Antiwork

So I had a work injury recently, my lower back was in so much painful I couldn't even get out of bed or walk downstairs or drive. I called it in and the first thing they did was send me to go see “their” in house doctor. I some how managed to get to the dam place waited 2hrs in line to only have me wait in another room for another 2hrs (I feel asleep at this point). At last the doctor walks in and sees me for not even 5mins tells me to take some pain killers and go back to work. What kind of treatment is this bullshit!!! So I decided to go see a chiropractor that same day and they were super professional and treated me that day. I wasn't 100 but the pain was bare able. Fast forward 6 months later I got a bill from…

Out of the blue my company decided, after 1.5 years of being reassured that my position is not required or expected to be “on call” during off hours, that I now need to be on call on weekends. I asked to be compensated for the change and was told there's no money in the budget. I immediately started looking for other jobs. I'm still at the same company (with a few potential options I'm waiting to hopefully hear back from 🤞🤞) and was sent the PTO policy for my upcoming planned leave. I planned out my leave based on their policy, and then was told, “oh, actually we don't do that thing the policy says we do. The policy changed when we switched PTO management systems.” So they literally sent me an inaccurate, out of date policy, and it means absolutely nothing because they get to change it up whenever…

Boomers do understand inflation and the stagnant wages, contrary to this sub’s belief. But by criticising the millennials and how entitled they are, they bask themselves in a better light and how their “hard work” back then have earned them what they rightfully deserved. Like the housing back then which has appreciated in the millions. And they can justify their success has nothing to do with the change in era, capitalism and income inequality. In short, they make themselves look successful by putting down the younger generation.

I was having a second (virtual) interview with the same person and it was near the end of the interview – we probably would have been done in 5-10 minutes and she just leaves the meeting. I thought it might be an internet thing so I tried calling her and left her an email when she didn’t answer then emailed her again 24 hours later asking if everything was okay. Never heard from her but weeks later I got a generic thing from their organization saying they were pursuing other candidates. Keep in mind I didn’t say anything weird or rude just was asking some typical interview questions, and the interview seemed to be going well up (between the two conversations, we talked for over an hour and 15 minutes)

In 1912, the US Presidential election vote was split between 4 parties which each ran pro-worker candidates, including the Socialist Party. The idea that even 1 would have such an alignment in our elections today is seen as preposterous. What happened? The Soviet Union, which would would begin its formation in 1917. Once WW2 ended, the USSR and the US would be powerful rivals of each other. With this, American oligarchs found an opportunity. You see, while very progressive and Keynesian for its time, the postwar US was still undoubtedly capitalist in contrast to the communist USSR. They realized that the two superpowers' economic systems, while not nearly as divisive as their political ambitions, could be co-opted onto the conflict. This meant creating a false relationship between socialism and the USSR versus capitalism and the US. In effect, they tricked people into believing that to be a socialist was to…

I started a software development job a few months ago. Previous jobs I would go above and beyond, do things efficiently, and my reward was more responsibility, longer hours, and being told I can’t take time off because I’m the only one who can do all the responsibilities I had. Overworked and unappreciated. I had no life outside of work and was on call 24/7. This new job they asked me to work late — and they told me this at 5pm. It wasn’t an emergency. They just said it was “last second.” Cool. But no. If they want to fire me, that’s fine. I’m putting my foot down early. In my second week they said there was something I needed to do every Saturday night at a certain time. And I said “I’m not available then.” These problems are simply because they don’t plan well and then everything becomes…