Antiwork

Quick & simple. The reality is a simple fact that Employers need to pay all employees a reasonable wage, with benefits, vacation time, insurance & parental / emergency leave (for caretaking & otherwise). Nobody is willing to accept a job anymore that makes them grind & struggle just to get by month to month on a singular paycheck. It’s time to understand that the simple answer is likely the most true answer, Employees need to have livable wages, hours & conditions. There is no lack of labor, only a lack of properly providing opportunities of employment.

I just saw two domino's commercials in a row that encourage people to become delivery drivers, and then followed by doordash advertising being a dasher. They must really be hurting…. One commercial for domino's encourages customers to pick up ( in lieu of delivery) and they get a “$3 tip”. So they'd rather give money back to the customers than just pay drivers fairly?

It sucks that the ability to obtain a better job with better pay is determined largely by your job searching and interviewing skills, and random jive or not of personality traits with the interviewers and if you or they are having a rough day that day, more than your experience, skills, and ability fo perform the job competently. It's like this random element of chance being thrown in the way of your life decisions, and it hurts you psychologically and emotionally. I interviewed for a job as a part time bank teller. I am a currently employed bank teller who has worked at the same bank for 10 years. I wasn’t even picked to go to a 2nd interview. Im sorry I don’t have the correct rehearsed answers for stupid questions like “ what does the word excellence mean to you” I’m pretty defeated.

To preface this a little, I do love the place I work for and am treated very well. I work in the construction industry, but I also work very long hours. Around 65-90 hours a week. I love the people I work with which makes it even better. All I want is for my brother to at least enjoy who he works with. But sadly he only deals with his management over the phone ( he works from home taking calls from people trying to get permits to dig. ). Yesterday was his 90 day review, and apparently he takes around 20-30 more calls than the average rep each day, and his accuracy is around 97 percent, so he’s doing very good. He thought he was gonna get around a $2 an hour raise from $15 an hour to $17 based off his performance. What they actually gave him was…

A few years ago I worked for a catering company. I worked in a team of event coordinators. We had a feeling something was up when an event manager who had been with the company for years just up and left. But didn't know what. I could tell my boss was stressed out and that their boss was too. One day they pulled us into a meeting and told us we wouldn't be paid that week due to this and that but that it would be paid the following week. Honestly I should have just left then and there but I was young and ignorant to business and work rights. Surprise surprise we did not get paid next week, or the week after that. Now at this point I was actively applying elsewhere. I was receiving texts from wait staff and staff in the cafes the company owned, as they…

I graduated fairly recently from an accredited two year college and passed my boards to become a licensed veterinary technician. (In my field that makes you more valuable so to speak which means better pay.) The veterinary clinic I did my clinical at requests an interview with me for a job opening as one of their technicians because they thought I would be a good fit for the job. I was very open and frank with them on the phone before scheduling the interview that I needed to be paid competitively because I will be working full time while my husband is in school full time, like he did for me. They said that was awesome, and they were on board. Fast forward to our in person interview and they say that they are excited for me work there, etc etc and that I’m hired essentially. I was like that’s…

Remember when all you had to do to be a contributing member of society was go to school? Lemme write it out as a job description You'd be expected to show up between 8:30-3:30 M-F (including lunch) You can stay for extra stuff if you want but no obligation to If you get your work done on site you don't need to bring it home with you You only need to complete the work by the deadline and to a passing quality, if you're not the best that's fine they're not gonna fire you or replace you ~3 months of vacation every year + holidays pretty much unlimited sick time as long as you get your work done. I mean sure anything is easy when your parents are paying your rent and food but like just doing this was socially acceptable. And I remember hating being at school it felt…