Antiwork

As of late I noticed when searching for remote jobs, some will say “remote” or “work from home” then you click on it and read the job description, and suddenly it says “this is an in-office position”. Or one of the employer questions is “Are you able to reliably commute to our office, or are you able to relocate?” Are they doing this just to draw people to the posting to increase the number of applicants whether they extend a potential job offer or not? For the record, the job platform I am using is Indeed. Edit: I am not talking about jobs that clearly outline that there is an OPTION to work remotely after training, or ones that clearly specify it is a hybrid position. These postings are specifically labeled as remote by Indeed or will say “Work From Home” in the title, then the job description says otherwise…

So as the title says, my job caused me so much stress and anxiety that I ended up having an “acute psychiatric emergency” and had to be hospitalized. Backstory: I started working for this non-profit in June of last year. It was contracted through one of the HS in my city so he had like a lot of summer activities before we actually went into the office with each other. Also it was a really small team, only 10 of us. Another important detail is that I’m Afro-Caribbean, and my team was essentially all black with the exception of one person and my boss. This is relevant because my boss was always very vocal about wanting an all black staff—despite not being black himself. So anyway, through the time I was there I really struggled with being “othered”. I was pretty consistently bullied and harassed from everything to my work…

With how bad the wage gap is, how much personal vs. corporate taxes have gone up, and going through two major recessions (so far)…I am seriously pondering the effect this is going to have on society when millennials and gen_Z start hitting retiring age.