Antiwork

I saw a job posting on Indeed for Michael's art store (AM Stocker 18.50/hr), so I applied. A few days go by, and I swing by the store just to introduce myself. Aside from staff, there was only one person in the store, and I heard them ask if they were hiring. They tell him that they are fully staffed but always taking applications online. This made me annoyed but gave me an idea for an expirement. I went to 5 different shopping centers in the Colorado Springs area, 47 businesses open, 40 have now hiring signs, of those 40 only 4 actually had positions open for hiring when I asked the managers on duty. I get you want to have backups lined up so if people quit, but make that clear instead of tricking people to apply online for a job that doesn't actually exist.

I'm not a native speaker, so bear with me here. Just wanted to share something that is happening right now at my company. If you have any advice, feel free to comment. Started at the company after uni (MSC in technical engineering) in October 2019 as executive assistant. In August 2021 they promoted me and made me project manager (funny side story: at first they didnt want to give me a raise right in August, as i already got one in January. They wanted me to work as project manager, but i wouldnt get my “full” pay until January 2022). I insisted and got the raise right away. Also, we agreed that i would still do some old assistant stuff until October 2021 when my replacement/successor would have started. Long story short, they first postponed the start to April 2022, and last week i got notified that the replacement wouldnt…

I have become increasingly left-leaning of late and was reflecting on some of the jobs I've held in the past, when I saw that a current “work-study” at a pole dance studio I used to workstudy at filed a class action lawsuit with 3 other workstudies. It was a 12 month agreement where we worked 2 8-hr shifts a week in exchange for unlimited free classes (nobody in my cohort took nearly as many classes as I did, and I had a fulltime job worked 42 hrs a week). The owner of the studio was the worst manager I've ever seen. I have a very fulfilling and well-paying job now, but it just feels very nice to know that she has this to deal with now. We probably won't see any money out of it, but I don't care.

Let's face it. Most of the work we do could easily be done in 20-25 hours a week or less. We spend to much of our lives working. A lot of it is wasted time.