Antiwork

Hello guys , I got my annual review with my manager today, it went well, I have overachieved most of my kpis , every feedback on the company are good and I will even double the size of my team this year (from 2 to 4). But at the end of the meeting he offered me a raise of 6% , I told him directly that it was a paucity for me as the inflation is 10% in uk , also even if it was matching the inflation , I’m going to have more responsibility and I think it should be rewarded. I’m new to this and I don’t know if it’s something normal in uk ? (I’m a foreigner) Are some other people in this situation ? What should I do if the next proposition is still too low ? (Quit directly or just accept and pass some interview…

We've had a known gas leak from our gas fire at the restaurant I work in. And we (I in particular) operate in close proximity of this fireplace for 6 days a week for about 5 hours a shift. Bare in mind it's not been turned on in probably a year or so, but I brought in a monoxide alarm after having all the symptoms since January this year and it was popping off confirming it. I have had to take time off work, struggle for money and they didn't even seem to care that much when I figured it out, surely they should've had monoxide alarms in the building?? Feels illegal not to but I'm not sure. Do I go ahead and sue them? I don't want too much effort and they were respectable bosses I don't wanna be too harsh but also I will be leaving them. Or…

So, I started this job back in January, and I'm currently in a probation period of three months. Learning on the job, I think I'm doing fine besides the usual blunder of doing things their way for the first time which is expectant and I've taken several notes on where to improve next time. The main problem for me is my coworkers. One of them, a manager (not my superior) is highly unapproachable (who likes to give me guesswork and doesn't give straight answers) but he's someone that I have to deal always so I have to toughen up every time I go to him. It's an open seating in the office and I was insisted on sitting with the team but I would rather sit somewhere away because their usual place is secluded and away from many other eye witnesses. That doesn't mean I don't go up to the…

I’ve been scrolling through this sub and I just thought I’d share my experience as a restaurant all rounder (bartender/ barista/ waitress/ unappreciated cog in the system) I worked this job over Covid and during my first university internship. My degree requires 1000 hours of field work (unpaid) split between the last 2 years of the degree. I needed the income for my internship. I was a school mental health worker which was rewarding but mentally and economically exhausting. So many of my peers in the degree were fired from their jobs because they couldn’t accomodate for the internship. I was incredibly privileged as this job accommodated for this and gave me weekend shifts to get by, but the conditions and the way they treated staff was quite horrific. During that time I had to sacrifice my own mental health so that I could get by financially. I managed to…

So my sister works in an office where she mostly makes phone calls. Important ones, yes, but most of her job is phone work regardless. She is one of 4 people who work in the office, the other 3 are the owner and her kids. My sister is considered management, because the 4 of them together manage a team of caregivers/aides who go in people's homes to give them assistance. These people are always disabled, usually elderly, sometimes children though. I give this as context because my sister has just been given very bad news about her own health. She has given warning to her boss that she may need to come in late a couple of times for appointments due to this development with her health. Her boss pretty much responded that actually she had started to notice her balance wasn't very good (mind you she has not fallen)…

I’m a university student Majoring in Anthropology and Human Organizational Development and I’m currently conducting Ethnographic research on r/antiwork. I plan to conduct a few short interviews about members activity and initial exposure to the community. If anyone is interested in being interviewed please let me know in the comments and I will reach out to plan a time when we do conduct the interview over Reddit chat. All names (including account usernames) will be replaced with pseudonyms and the research will not be published in a publication. Feel free to ask any questions!

I’m just curious as to what “antiwork” actually means, I’m aware of “universal basic income” I was just more curious on how an “antiwork” society would exactly function. Is it still capitalistic? Etc etc I’m sure there will be many different types of “antiwork” societal ideas and I just want a general consensus.

I was talking to a younger coworker and this is his first full time job. He said he has been working 50 hour weeks. I said at least you get time and a half for that extra ten. He had no idea what I was talking about and pulled up his paystub and he wasn’t getting any time and half. I tried to explain to him that there must be some mistake as that is the law as he is not salary. Then a supervisor that is neither of our bosses tells me to “you need to send him away” as we were talking at my desk. I thought this guy wanted to talk to me about something privately so I ask what’s up? He said nothing just you can’t be talking to him about things like that. It’s not your problem. I said it’s illegal and he doesn’t understand.…