Antiwork

I understand not all are but seems likes most have superiority complexes and treat people under them like shit for some sick enjoyment or simply because they can.

So for context I am getting a job at a national park. They offer housing for pretty cheap and I really wanted to see what the national park had to offer. Long story short is they want it to go through till the end of October, but I have to move to Spain for my study abroad campaign. I feel as if They won’t hire me if I tell them this, but if I do leave early, will they have some way to punish me or keep forcing me to pay rent or anything? Or am I free to quit whenever I choose?

Everything is so fucked up. The world is full of greed. Unnecessary wars, billionaires, the working class unable to put food on the table. When will it end? What is the solution? Are we just destined to continue like this? We need drastic changes. Working 5/6 days a week to barely afford rent and heating is no life!

I live in a “luxury” apartment. When I first moved in 2 years ago I paid $1750/month plus misc items and utilities. It usually came out to $1832. They raised my rent last year to $1899/month plus I got a storage unit so I was paying around $2132. I just got my renewal lease letter and they are going to raise my rent to $2291/month plus other charges. I'm looking at paying $2500/month after all is said and done. How is this legal? How is anyone ok with this? Fuck this system.

Does anyone know of workplaces effectively experimenting with their work setup? As in, having 3-day weekends, doing away with 9-5 work hours, letting people take sabbaticals and other ideas to help boost morale and redo our relationship with ‘work’. It took us a pandemic to get WFH to be normalized so that’s not a true experiment as it was forced out of necessity. Im curious to know what changes or experiments have been tried out of shear will of the workplace/work force and the results. Thanks!

I used to subscribe to the idea that AI and other growing technologies surrounding automation will replace certain jobs, and economic measures such as UBI and value-added tax will become the norm to support millions of those who find themselves out of a job. I was delighted at the aspect of such a reformed economy, but I dreaded the transition period where jobs actually start to get rooted out by AI. But now… it seems like the state of labor in the US has gotten so out of hand that I'm kind of waiting for automation to run its course. That way hopefully we'll have no choice but to pass new laws to prepare Americans for this new system of labor and to become more truly anti-work. Or am I completely wrong? Will companies, now free of some of their burden to support employees, not give a s*** and continue…

Consider this question: Why is the same labor valued differently in different locations? For instance, you have someone who works a construction gig in the U.S. where the federal minimum wage is $7.25/hour. They work an 8 hour day and earn $58 before taxes. Now think about someone who works the EXACT SAME JOB and EXACT SAME HOURS in The Philippines where the minimum wage is 537 Pesos PER DAY. That's only $11.17 for THE WHOLE DAY. The entire global economy is built on exploiting and subjugating smaller countries with weaker militaries. Our very currency is used to devalue and exploit workers around the world so they act as slaves to more powerful nations. For what? Is cheap labor really worth whole nations being subjugated to abject poverty? We are all human but we create arbitrary lines of race and nationalism in order to exploit large groups of people into…

I started a new job two months ago. It’s family owned business. I didn’t meet the owner until I was violently ill and I had to call him at 6:30 am and tell him I was going to be out all week. He seemed nice enough and I went on with my recovery. Feeling better now and was back the next week. I work in sales on commission and the owner asked me to be at reception all week because the person who’s job it is was on vacation. I agreed. Fast forward three weeks. I asked yesterday if at the end of may I could take a week off since my mother is visiting. I figure give as much notice as possible right. I had to go and physically ask him there is no portal or anything for requests. He said “are you asking or tell me?”. He said…