Antiwork

Just annoyed. Every year they push productivity goals which is fine. However it’s hard to be productive when you have to do “self development” work as a directive from leadership. So on top of the normal job I have, do well, and am perfectly content doing for the foreseeable future, I now have to do this extra arbitrary BS work. I’m not anti-work per se, but have always thought management honestly doesn’t know what to do sometimes so they pass down stuff like this as their flavor of the month. So so dumb.

Today's post reports is on a company called progress residential. They use an algorithm to buy houses within hours of it being listed, are terrible landlords, raise rents, and charge huge fees. I'm still listening, it promises to get worse.

I went 1 USD over budget for working from home equipment. Received an email about it saying they will allow it this one time. Same person who rather books a hotel nearby work so he can be in the office earlier, than drive up and down from home (1h)… and claims it in full.

TLDR: Company blows off initial interview only to ask candidate to interview with 10 people. Job has been posted for 9+months (red flag) Applied to a job within my field of expertise that had been posted for 30+ days on LinkedIn. Got a reply from the recruiter within a few hours to set up a time to talk about the role. Day of call arrives and I have spent some time prepping to ensure I present my best self. Call time comes and goes, with no call. I check my email and see that 1 minute before the call was scheduled to start the recruiter emailed and said the position had been filled. I do not reply and go about continuing my job search. About 10 days later I see the same job has been posted again on LinkedIn. It takes about 10 more days for the recruiter to reach…

(*ONLINE event) Fightback, a Marxist labour and youth organization in Canada, is holding a Winter School event this weekend – https://marxist.ca/winter-school . Fightback routinely supports working class movements and always shows up in solidarity to protests, demonstrations, strikes, etc. They closely study current and past revolutions to understand what tactics work, and they organize May Day demonstrations annually! This educational event is part of arming the working class with the theory necessary to take on the capitalists! https://preview.redd.it/bml4zwtycai81.jpg?width=768&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5de09fe8713929bbc12e2b4e3a0398b08a69e0ab The 10 topics being covered are: In Defence of Marxism How Are Workers Exploited? The Laws of Capitalism The Indigenous Struggle: In Defence of a Marxist Perspective What is Truth and is it Possible to Know It? Marxism and Art 1972 Quebec General Strike: The Forgotten Revolution Marxist Theory of Rent Marxism and Alienation Marxism and the Right-Wing Frenzy Over “Critical Race Theory” Preparing For The World Revolution Learning about and discussing…

I was recently offered a position with company based in North Carolina. I live in Los Angeles, so the position is remote. I accepted however in my New Hire packet I am expected to fill out and sign, the company is requesting authorization to pull a credit report that they “may choose to secure and use information obtained in either a consumer report or investigative consumer report about you obtained from a consumer reporting agency when: (1) considering your application for employment (2)making a decision whether to offer you employment, (3) deciding whether to continue your employment or (4) making other employment-related decisions directly affecting you.” Before California I lived and worked in New York City and Colorado, all three have laws against using credit information to determine employment/promotion eligibility, so I was kind of shocked when this was requested of me (excuse my ignorance). There are some instances when…