Antiwork

Here are my suggestions based on frequently asked questions: How can we stop our shelters from being overcrowded? Answer: Provide eviction prevention through financial assistance. Provide short term or long term affordable housing. Have partnerships with employers who offer jobs that people with trauma histories can do without much hassle. Work on more business and organizational growth by improving leadership. How do we stop people who are unhoused from being zombies downtown? See the answer above. Why are there so many unhoused people in the area? Answer: many reasons. More and more uncertainties in the job market. Changes in technologies and skill needs. Fragile workplaces. People who were mistreated and bullied for years may find themselves easily falling through our weak safety net. Health issues.

With grad school, I can look for something better but my God, I want out now. I started working retail back in 2006 or 2007, took a college break until about 2013, returned…and it‘s never been that much fun.

That's my new mantra, and I try to share it with everyone, I want to plant that seed.

I applied for a helpdesk position at a startup company. The recruiter called me and asked me if I can come in this week at 4PM. I said I'm not sure, because I'm working until 4:30, so it'd be 5PM at earliest. I said if online interview is possible, they said no. But the recruiter said he'll ask if there can be some accommodations made. Wouldn't you know it, an hour later I get an email “you have been rejected”. Seriously what the hell. Not even the slightest effort taken from their side. What did they expect me to do? Call in sick? Get a day off?

As the title indicates, my current job has burned me out. There is no morality present, barely any ethical principles. Essentially, it is a sales position that demands we get the sale at whatever cost it is to the customer, even if that means pretty much scamming someone. I am due to complete my masters degree at the end of July. I cannot get away from my current job fast enough, and want to apply to new positions ASAP. My problem is that I can’t start working until the third or so week of August because I’m moving out of state and into a new home between completion of my degree and then. Is it unprofessional to state on my résumé that I can’t work until then? And if it’s not unprofessional, what is the professional way to voice this?

I work for a popular massage store chain. The 3 locations are franchises and the owners are horribly greedy people who don’t give a rats ass about their employees. They consistently overwork us with 8-10 hour days, 9 days straight, sorting thru massive amounts of paperwork, cold callimg people and expect us to cram an entire life into 12 hours (sleep, eat, basic life shit). I’ve been working 8:30 6:30 and waking up at 6am to get back to work by 8:30am. That means in order to get a decent nights sleep i basically need to be in bed by 10. They’re scheduling me at the location that’s over an HOURS drive away, the one location I said when i got hired, I was not willing to work because its way too far and at $13 measly dollars an hour, i just can’t afford the gas to get up there…

It's really deflating when you get no feedback on your work unless it is something you did wrong. I think I need to change my perspective. I'm always telling myself I'm doing everything wrong even though I do good 95% of the time. Typing this out I just realized that even though I know work is bullshit I'm still brainwashed.

Ok so I am a broke college student. I was using a coupon to buy yogurt at Target. This is my second time using the coupon, and I know it works. I went to a cashier, and he scanned the yogurt. Then, I gave him my $1 off coupon. He looked at it and refused to scan it, claiming that the coupon was for the wrong product. I insisted that it was the right product and that it had worked before. I thought he might be confused because the coupon's picture was different, but the fine print specified the right product. However, he repeated that it was the wrong product and refused to scan it. I once again assured him that it was the right product and pointed out the fine print. I urged him to try scanning the coupon. Finally, he scanned it and the coupon worked. But then,…