Antiwork

Does anyone know of workplaces effectively experimenting with their work setup? As in, having 3-day weekends, doing away with 9-5 work hours, letting people take sabbaticals and other ideas to help boost morale and redo our relationship with ‘work’. It took us a pandemic to get WFH to be normalized so that’s not a true experiment as it was forced out of necessity. Im curious to know what changes or experiments have been tried out of shear will of the workplace/work force and the results. Thanks!

I used to subscribe to the idea that AI and other growing technologies surrounding automation will replace certain jobs, and economic measures such as UBI and value-added tax will become the norm to support millions of those who find themselves out of a job. I was delighted at the aspect of such a reformed economy, but I dreaded the transition period where jobs actually start to get rooted out by AI. But now… it seems like the state of labor in the US has gotten so out of hand that I'm kind of waiting for automation to run its course. That way hopefully we'll have no choice but to pass new laws to prepare Americans for this new system of labor and to become more truly anti-work. Or am I completely wrong? Will companies, now free of some of their burden to support employees, not give a s*** and continue…

Consider this question: Why is the same labor valued differently in different locations? For instance, you have someone who works a construction gig in the U.S. where the federal minimum wage is $7.25/hour. They work an 8 hour day and earn $58 before taxes. Now think about someone who works the EXACT SAME JOB and EXACT SAME HOURS in The Philippines where the minimum wage is 537 Pesos PER DAY. That's only $11.17 for THE WHOLE DAY. The entire global economy is built on exploiting and subjugating smaller countries with weaker militaries. Our very currency is used to devalue and exploit workers around the world so they act as slaves to more powerful nations. For what? Is cheap labor really worth whole nations being subjugated to abject poverty? We are all human but we create arbitrary lines of race and nationalism in order to exploit large groups of people into…

I started a new job two months ago. It’s family owned business. I didn’t meet the owner until I was violently ill and I had to call him at 6:30 am and tell him I was going to be out all week. He seemed nice enough and I went on with my recovery. Feeling better now and was back the next week. I work in sales on commission and the owner asked me to be at reception all week because the person who’s job it is was on vacation. I agreed. Fast forward three weeks. I asked yesterday if at the end of may I could take a week off since my mother is visiting. I figure give as much notice as possible right. I had to go and physically ask him there is no portal or anything for requests. He said “are you asking or tell me?”. He said…

My country is considering to raise the minimum wage to a whooping 12€/h. After some quick maths I figured out that makes 480€ a week. So with an average rent you work a week per month just to afford housing. A quarter of your work goes into your landlords pocket, over a quarter of your life is wasted enriching property holders. And our “social democrat/green” government celebrates this ridiculously low rise as a victory. No matter what party is in power, we are ruled by the Kapital

Hey Crew, I work Retail for a Running Specialty Store in a major US city, and after several years without a formal review we finally have pushed management to take the time to schedule an actual evaluation/review with all employees individually as a chance to discuss our employment. I am looking to make the absolute most of this rare opportunity to negotiate better pay and accommodation for myself and my coworkers and am hoping the Reddit hivemind can help me out a little with some advice! Some things to know: In my city, the minimum wage is set at 15 dollars an hour. We make 15 dollars an hour with no promotion structure in place or annual pay raise. The company has been hemorrhaging long-time employees. Many multi year employees have been quitting out of frustration with upper management due to low pay and an increasingly poor quality of live…

I feel like I’m walking on thin ice while employed, I still want to leave off on a decent note so I can use them as a reference? Should I put in my two weeks tonight?

I was more than accommodating when I requested time off as I asked TWO MONTHS in advance. I understand that this is my first mistake because I should’ve [needed] the time off. Today I got a slap in the face when I looked at the schedule and they completely ignored all the days I requested off. The second slap in the face is when I emailed the supposed person in charge of scheduling who then proceeded to send me a cut and pasted reply, conveniently when the schedule is posted, which went (kinda) like this: “Dear [you absolutely dogshit employee] Please request off in the system. If the schedule is already posted then please find someone to cover your shift.” Of course that message is a little bit biased but then again I am very pissed that they completely ignored me and ABSOLUTELY brushed me aside. On a completely unrelated…

Hey everyone. I'm in an interesting situation with my employer, a private university. I posted last week explaining that the majority of my team had been fired on the spot. I've since learned that the external firm brought in to replace them doesn't employ a designer or developer, giving myself and my remaining coworker a bit of leverage. We're now being told to return to the office for a few days a week after being fully remote for the last two years. I've already voiced my opinion that without an internal team to reunite with, there's little to no reason for us to be on campus. I have an upcoming meeting in which I'm considering giving an ultimatum (let me remain fully remote or fire me) and I want to know what kind of repercussions I could be looking at it if I go through with it. I've read on…