Antiwork

Why is it SO OBVIOUS to us that increasing worker salary increases consumer spending which in turn increases business profits? I'm sure millions of people would love to be able to buy something frivolous every once in a while without having to worry about which bill will have to go unpaid that month. Why do these business owners/CEOs/politicians continue to argue for high profits AND high personal salary while completely ignoring the fact that their consumer base struggles with affording the basic cost of living and does not have extra money to spend? What kool-aid are they drinking that allows them to just act like this isn't a very obvious problem with an equally obvious solution?

Hi Antiwork, I’m a college student at a large public university in Colorado. I work as an Resident Advisor (RA), a student employee who receives a stipend (room and board covered) as payment for the community development and safety work we do. I was recently made aware that RAs have been attempting to unionize, what with the conditions we have been subjected to in the past few years. While the university managed to get a clue last April and paid its residence life staff a $500 hazard bonus for the entire COVID year (2020-2021 school year), it was made clear to us that this was one-off (and, if I do say so myself, a little bit of too little, too late). The new union is trying to recruit, and while running a program yesterday we were approached by two union reps handing out brochures. My direct supervisor was there with…

Hello all and bear with me on this as I’m on mobile and this just recently happened in my life and am looking for advice. Like the rest of you with the recent increase in inflation and cost of living going up it’s gotten hard to get by. I’m a single male living on my own in my 30s and over the past year I got a job that was rather amazing. I started out at 60k a year and I was so stoked and happy I was cheering in my car when I was accepted and crying tears of joy because it was so surreal and I would no longer be paycheck to paycheck and finally sleep well at night knowing I wouldn’t have to worry about bills and rent. Fast forward to today. My rent has gone up 50%, what I usually buy for groceries costs 60 dollars…

This is my first year with a small family owned company and I had my 11 month review today and it didn’t go very well. The company has a small sales staff of about 6 people and currently there is a lot of stress being put on the sales staff for a number of reasons. Being short staffed is a company problem but particularly a problem for the sales staff. I am constantly dragged away to help my coworkers clients and it’s not so much a lot of time per client but so many clients that I have to stop what I’m doing and help and then I don’t get what I need to get done. During my meeting today it was strongly alluded that my job was in danger because my sales were below the quota I’m asked to hit. My quota is also the same as several other…

I (24M) was fired today. I am a student, but also work part time for the government and a shoe store. Today I called in sick from my government job because I was nauseous and throwing up all morning. By the afternoon, I felt well enough to leave the house and I went to the shoe store to pick up my paycheck. My tuition was due today and I needed money. While I was at the store (a matter of minutes) my boss from the government job comes in. (Not to buy shoes, obviously). He said “what are you doing here if you're sick?” I told him I was only getting my paycheck so I could have some money in my pocket for food, gas, etc. Without hesitation, he asked for my work keys, credit cards, etc. He said “this ain't gonna fly. You're done”. He went out of his…

Basically I’m working on a department with one other guy rotating shifts. Work involves three tasks,preparing the material,manufacturing(most time consuming)and then packing .We are getting very busy and they decided we should get third shift,night shift . But to avoid strain to us of doing nights they come up with an idea the third guy that is trained on another shift will only be trained and involved in preparing and packing along with one of us on the same shift leaving most important task to us. Today I learned only because of my deputy team leader’s mistake that the other guy is actually being trained on manufacturing area. Everyone around kept this in secret to my and even been told to tell me in case I ask that he is not trained on manufacturing. I’m not sure what to think about this and how should I approach this situation. Turns…