Antiwork

So I walk into work this morning and my boss comes into the office shortly after I do. The first thing he says to me is “Stay away from me”… after a brief silence I ask why and he responds “oh I have a fever and don’t feel good and haven’t for a few days” all of the days which he has worked in the same office as me… He then walks over to my desk to look through papers for an order and starts asking me questions. I really don’t answer him and he walks away saying I better get away from you. He knows that I leave tomorrow for a bachelor party with a group of my friend. after waking away he proceeds to sit at his desk in his office the next room over still coughing… It’s taking everything in me to not just walk out because…

I'm in my teens and recently started working at my local grocery store. The job and hours are decent, the pay is questionable. I've had this job for 4 months or so. Around the end of my shift, I had to help a customer with payment and I went maybe 10 minutes over my shift but didn't care to say anything. We have a community board in the back room where you can well, write and I took a pencil to write something about the register as it's been a problem before. I was in a rush because my dad was outside to pick me up so I took the pencil on accident. When I went in yesterday, I was pulled into the managers office and was promptly let go for “theft”. I'm livid right now but I can't be bothered to do anything about it. Not even teens are…

We need to organize all forms of work and unionize together. Instead of making our demands towards corporations, legislature is how we must make changes for the working soul. We can no longer allow ourselves to be slaves in “their” world. This is our world and we need to take it back

2000-2020: -Companies merged into mega corps & eliminated good jobs -Millennials could only find retail jobs for $10/hour part time -This kept inflation low because companies didn't give raises. They just easily replaced people. -Millennials couldn't afford kids. Birth rate keeps dropping 2021+: -Some Baby Boomers retire & low births = not enough replacements. -This drives wages up. -Because no one gave a s*** about mergers the mega corps charge whatever they want. No competition. -Because of dropping birth rates there aren't enough workers to support Social Security. -People cite government handouts for labor shortages and do not realize how bad it'll get if people do not have more kids & baby Boomers keep retiring.

The job posting was no surprise, but boy that salary was. Im currently working a relatively high stress office job in administration/accounting. I recently got a promotion which I was beyond excited about, full time accounting! I hate administration so it felt like a massive weight was about to be lifted. I currently make 31k a year (not including bonuses) working full time. It's not sustainable and even in a dual income house my partner and I struggle to get by (Canada). I've been with this company for 5 years now and I'm constantly being told I'm an assent and how they don't know what they would do without me. The job posting for my current position… 34k-37k a year. Well that feels fantastic. When I confronted my boss: “well you would be bumped into that range based on cost of living this year” I've slaved away for 5 years…

I came to the realization today that my boss is a salesman. I feel crushed. I always thought for years my boss genuinely cared about me and he was almost like a father figure to me. But I realized today that he is only about saving his own ass at work and truly does not care about me. When I approach the topic of hiring an extra person to help out because I am overworked and doing the job of three people he said that he would not even considering asking upper management for this. He said he does multiple different jobs even though I do probably double the amount of work he does and that he is managing quite well. I have stayed late, come in early, resended vacation days, and worked sick all because I wanted his approval. He has made me feel guilty I now realize for…