Antiwork

My dad is an accountant and is pretty darn book smart. He is also in his late 60's and loved Regan and republicans. He voted for Trump but has since softened on his stances and isn't homophobic or any of that Trump Republican nonsense. He believes that I can still work my way to the top since I have a college degree and no debt. Granted I've been a drunk for a decade; but I held a job for almost all of it and paid for my rehab out of my own pocket. The issue I have is that I'm currently in the best job I've ever had money wise and freedom wise. However; my boss is adding more responsibility to me steadily. My dad has encouraged me to be the yes man and to keep going. I have and for 9 months now I've steadily increased my work. I…

Passion-driven work is the kind of work best (or usually) performed by someone who has great passion for it, such as the work done by game developers, character actors in Disneyland, or research scientists. People who work in these fields are usually paid very little when you consider the level of skill required to do their work. For example, Disneyland actors are paid around $13 per hour for their time, while their work is extremely tiring, demanding and requires uncommon skills. I often hear people say that those who enjoy their work don't need to be paid as much because the enjoyment is part of their pay. I disagree heavily with this to begin with, but let's assume it's correct for a moment so we can analyse it.   Let's say for argument's sake that if you enjoy your work, then it's reasonable for you to be paid less for…

Hey all, I was a big fan of this sub from like 2019 through to some time in the middle of last year. I actually left just before it blew up and was on Fox News and stuff. Anyhow the reason I left was because it started to get dominated by what seemed to me traditional anti-capitalist left wing posts about 'billionaires are bad' etc, which is often true but always boring. Soon after i would increasingly notice people saying things like 'we're not against work, but against exploitation' or something, which diluted the focus of the sub, which for me was a deep reflection on the value system around work, which ties into deeper questions of morality: Do we have intrinsic value as human beings, or do we have to earn a place in the social order? Given there is no wilderness into which we can escape, how is…

As title says. You worked for years, saved up enough money, and took off working for a year or more to do whatever. Travel, pursue your own business, braid your own ass hairs, whatever. I want to do this in the future. Possibly WWOOF or travel. Something like a year-long road trip across the country sounds awesome. Or RV'ing, or international travel. I'm NOT talking to the hobos or those who are the local donation box among your family or friends. This question is for all those who had/have their own money. Please let us know how you do it/did it, advice you have, and your overall experiences!

What’s up with the companies that schedule a phone interview and never call, then never reply to your messages when you ask what’s going on?? If I had done the same I would be blacklisted. Sick of the double standard. ETA: What can I do to prevent other people who may be interested in the same job from going through this? As far as I know indeed only lets you post reviews if you’ve actually worked there.

This job isn't the greatest, they promised me a raise in may when I finished my training and now their saying I may not get it til September because they don't have enough people to cover in order to do any training. And I officially got a confirmation from another manager from another store saying “we always say that, that's rite aid for you we use that slogan to hire newbies but we never say when they'll finish the training this making them stay for at least a year” Man, this broke my heart…I was beginning to like this company but the pay is so low, I'm reconsidering this job and looking for another. But what really got to me is this morning I come in to work and my other coworker and the pharmacist is there. I live close and I was scheduled to work morning, I love mornings…

I'm going to preface this with I have a couple of chronic illnesses that don't allow me to work physical jobs. I can't even stand for long periods of time so I can't work in retail/food. Onto my tale: I have a part-time job and am on my state's Medicaid health insurance. I got offered a side gig, ended up doing well, and was given more assignments. I'm all excited thinking maybe I'll dig my way out of the hole that is my life, but NOPE! Instead, I'll make like $100 or $200 over the eligible amount of income for my insurance. This means I would have to spend money on insurance and pay for medication which I get free right now. I take a lot of meds. So essentially I'd be working for nothing, so I have to turn down work to keep my health the way it is…

Recruiters and “hiring managers”: How many people are you haphazardly throwing into the garbage with ATS? Who's left to configure these systems anyway, the unpaid HR intern assigned to menial office support functions? Do we need to have you all licensed and regulated by DFPR's like Realtors? Seriously, it's time to wake up now. There's an entire swath of people migrating from one vertical to another who's experiences and skills will port but ATS trashes them. Super cool story- let's repeat that 200 x's because we like racing ticking clocks. You're all reading way too much into a piece of paper and missing the long-term potential over daftness. Tone deaf much? Perhaps someone receiving those tickets could be intelligent enough to learn how to use it? Should we also list that we know the alphabet because it shows communication skills? By all means, keep those ATS systems tossing people right…