Antiwork

Today I received a call for a job I applied to and turned down, 11 years ago. 11 years! I just pulled my notebook and they are offering less salary than when I interviewed for the role in 2011 by $7k. I asked The recruiter if the resume has a date stamp and she replied “ah yes 2011. Do you have a more current one?” I told her I had moved on and up. Totally gobsmacked.

This story starts about a a year and a half ago. I had recently been laid off due to unforeseen circumstances by a company, and after a short while of pumping projects in my workshop, I began looking up job offers. There wasn't much to choose from, and the few places that suited my specialized ass, were either too far and didn't want to commit to my hiring because of such long commute (wich was fine by me), or didn't have positions avaliable, you know the same old story for anyone looking for positions in their field. When things started to become a bit tighter for my liking, I received a surprise message through a well known “work social media network”: “Hey, I have seen your profile and your job seeking status, and wanted to ask, is working at a underwater ROV company, something that may interest you?” HOLY FUCK…

I was lured into this company 3 years ago because they have a contract with Microsoft to do their technical support and I was promised hundreds of opportunities if I hopped in on the ground floor. Incentives based on metrics were met by me every single month, and somehow they never paid me for them before our first set of managers left and the second set claimed there were no notes and no way of tracking who was owed anything. I was the recipient of an award luncheon they announced via email with the two managers of the program (fucking gross, glad this one never happened) for highest performance, and that just never got mentioned again. Eventually they moved me from tier III to tier IV technician but guess what? No money for raises they say, so it's a lateral move and the “raise” is the advanced experience and not…

Saw a post recently in this sub about how very little of the money donated to Goodwill actually sees any use in the career services they claim to provide. While these services are provided, it is worth noting that the majority of the funding originates from government contracts and spending. Only roughly 1/8th of the donated proceeds actually go to the career services, while the remaining 7/8ths line the pockets of the wealthy. On the subject of donations, you should also donate clothes and other miscellaneous/electronic items to smaller, local thrifts instead. Very little of what we get is sold, and I myself have been personally tasked multiple times with pulling items off the shelves to be shipped off to be sold by the pound, or sent to the landfill (you know, that place Goodwill lauds themselves for never sending things). The pay is also shit, and the turnover at…

Fixed it for you. This happened many years before the anti work movement I guess. I was interviewing with a company. They told me it would be an all day thing (8 hours, not uncommon in my industry). It was set up so I was in a conference room, and small groups would come in and interview me, one after the other (usually 2 – 4 people at a time). My interview started at 8:30 am. The first 2 – 3 groups went fine. Everyone was friendly, enthusiastic and getting me pumped to join this company. But then right before noon, the group I was interviewing with, while also mostly fine, had one individual who was a director, so someone I'd be working closely with. His behaviour was rigid, yet professional. During the interview with this group, he would ask me questions which I immediately recognized. They come straight out…