Antiwork

Title. I work for a “small” brewery/restaurant. We've had a lot of disgruntled employees lately due to management trying to change a bunch of policies overnight. Everyone feels the same way about them, but nobody wants to voice their issues to management out of fear of being made an example for rocking the boat. Being a brick in the wall I'm definitely not in a position to take charge and bring these issues up. But I feel if the “lower” managers (they run the show day to day just not the behind the scenes/ big picture stuff), but if they were given the legal opportunity to band together they'd speak their minds. How do I help them?

In Texas the minimum wage is still $7.25. I think that’s literally insane. How do these big companies expect to bring in any money if all their customers and employees are too poor to afford anything? The cost of living is insane and jobs flat-out do not pay enough. How is it a win for anyone if the long term results equal dirt poor population? What do these corporations gain from starving their primary source of income (i.e. The customer)?

Are you bound to someone because you can't afford rent on your own? Does one person make more money and therefore has leverage on household decisions? Do you feel tied to someone because you can't renegotiate the terms of your marriage or afford divorce lawyer fees? This is the worst symptoms of late stage capatilisim. It's eating away at our mental health and more. I just want to give my current partner 10 grand and tell him that I never want to see him again. But I'm stuck. In a mortgage, in a car lease, in a capitalist structure that dictates I cannot leave an abusive relationship even if I have paid the debt. I tried to sell my last car and even though I went through all the necessary paperwork, paid off my car in full by myself, his name was still on the title. Because that's how it…

You have some PTO that you're going to lose if you don't use it soon. When figuring out which days to pick for a random PTO day just to use it up, do you: A. Pick the days that would be the least impacted by your day off B. Pick the day that would get you the biggest bang for your buck. The days that seem to have the most bullshit, the heaviest work load, etc. You will get out of the hard work for that day but your absence might impact the productivity of the day or effect your co-workers work day.

I work in healthcare and I absolutely hate this job. The culture is so toxic, employees are treated awful, and it is an unsafe atmosphere. I don’t plan on using them for a reference. I feel like they’d give me a bad review anyway if asked because I was berated for my attendance (for having Covid and strep on 2 separate occasions). The supervisor is petty and rude, so if I give a one week notice or even a 5 day notice I feel like she’ll try to corner me and talk me out of it or yell at me. I kinda want to send in my resignation letter and be done with it (once I confirm my new job) and leave my badge with HR and never look back. In my letter I plan on detailing exactly why I’m quitting so they can’t chalk it up to anything but…

The more I research and read, the more I feel so much frustration about the underpaid and overworked reality of the teaching profession. I’m only 23 and have a masters degree. No/low rent while I’m home, but I want so badly to travel the world and live comfortably. (As a DINK preferably.) I’m just worried that teaching will always be a high-stress life without the pay to make up for it, unless I work harder for more credits or second jobs, which won’t even necessarily help. Is it even possibly to change? Where else would I even work?