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Ever just driven through a city and see those huge (and many times ugly) high rises for some of the most corrupt companies, banks, landlords, etc. and think “all of this probably started as a nice idea on a napkin somewhere for a business. That business has morphed into packing as many humans as possible into a tiny footprint. A footprint subdivided into even smaller and smaller squares of existence to squeeze every penny of productivity from every employee. All this so they can leave this tiny cube in their tall cube to hopefully one day pass the taller cube by another business. Then when they leave their tiny cube, they can hop in a mobile tiny cube take a horizontal tube to another moderately sized cube where they enter their living cube. Rinse, wash, repeat.”

Used to work at Domino’s. The 2 weeks before I was gonna quit I informed the GM to use my sick pay. The time I got my paycheck it wasn’t applied. I didn’t really have time to give them a 2 week notice since my new job had me start so I ended up attending only one day of my work week on the last week I was at domino’s. My question is, can I still use my sick pay even though I am already not an employee of the company? I did tell them I wanted to use my sick pay… but the owner/the one handling the checks was probably not informed.

I am not a conspiracy theorist. I do not believe the Republicans and Dems are working together to make things worse. I am not a fool. I simply recognize that as inflation grows and wages remain relatively static, fewer and fewer people will be able to get by on just one job or even multiple jobs, and eventually, there will come a time when people will earn so little that they will simply stop seeking employment and find other ways to support themselves. This is what is currently happening in America. To deny this objective fact is to engage in utopianism. I simply recognize the historical reality that all civilizations and societies will someday collapse, and I draw parallels between the levels of inequality and unrest in modern America to Tzarist Russia and the French Monarchy before their respective revolutions, acknowledging the fact that if nothing is done, America will…

I called out of work yesterday to take my girlfriend to a psychologist and get help with suicidal thoughts. The night before I took a shower and I got out to find her staring down the barrel of my handgun. I can't describe how this sight has fucked me up but my therapy has to wait I've got bills to pay… Anyway I talked her down and promised we'd get her help, which she's feeling much better now with these tools to help her. Anyway I have a text message from my boss telling me that she can't promise there won't be consequences for calling out yesterday. Is that grounds for unemployment through retaliation…. I just want to stay with her and help her through this. Any knowledge on this would be greatly appreciated.

Part 2 of what happened in my last post: https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/saqyso/i_know_something_you_dont_i_know_something_youll/ So I left you guys for a bit, wondering if I should talk to my manager about what's bothering me. I was able to schedule a meeting with them. I told them I: 1. Felt disrespected by the way they keep rescheduling my meetings (about things that are important to me). 2. Knew I was underpaid in comparison with my coworkers. 3. Knew they had given my coworker a raise at a time they told me they didn't do raises (because company policy). They were taken aback. They lied they didn't know the salaries of my coworkers (i call bullshit) and that the raise of a coworker was a 'special circumstance' one. They tried to pry where I got that information from. They tried to please me by saying how much they like my work and work ethic. They told…