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Hot Take: Be a better establishment to work for and you won’t hurt for employees.

Edit: I suppose I meant it's a hot take for the employer, not this crowd of well educated savants.

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“Pyramid of Capitalist System”

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What the think of us! Statement made by Railroads regarding union workers during PEB hearing on contract negotiations.

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Maybe… pay them?

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150 Billion Dollar Company Can’t Afford to Pay Living Wage, Relies on Employees (and Uncle Sam) to Pick up Slack

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Brutally depressing

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Upcoming AMA With Detritus Books

Detritus Books recent release, Never Work, includes essays which cover some of the broad history of the antiwork movement. You can find a copy of the book here: detritusbooks.com/products/never-work-essays-against-the-sale-of-life In the near future we will have an AMA (Ask Me Anything) with a member of Detritus Books. If you have questions on the book, or on post-left and anarchist thought in general, and how it relates to antiwork, this will be a great AMA for you! The date of the AMA is still to be determined. We'd like to give anyone who wants to buy the book time to read it. (And perhaps some of these essays will be part of future antiwork bookclubs as well) From the book: “This culture is a death machine, and work is its power supply. Far too many of us have been sacrificed at the altar of profit, convinced that our exploitation is the…

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Why everyone is ‘quiet quitting’ their jobs

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Closing thoughts on my IT career as I approach college in 2 weeks

Hey everybody so in 2016 I went to IT college where I met 2 of my best buddies and got a general overview of IT my course was called information technology systems administrator. The course was fun but trouble began when I got my 1st IT job. My day began at 8 AM Where from start to finish At 5 PM I was on the phone remotely fixing people's computers in a cubicle. I think we covered about 40,000 users and I was the Frontline guy so there was never a lull in calls. It was the most mentally exhausting job I've ever had. On top of the Constant calls I had to track every minute of the day What I was doing and submitted to my boss for review. I became a tech serf. I managed to do that job for 2 years Until my health started failing and…

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Just learned some bullshit

Just learned that even if you have an injury, are sick, etc. at my job and have a note PROVING it, they still count it as a call out and disciplinary action will still be taken out. I just think that’s absolute bullshit considering I can barely walk on my foot.