Antiwork

I work in childcare and I get paid like shit. I’ve been thinking of quitting for awhile because I can’t afford to be paid $11 an hour. Anyway, my manager and I were talking yesterday and I found out she makes less than me. She’s thinking of quitting soon because she has a baby on the way and she can’t afford things while being paid like shit. She encouraged me to leave because she understands I can’t afford to live, and I’m really happy that she understands. Anyway, just wanted to get that out. Super happy about it.

I was not made for this world And all it's sorrow and hate I was not made for this world And all it's pain and heartbreak I was not made for this world And it's dreary nine to five I was not made for this world Where you're too stressed to feel alive I was not made for this world And it's never ending loss I never asked to be born Yet every moment I pay the cost I was not made for this world And I can't wait to leave To a place dark and peaceful Where I'll never again greive

I'm going to give a backstory to this because there is a LOT of layers. Feel free to ask questions and I'll clarify. (Using a throw away for added anonymity) Tldr at bottom. For the past 5 years I gave my entire heart and soul into a local Science Center. I was the only paid employee and did the work of at least 8 people. MINIMUM. I never complained because i LOVED what i did. When i started there, i began taking in rescued animals to have on display or interact with schools. I was the only care taker of the animals for years. It was a huge hit for the Center. This Science Center is a non-profit organization run by a Husband and Wife. They are in their 70's and the husband in particular was on a slow mental decline throughout the years. The wife had serious anger issues…

They are about to fire 2.8k humans because a handful made bad management decisions

TLDR- in a brand new workplace I’ve found my workmates and I to be very compatibly pro-labor and committed to creating a good work environment. I and four others were just hired to open a new store in my city (another two exist in a city a few thousand miles away). The boss has a ton of other commitments/businesses so for our first two days of work, they just left us alone to clean/organize/prep the new space. Well y’all it’s day fucking two and I love this crew. Our hourly is what it is because we will receive approx 30% of our total earnings in tips but for now we are doing 2-3 weeks of work before the store can open and therefore cannot receive any tips. We discussed strategies for collectively negotiating a temporary pay raise for this time along with a plan to negotiate a revision to our…

I REALLY hope this pic isn't a repost, and if it is, I sincerely apologize. I've been in IT for a long time now, and I've learned the hard way that any real raise (like anything over 3%/yr) or a noticeable promotion tends to require a job/company change. It sucks. I could go off on a VERY long rant about hiring practices and employee treatment in IT, but I'll stick to the pic here for now. I just left a VERY good company who preached “family first” and talked a big game about how well they treat their employees, but after being on-call 24/7/365 for 2.5 yrs (and believe me, they got every ounce out of me that they could….nights, holidays, even date nights with the wife) I just wanted a little more…just a little. I wanted to recover at least some of the MASSIVE pay cut I took to…