Antiwork

Third year Business student at a Canadian University. For the most part I have enjoyed my degree but on many occasions run into hardcore capitalist content being taught to unsuspecting students by profs that happily lip smack the a** cheeks of Adam Smith, Porter, Ford etc… Today Im catching up on my Economics of Unions lectures but ended up venting to Reddit when I heard my prof and saw his video lectures. I care about this content because unions are one of the ways workers stand a fighting chance against corporate greed. My prof clearly does not give a s***. His lecture open is in a poorly lit 480P room with “unions” written on the too-small whiteboard behind him. Opening remarks: “howdy folks, sorry to be late, (three weeks late posting video lectures) this is Economics of unions, forget the number (the course code) um… COVID and all… ya know…”…

A group of waiters are rallying up infront of the capitol building in San Juan and in front of restaurant locations calling waiters to not go to work today on Valentine's day. They are asking that the governor eliminates sub salaries, a move that will force all employers of tipped workers to pay them minimum wage. This comes after weeks of similar protests by public workers which resulted in a recent increase of $1000 per month for local school teachers in the island and a $250 increase for firemen. This last saturday 80% of paramedics in the island were abscent from work as protest. The police is in talks of going on strike as well after the governor infamously said “no one is forcing anyone to be a cop” when asked about policemen salaries. It is a time of change in Puerto Rico.

I’m sitting here uncontrollably bawling as I try to force myself to apply for jobs I know will make me miserable and unable to do anything else with my life. I’ve been unemployed for 6+ months and I’m still just as burnt out as the day I quit. I don’t know what I’m going to do. I need to pay rent and I’m supposed to be my best friends maid of honor next month, but I have 8 dollars to my name. This is tearing me apart. If I have to work another customer service job, I will have a full on breakdown, I know that for a fact.

A manager in a higher position than myself sent half my team on break during peak, forcing me to perform the roles of FOUR of them. I clocked off right next to her in the cramped office and walked out. This same individual contributes to bullying in the workplace and fuels rampant gossip about other innocent staff. On more than one occasion I've had to deal with customers who complained about this specific individual's behaviour, her being above me there's little I can do. Another incident included being asked to purchase paper for the store and not be compensated for my time or purchasing costs. After I quit the store is now left with one hospitalised shift supervisor (non-work-related-injury) and only two managers who can run a shift. Meaning that unless they get more managers they will both have to work 8+ hour shifts daily to keep the doors open.…

Hey all. I work with a Loan company in which part of my job is calling customers that are late on their loan payments. So many people are working paycheck to paycheck to pay it off. Many have had covid and can’t pay, and others simply have given up. It sickens me hearing how rough some of these people have it. People from all over, all ages, and all walks of life. I get it, if you get a loan, you have to pay it back eventually, or make monthly payments. Meanwhile celebrities are going to the super bowl on their private jets, CEOs are continuing to pay low because they decide to pay “market pay” and not what employees actually deserve. I’m tired. I try to be as empathetic as I can, but it’s just hard. I wish this country didn’t put people in this kind of situation where…

Original: https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/snyc0l/employer_changing_my_job_duties_without_pay/ For anyone that was curious for an update, I discussed with my manager and only presented the first option (reassigning the project) because even if they did agree to a 40k raise, I still wouldn't be happy because ultimately, I don't want to do that work. Good news, my manager talked to the director and they are going to reassign the project! So a big FUCK YOU to the folks who found it necessary to DM me to tell me how much of an idiot I am and that I'm going to be fired for telling them “no”. This ended well but I did a lot of thinking last week and don't know that I want to work here anyways because I'm not engaged with the work. I updated my resume and sent out a couple apps last Friday and have some phone screens lined up this week…

I've also done the same thing at my company: use vacation time to get a break from your normal duties so you can work on a special project for work. And this is considered normal in our workplaces. This subreddit is helping me see how utterly messed up this is.