Antiwork

first of all, to every single person that says these words, fuck you in the most impolite way i can manage. i am 19. i graduated highschool less than a year ago. i have not been able to afford jack shit since i graduated and moved out. i don’t even live in an apartment because god knows even if me and my partner work full time we can’t even afford the lowest priced studio apartments. we live at their parents house and still can barely afford anything. it took me FIVE MONTHS to find a job that paid enough for me to be able to live. to be able to afford my college, to be able to afford my bills, to be able to afford to EAT. not even enough to live on my own. five months. and it’s still a job that i know will over work me into…

My youngest son (21) didn't listen to me when I said he needed to go to college to aquire the job he wanted working in the computer related field. He got a job working for a company installing security systems. He hated it. It was hot during the summer going into residential attics. He got all the certificates they said he needed to get raises. He was promised a raise twice but they never delivered. On a whim he applied for an IT job. This position required a bachelor degree. He didn't have it but applied anyway and took their test. He scored higher than anyone else by 50%. The interview went well and now he has the job making twice the money he used to make and doing something he actually enjoys. I'm very proud of him and I'm glad he didn't have to go in debt to find…

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