Antiwork

I left my workshop job back in august last year to go do causal site work. Alot better money and time off, work is a bit more sporadic but i don't mind it. Workshop job rang me after a month for a chat, they acknowledged that I had been doing a great job when I was there, even acknowledged I was doing the work of two people (which they wouldn't do when I asked for a payrise due to that fact right before I quit), then asked me to name my price to come back.. I wouldn't even give them a number, no amount of money will ever change or make a toxic work environment any better. Company is now in major trouble with WHS do to multiple safety breaches and I'm currently happy as Larry relaxing in the sun, picking and choosing when and where I want to work.

I found a role at my current company that is the same job as mine, just a different team with big accounts- which brings substantially more income for me. I’m at 180k now and this role pays 230-250k! (According to the internal recruiter) I’m over the moon exciting, ready to apply and interview knowing I’m well qualified. I go through 4 interviews in 4 days the following week and the hiring manager calls me on Friday to verbally offer me the role! I’m nearly in tears! I then contact the recruiter to discuss where I’ll land in the 230-250k range ….he comes back and tells me that HR and the hiring manager feels that an 8% raise is what they’re going to offer me and that it’s “really good”! I turn around and call the hiring manager back like WTF. She then tells me she wants someone that wants the…

Knowing you can tell your boss to screw off and easily find another good job seems like it would positively impact mental health. Anyone know of any studies measuring this across geo and/or industries?

I (23f) have been off work for a while now due to mental health/major family emergencies. I think the company I work for is going to let me go. I don’t know what to do anymore. The thought of this continuous wheel of just working the rest of my life with no hope of retirement crushes me. I want to be paid a wage where I can live but I can’t figure out how to do that without working more than I can handle without going off the deep end. I just don’t know what to do anymore. Any advice is welcome.

The fact that some companies admit to it makes it ever worse. Went to Walmart Today. Jack's frozen pizza went from $2.49 to $3.28, an increase of 31%. The wiper fluid I use for my car went from $2.97 to $3.97 per jug. 33% increase. Gallon of milk went up 17%. 5lb bag of flour went up 28%. I get that there is inflation, but this is just greed. Tons of items have gone up over 20%. What kind of sick fuck that runs a business thinks to themselves “we saw record profits this year, so let's raise prices even more”. The thing is as well..no one saw a 20% pay increase, I doubt many even saw 7%. So I think people who were on the edge of poverty are going to get shoved into it pretty hard. That might explain why theft has been on the rise lately, which…

Covid has taught me just how much I love being able to work remotely. Or rather, it has taught me just how unnecessary going into the office every day is and how much I hated it. The job I do can be handled 95% remotely but the company I work for has decided that all of us are no longer allowed to do remote work and we must all be on-site every day. We're allowed to do remote work after business hours and on the weekend of course (lucky us). So I've decided to start hunting for work that is 100% remote. During my search I had an idea. It may not be the most original idea but it may go a long way towards helping me get ahead of my paycheck to paycheck lifestyle for a few months. What if, when I found a new position, I didn't quit…

Hi Anti-Work, This is a genuine question that I have for you. I know that a lot of people here want workplace improvement and better quality of work as well as employer-treatment. However on the flip-side of coins, companies may see the tendency of demands of workers and deem it is a problem to solve. The anti-work movement may actually accelerate automation trends due to its nature. (No joke, I have already heard of employers who see this as a problem to solve). Are you guys not taking this into account and if you are aware, are you prepared?