Antiwork

Hello! If it were not for the abusive and exploitative nature of the job, I would not post this question here! I think this may be the right place though. I was fired in November from a daycare + preschool center where I taught very briefly. It was a toxic work environment — even our handbook said that we are required to work scheduled and unscheduled work without pay, must arrive 15 minutes prior to the start of one's day, must believe in God, must believe in the constitution, and must say the pledge of allegiance every day. Now, educators work for free ALL THE TIME, especially ones who really care about their job. It's sometimes something you accept as part of the job, especially with younger age groups. Hell, I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy some of the after-hours crafting I've done for my classrooms and…

It’s BS. If I’m working full time I should be making enough to live independently. My only hope of moving out is to move out with someone else and it infuriates me, I work hard. Now let me live.

Any job is just a job at the end of the day but I just secured a remote insurance adjuster gig after only working shitty blue collar Gigs for the past 10 years. I just wanted to share my experience, better work can be found!!

I work on a smaller team. A coworker just left to go to another company after the company refused a pay raise to him and the team. Before he left the company let us know they wouldn’t be back filling his spot. Then today, his last day he sent out a company wide email. He listed his exact wage and that now the company had plenty to give us all wages. Seeing they weren’t back filling he even did the math and included it. I fully expect him to be walked out today but it was a standup thing for him to do. I plan on asking for the raise tomorrow and will be asking my teammates to do the same.