Antiwork

I'm not sure if this fits here, but it has been a year, and I would like to share my quitting story. It isn't super exciting, but I would still like to share, and there isn't very much dialogue. I was working at a chain chicken fast food restaurant that is only in the south east of the US that is known for being waaay to expensive for fast food, though they have pretty dope salads. Last year, the Wednesday before Easter 2021, I was in a single vehicle car accident, and long story short, I did some permanent damage to my shoulder (for those of you who may be curious, I severed the tendons in the shoulder of my dominant arm, though I am better, it still is in a lot of pain and I still have to do PT). I was in a sling for about 2 to…

Need to vent. Started a new job a month ago and was told during the interviews that I would have “flexible PTO” (unlimited PTO). Was told this multiple times during the interviews and when I got my verbal offer. When I got my written offer, there was nothing in there about the vacation policy. Fast forward to today, boss tells me there was a “miscommunication” about the policy and I actually don't get that, but instead follow an accrual schedule. The accrual schedule pretty bad (basically 1 PTO day per month worked). Have a meeting with the VP who hired me to discuss this tomorrow, as this policy was the reason I picked this job over the competing offer I had. Pretty pissed.

I’m leaving the 9-5 grind and turning to “accounting.” I just wish I hadn’t sent all those freebie pics over the years. Could have been getting paid. Now I just gotta get my OF account approved. Literally harder to get it approved than it was to get into college.

I was wondering if any one here has ever done this to a company? I know a company that might be doing NON SEC compliant and would like to send off information and see how it goes. I mean I could be wrong but never know if they might actually find something.

I have been sick since Sunday of this week and had to take 4 days sick leave. Now, when I logged in today for work, my manager asked me to work on Saturday and Sunday. I told him it would not be possible as I would be working 8 days straight till next Friday. He has asked me to reconsider as there is no one else to work on this project and deadline is next Friday. Dammit hire more people. I am already slogging 12 hours a day right now and been working 4 Sundays in a row last month.

Why with the wealth gap of the middle class at the greatest disparity ever. With companies still making record profit along with record inflation, with billionaires paying less income tax than the average joe, why aren't we on a general workers strike nation wide? Seriously why not? Go on strike and force congress to actually pass a law that prevents billionaires from loop holing out of income tax. Literally make them pay their paltry 34% income tax. Every sector, every city. It's taken place in the past in cities, and it works. So what's stopping us? What's the biggest hold up? teachers, truckers, grocery store workers, gas station attendants, cleaners, nurses, police, fire, everyone! Or even specifically for individual sectors? Nation wide teacher strike for actual school funding, better teacher pay, protections from academic censorship. Truckers… actually protesting what matters???? Like bullshit contractor labels, scammed out of pay during loading/unloading,…

Pretty much what the title says, lol. I expressed curiosity and interest in other departments of the company. I had a conversation with someone (maybe 5-10 minutes) and because I did this during a rough period of the company’s recruiting hours, literally specific hours set aside during the day— completely disrupting the work flow that might be worked on— this led to being let go. I’m not terribly upset because I knew that I hadn’t seen myself at the company for forever, but it still kinda sucks. On top of telling me to get lost and clean out my desk, my manager told me ‘I’d be willing to consider keeping you if you get a contract in the next two weeks’ knowing full and well that I was placed in one of the most difficult and slowest teams of recruitment of our department and movement of the disciplines don’t happen…

I have a friend of the family that owns a business and told me I can just increase my time worked for them indefinitely to explain the employment gaps

TL:DR Where are the people at the top who aren't heartless assholes and want to see the working class live better? Why don't we see them participating more on this subreddit? Why are we finding it, as the much larger percentage of disadvantaged people compared to the minority of wealthy, so difficult to effect positive change? I see a lot of us folks posting and commenting here are in the same boat. Underpaid, overworked and highly unappreciated. But there has to be some folks on here out of the 1.7 million plus members who work white collar jobs, or are headed in that direction that share our values and sentiments. Where are y'all at? Why does it seem to be so difficult to effect positive change when the working class is what keeps our economy running? Where are all the left wing idealist liberals who could effect positive social change…