Antiwork

I may be on disability (lucky me it's easier to get here than in the USA), but I am fully capable of working given the right things put in place. I need a chair and shorter shifts/days, basically. So far it's been 5-6 years (since high school) that I've had anything stable, be it courses or work opportunities. The only things I've had are shitty 2 week unpaid internships where I burned out because I was given the work of an able-bodied employee. I've had everyone around me tell me to get a job and stop sitting on my ass but not fucking easy when you can't even get around the school you're supposed to be attending, or the workplace.

https://twitter.com/FTC/status/1611015531921915908 FTC chair Lina Khan is backing the idea of banning non-compete agreements entirely, on the (my paraphrase) grounds that they amount to indentured servitude that does far more real harm than any imagined threat to “trade secrets” or “customer databases” – which are already protected under trade law and non-disclosures (a totally different beast). The FTC recognizes that this will raise wages and improve working conditions for 80 million Americans. That's 1 in 5 who are bound by some form of non-compete.

I work for all of the major league sports teams in my city. Four of them (plus two minor league teams) are owned by one company, the other team is a different company. Last night was a special event night at my current company (the other team is a summer sport). Food and Beverage, ushers, ticket staff and even some of our third party event staff got these absolutely gorgeous t-shirts to wear instead of their usual uniforms. I work in security, so we can’t alter our uniform in any way, shape or form. So understandably, we wouldn’t be able to wear these shirts on shift. HOWEVER, (and yes, I know I’m talking about two separate companies) Event Security, the department I work in, was not gifted these t-shirts (and they really are nice). With the other league, whenever there was a special event and staff were given t-shirts, the…

So without divulging too much detail, I’ve found myself in a job making about $175K and basically doing nothing. I play video games while working and my tasks get done but the reality is I’m probably doing 10 hours of work a week and dinking around for the rest. Is this normal? I’m terrified someone will figure it out but within my organization and team I’m highly regarded as a key employee. I could probably change companies and jump to the $200k+ range but I’d rather not risk losing what seems to be an amazing gig where I’m paid well and get to do what I want most of the day.