Antiwork

My boss was quit his job last week for a new opportunity after spending 5 years at our company which in the startup life is a long time . Keep in mind he’s gotten only a few raises and promotions along the way. Found a new job with the title and pay he wanted. My company didn’t even bother to mention him putting in his notice, they merely swept it under the rug. 5 years of not having the funding for more employees, 5 years of countless of hours of unpaid OT, 5 years of dealing with constant leadership changes. Not even a fucking mass email. I’ve gone through 4 jobs over the last three years ( I worked for a lot of startups that failed) and I’ve leveled up my pay at each stop by about 15k. I can’t imagine all the money he left on the table over…

I'm literally a Former Chick-Fil-A Worker since I walked into work back in February looking for my usual assignment which is putting things into bins “what the bin thing is known for is to put kids toys and salad dressings in their bags and placing them into their bins”, found them behind the kiddie slides and couldn't get them out “since they were out of reach”. So I'm like “Okay, I'll go get the bins up front” and I walked out of the kids playroom and as I was turning right to get to the counter that I was stopped by one of the managers and she told me in quote “We're gonna move you up front because you're using your phone too much” and I kind of got uptight over it and was also told that they're gonna keep a “watchful eye” in making sure that I'm not using…

It's like that sound on TikTok where she's like “Freddy, you're supposed to be on lockdown!” And Freddy just starts fake crying. Comparing yourself to Jeff Bezos like you wouldn't be the same devil if you owned Amazon or that you're closer to the bottom than you are the top is a flimsy excuse for profiting from exploitation. If you have $1M+ and you aren't using it to help the proletariat seize the means of production, then you are the enemy, end of story.

To the people still working for minimum wage or under $10 an hour, is unemployment benefits not higher? I’d think at some point the companies offering minimum wage would go bankrupt. But that doesn’t seem to happen. Those employers just complain nobody wants to work, but somehow they stay in business? I know it’s not as easy as it sounds, but if I was under $10 an hour I’d immediately quit and would hope all my coworkers do too

I worked for a charity in a shop in England. In a large city, during the covid pandemic. During that year of lockdowns, we barely made sales. People weren’t coming out and with the restrictions on the amount of people we were allowed into the store, most weren’t going to stand outside and wait. Fast forward to the final lockdown (I don’t remember dates anymore) we were informed that we were to get a new area manager. Awesome, not a problem. The last one seemed supportive and helped, couldn’t see why this one wouldn’t. First day we met her, she belittled me (the manager at the time) for not doing more to bring in sales between the lockdowns. After I explained that the footfall was low (I had proof) and that restrictions on numbers allowed in was also a factor, she basically told me I should’ve ignored them, allowed people…

Has anyone here successfully negotiated less pay for less hours at a salaried position? Hear me out as I explain. I’m looking into changing jobs, but an ex-coworker referred me to a position I think I’m overqualified for. Fortunately, ex-co was kind enough to disclose her salary. She makes close to what I make now, even though I’m way more experienced. Ouch, but also I’m happy for her. It’s gotten me wondering if anyone has tried working less hours at a job in exchange for an overall lower salary. I’m trying to figure out how to explain: Ex-coworker makes 50k. I believe I could make over 90k, but I also don’t want a leadership position and I’m ok with doing moderate work for my skill set. I wonder if I could get paid 75k and work 32 hours a week. I have not done the math on this. I’m just…

Work is bullshit. If I had more time I'd just labour for my family anyway but I'd get more sleep and have more time to cook in my traditional methods instead of top ramen and burger king. I'm good with kids, good with the elderly, have a lot of around the house handy skills, and I'm pretty good with cars. If I didn't have to work I could spend more time caring for kids, for the elderly, and getting better at my practical skills. I'd even have more time to start speed running my favorite game. This isn't just conjecture this is exactly what happened first 2 months of the pandemic. Anyway fuck work just let me labour for my people and chill otherwise.

I work minimum wage part time in the service industry. Turns out my coworkers who started after me are making $2 an hour more than I am. In short, I'm livid about it as it has been going on for a few months now(that I know of). The only reason I could guess why is because we serve alcohol and I'm only 19, which means the only thing I'm not legally allowed to do is pour the drink. And if that's the reason, I think I'm gonna lose it because I do just as much work, if not more, than some of the 21+ coworkers. Thankfully, my boss seemed genuinely surprised(he's not in charge of payroll and was also hired after I was) and promised he would have that changed. Moral of the story, talk with coworkers about how much you're making. It the only reason I found out.

I started my new job in early January. I had been looking forward to it for months, considering I applied almost a year ago, shortly after completing my Master's. The interview went great and I couldn't wait to start. Things fell apart before I even started. To start, I found out I wasn't going to be paid the correct amount of money. Yes, I know this should have been a dealbreaker right away. As someone with a qualifying degree, the website said I would make 70K/year in my location. Coming from a retail background, this was about four times what I had been making. Then, on a call with HR shortly before my start date, I discovered I would actually be making just under 40K/year. We then spent several weeks trying to figure out what the issue was. Long story short, I was eventually told there was no way to…