Antiwork

Currently I am a business student in college and for my minor I am taking a class that is based on criticizing capitalism. It’s quite an odd combination learning how capitalism is not the best system and then going to my next class and learning how to play the system for my benefit. One thing that has been clear in both classes is that capitalism isn’t sustainable. There are many situations when capitalism can no longer work on its own. The pandemic has been the most recent example with a massive number of buy outs given to massive companies. These companies are worth millions of dollars why do they need government funding to stay afloat? In capitalism you either are making money or losing money. All of these companies that received bailouts had no reserve money because they constantly invest their profits in risky endeavors. So instead of letting the…

My work environment is toxic, been looking for something better. Recently my stress is manifesting physically. I told my wife (she’s the bread winner) she ran the numbers and said I could quit. I feel like this is a dream? Like can I actually just… put my two weeks in focus on my kid and me and my family while I find a better fit?

When I was younger, I was particularly dedicated to my first few jobs. I was always confused when I would see people older than me who would show up at a job for a day or two, and then disappear or “found another job.” Sometimes I would kind of scoff to myself and think like, what the hell? who just shows up for like one or two days and then leaves a job? thats so strange. After seeing a few posts on here about people walking off the job on the first day, as well as working in toxic environments, I completely understand now. Those people valued themselves. They were honest enough and knew what they wanted, and decided that this situation was a mess, and decided to get out early. This is something I wish I had done. at one job in particular, I got really weird vibes almost…

For context, I make the equivalent of $220 usd per month and spend around $130 of it on rent and bills. That leaves $90 for eating for the month, laundry, home maintenance, etc. My boss saw that my front bicycle brakes were broken and advised me to fix them, and I told her I was saving up and its costs around $12 usd. She seemed really upset about the idea that I don't have the money on me. But like, she pays my wages. She knows that the poverty line is around 300 usd per month. She kept repeating, “But you have to keep a little money around, in case of emergency.” How can someone pay you as little as possible and then be fucking shocked when you have no money?? edit: I'm not in the US, in case that was not clear. Also, I miscalculated my rent and bills,…