracted with a company that owes me $4,200 for the month of February. I’m not going to see my first day of February’s pay check until the second week of March. (Sucky contract I know) Coming off the pandemic I had to take whatever work I can get. I’m hired as a contractor not on staff and am not there full time, so I don’t get any benefits. Accidentally broke a tooth due to stress grinding and just had to pay for dental work. So now I have to decide which bills go unpaid. Good thing I do intermittent fasting as now I have extra motivation to only eat once a day. As a millennial with a decent job, I’m still just fucked. I’m sick of getting fucked over by super…