Antiwork

I know that this might have been asked several times and that it widely varies across regions. So, the question is: What is the minimum monthly amount that, if you could somehow ensure it forever, you would be willing to retire right now and never work again? Please also provide your country. This amount should include all your basic needs plus anything you'd desire in order to maintain about the same quality of life you have today (unless you'd be willing to sacrifice some of it). You can assume this amount forever regardless of inflation. Do not assume any of your existing assets (except housing if you have your own house).

I work for a Fortune 500 tech company in a highly technically demanding phone support queue for high-end hyperconverged enterprise servers. The skill ceiling is high and the training was utterly worthless and for the last 9 months of working this post, my mental health has taken a bad beating. Whenever I have tried to call attention to the flaws in the system I get ignored or bullied by management with the “you’re lucky to have a job” BS. Me and my teammates are always busy and if I had to put a percentage, an average day has us working on some case or another for our customers at least 85% of the day. Often times we work late. We have been crying for headcount for months. So they get this great idea to combine our chat and phone queues into one “super queue” and I about came unglued. I…

I think for everyone to understand my situation, I need to explain the current situation first. I try to explain it as best as I can, but english is not my mother tongue and some technical terms I don't know in english. I work as a social worker for a muncipality. I started working there 1.5 years ago and got recruited by a friend that works there. At first everything seemed fine, although I could see cracks in the wall. After 3 months they slammed down the hammer and announced, that the municipality is in debt and they need to save money. So they plan to change our government contracts and redact all benefits, set the working conditions to the absolute bare minimum that is legally allowed and just generally piss everyone off. This is still in the making and needs to be approved by the muncipality council first. Our…

I have been working at a seasonal job and living in employee housing for the past month. the work is terrible; i’m serving a 4 course meal, bussing, and food running with typically 10-12 hour days. a two week check was 425$. there’s no tips really since it’s at a resort and the only charge is when someone orders alcohol- so maybe a 10$ tip at most with 4 tables. the housing isn’t worth it and the food is typically a grilled cheese everyday or some other type of carb. i hear that management can fire on the spot if you decide to resign which is why i haven’t put in a notice. there’s also alot of shame and rejection to those who quit since it’s so understaffed by other employees. i’m not having a great time and am in the middle of nowhere with nothing to do. the schedule…

Imho its one of the ways how “the man” keeps ppl divided. And it clearly works as you can constantly see people being mad that “cheap people dont tip” instead of being mad that “i cant make a living without relying on voluntary extra cash paid by customers because my boss rips me off” Think, unionize and dont expect tips as something mandatory. Look at most European states, where tipping is that “extra for good service”

I'm in a hot field and get several phone calls from recruiters daily. Except these days is the hiring manager wants to schedule for late next week. Then the soft skills BS interview is another week or two out. I remember the days where you would do one interview and have a contingent offer letter waiting in my inbox. Now it's a six to eight week process. I've heard of two and three month interview processes. What a waste of everyone's time. Is it like that everywhere (even though due to the supposed labor shortage), or is it just that the more money you ask for, the longer it takes?