Antiwork

So.. I started working at my first job not too long ago and as a full time university student, its kinda been difficult managing time. Way too many all-nighters to count. I got this job not too long ago and I enjoyed it at first because my coworkers were nice and one of my managers were really nice to me. Its kind of a hard work since I often work in the kitchen and I almost get no breaks for 6 or 7 hours depending on who I work with. I also work at the front which means I definitely don't get breaks but thats fine because I don't like feeling like I'm not doing anything. The first red flag was that there were wayyy too many people quitting within a week. Some were terrified of the bosses and now that I know a lot of my coworkers, everyone agrees…

I used to work for a staffing agency and it is so grimy what they do to people. They will put up job postings and then spam call candidates for other positions nit related to the job post. They will false promise that a job is temp to hire and have people quit their other jobs with false hope they will be hired by the company. They make up to 70% of what you earn per hour and use car salesman like tatics to trick clients into paying the money. They will forget to tell you what is needed on the first day on the job (ex. Steel toed shoes) and then blame you in front of the client. Not all staffing agencies are bad but the one I worked for sure was.

Should we collectively say “nope”, you gotta lower tuition or forgive this debt? Maybe then, we will return.

This is a place to rant about leaving a job right? A couple years ago I took a job working for a contract company (with a generic female name… Let's say Kelly) that works with a big Fortune 500 company in a small town. Part of the understanding is that I'm hired on as a contractor with expectations that I will get brought in down the road. It sucks, but in the beginning it was decent pay and decent benefits for decent work, and I'm actually excited about getting involved with IT work. FFW to the middle of the pandemic, during a monthly mandatory safety meeting, Kelly decides to cut sick days for all contractors. It's not good enough that these workers run all the dangerous processes for the F500 company, but now they need to use vacation days to call out sick in the middle of a pandemic. Kelly…