Antiwork

This is C venues. They've been doing this for years. Festival “volunteers” are subjected to horrific working and living conditions and are boxed in by the fact that most of them are in company accomodation possibly without the means to escape home (generally London-area) until a pre-booked return ticket at the end of the season. ​ ​ https://preview.redd.it/55nvpq6ztmi81.png?width=1202&format=png&auto=webp&s=fc4ffe09786f469bab85db9b05de641b6b696979 https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/edinburgh-fringe-venue-firm-accused-23130671

They both fuck you badly… badum tsss

So I work at a big old retailer. Think the color red. My coworker, who I will call W for this, has been having issues lately. W is a kinda religious woman. She goes to church with her family every Sunday. Or at least she did until my work started being sh*tty. See we got hit by the “worker shortage” at my work so we all have to “buckle down”. The day they have the hardest time getting people is Sunday because, well, it's a religious area. And depending on what position you work the system won't allow you to change your availability to “cannot work [insert weekend day here]”. Or at least that's what they say. And I've actively heard them pull people into the office and threaten their jobs over working on Sundays. Things like “oh well you should have been written up for this but we will…

I am so tired of working 55-80 hour weeks with only one day off and getting disrespected. I sat through work with a panic attack, I have taken technicians only supplying me with half of the information I need and berating me for what they don't tell me, my manager is being a big douche. To preface, too, I had taken initiative to tell my manager that I was extended an offer elsewhere and had intentions of taking it. I would like to give my two weeks and have a good rapport with the company. Then our dynamic in the office changed. We built a really nice and well rounded friendship in my time being there for it to end abruptly. I am now expected to work every weekend alone, to know every answer to any situation, and he no longer helps the techs or takes calls. He bills things…

So I work at a warehouse as a temp, been here for about 5 months. First day I was already asked to come in earlier than the start time on my contract. But I knew that they were struggling here with high turnover, many of the employees wouldn’t get vaccinated and were let go. But after a whole month of coming in early and staying late being deemed “mandatory”, they decided to make Saturdays also mandatory. I also witnessed a lot of naming and shaming of people who make small mistakes, and people just generally being toxic. This was when I called my Temp Agency to ask them if I was required to work these extra hours, they said no, so I made is clear I work 40 hours a week and no more. One of the biggest issues I mentioned was that I have received next to no training,…