Antiwork

Almost wanted to walk out today, but I didn't because I need this job for work experience. I like the job but, yet again, like most jobs I've had, I'm the only person fucking doing anything. Manufacturing job if anyone asks.

Our head manager said it’s “more of an innocence than anything else” and to keep open regardless of the fact my co-worker and manager watched him die. He was an older guy who died of a heart attack suddenly. He was coming in for his usual. Yet we remained open. “Inconvenience”. Jesus.

I worked remotely in Arkansas for a company based out of Missouri, and was laid off at the end of March. During that final meeting, i was assured that my PTO was earned and I was entitled to it, so they would pay it out with my final paycheck. Our payday was Tuesday, it was not included. They did not respond to emails. I called the HR manager yesterday, she said the boss had been out of office for the start of the week and she was unaware that was to be included, but would resolve it that day. That has not happened either. Do i have any options or am i just screwed? Also, its been two weeks since i've filed for unemployment and it hasnt been approved. Are they involved in that process as well and could be hindering it? Thank you

Today it hit me watching my rich friends snapchats. I’ll never have true freedom. I know what it looks like, but I’ll never achieve it. This man is in his early 30’s and does nothing but golf, hike, swim in his family pool, and workout all day every day. I’ll never inherit a dime, and I’ll like sit behind a desk at my bs corporate IT job until I’m too old to do much. Thems the breaks though.

My workplace is going through financial troubles, in spite of it being one of the largest employers where I live. To help with the budget shortfall, my supervisor has been exploring ways to cut costs, especially with regard to my part-time internship. I’m just about done with grad school, just about done with my internship contract, and I just need things stable until I finish school, SO THAT I CAN FINISH SCHOOL. This week my supervisor proposed pausing my work and my pay for two months to help with the budget shortfall. I freak out, given that this is my only source of income right now and this is very sudden and awful timing. I’m in the thick of finishing my thesis and need to focus, I have no money, etc. So… I have expended a lot of time and emotional labor explaining, to an adult, why I can’t just……

– Managers should never earn more than workers they work with- Managers' clothing should never be more elegant than that of workers they work with.- Management should be always older than the workers they work with.- Managers' offices should never be more luxurious or indicate any higher prestige than that of the workers they work with.- All manager meetings as long as they don't have confidential information should be recorded and accessible to all members of the company, to see what they are doing and if they are even worthwhile. – Board of Directors board should have a worker representative, that is elected by the workers themselves to be able to present the workers' perspective and advocate for them in conflicts with management to create a balance and fair representation and make the workers feel safe and not alone. – Every worker should have the e-mail of the CEO who…