Antiwork

Many in the sub of late have discussed, at no short length, the issue of gatekeeping. Their idea of gatekeeping, though, can often be a bit exaggerated. Let me get the first point out of the way. When someone says “Anti-work doesn't mean some minor change to work, it means a radical shift in how labor is performed and how it's organized”, whether they're gatekeeping depends on one simple fact: When they say “Anti-work”, are they talking about the sub itself, or about the actual political position of anti-work philosophy? The fact is, even if many of those on this sub are not themselves anti-work in the sense of the philosophy, anti-work did not originate here as an idea. This space is a product of anti-work theory, not its parent, and so long as the space is to be defined by that political theory it nominally is about a specific…

Long story short, a few weeks ago I hated my job, loved my coworkers. Not enough pay, I start looking, fix up my resume real nice list all my valuable exoerience and so forth. Bam I get a hit cool, its the same company as a family member, I know she does well. I interview over the phone. Went good. In person even better(I can sell myself well) Congrats hired. Now Im the boss, money is much better than anything I have made in the past. I have a union crew that have it good, great benefits good pay, I am happy they have such a good deal. Problem is I have always been for the worker (still am) not sure if my attitude will go over with the corporate wigs. But Fuck it I dont care, I will stand by my crew and they will stand behind me(as opposed…