Antiwork

My manager is ok, haven’t had any major problems with him. He’s not liked generally, and hes not great but he’s not a demon like some of the stories on here. Around august, he asked me if I could skip class and just watch a recording of them, so I could come in earlier. I said no. Didn’t think much of it, but recently remembered it and brought it up to one of my coworkers. He said it’s a fire able offense. I don’t want to ruin his career if it is. I can see how it’s just a genuine misunderstanding. But others have serious problems with him, and I feel like it’s unfair to keep this to myself when it would help them. Idk, I feel like I’m stuck. I don’t want to make my coworkers upset because I didn’t report, but I don’t want to mess his career…

Basically a few days ago i made a post asking how do i politely ask my bosses to f*ck off with the micromanaging such as , “Hey [name] what are you working on?” Basically i already update them my 3 main tasks and when each one is finished, i message on teams telling them that its done. I know they're intentionally micromanaging because as I am working on my task number 1 or 2 or 3, out of no where they message and say . “Hey {name} what are you working on?” Ive already allowed them to micromanage me into telling them when each task are done but this is beyond unnecessary and causes unnecessary stress / focus of what I am doing. Next time they do it, do i bring this up to HR or complain to their boss? and to let them know that this unnecessary asking for…

Either we need people to work longer in the future because of longer life expectancy, or we're in the beginning of an AI/Automation revolution that will result in most of us having to retire regardless of age. Seems to me both of these can't be true at the same time. Which is it?

I have an autistic toddler and 3 month old twins, and because I make minimum wage, have no benefits, have not received a raise in two (out of three) years, I am their primary caregiver. And even with our combined household income we can’t afford childcare. I have to take my son to his early education program which he qualifies for through Medicaid, twice a day 5x a week. He also has physical therapy on Mondays. My boss told me before I got ready to come back full time, that he understood. He said I could take things slow. So I thought that meant, it was expected that mistakes may be made and it could not be the end of the world. I took two weeks off after my c-section. I’m balancing the twins with my son. I explicitly told him that my son has “a slew” of appointments coming…

I'm sick and tired of the Tory horse shit. Looking forward to all the media lamentations about the lowest spending for years this Easter, “what could possibly be causing it?” Well, the wealth gap in the UK is now wider than Olympus Mons, so the Capitory leaders fuck us again with interest hikes and tax rises. I'm self-employed, considering just giving up and retiring to the streets! /rant

I am 28 and currently unemployed after leaving a toxic job in February that was causing me panic attacks everyday. I have always been career driven so being unemployed for months with no direction of what I want to do with my career is really bringing me down. But intellectually, I understand that defining our self-worth through our careers is just a capitalist trap. I have amazing friends, I live in a fun city, I’m dating an amazing man and I get to travel a lot. This should be enough!!! Yet, I feel like such a failure for not making use of my degree, having barely any savings left and having no idea what I want to do with my career long term. What advice, books, podcast etc. helped you to switch your mindset about equating self worth with work?!

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