Antiwork

Like I feel like staying extra hours tf. I don’t give af abt the extra money at this point. I can’t do this shit for the rest of my life. Literally so anxious right now.

“There is something very wrong with what we have made ourselves. We have become a civilization based on work—not even “productive work” but work as an end and meaning in itself. We have come to believe that men and women who do not work harder than they wish at jobs they do not particularly enjoy are bad people unworthy of love, care, or assistance from their communities. It is as if we have collectively acquiesced to our own enslavement. The main political reaction to our awareness that half the time we are engaged in utterly meaningless or even counterproductive activities—usually under the orders of a person we dislike—is to rankle with resentment over the fact there might be others out there who are not in the same trap. As a result, hatred, resentment, and suspicion have become the glue that holds society together. This is a disastrous state of affairs.…

I have a good employer with a solid salary, but I got an invitation for an interview with a very prestigious company in my field of work so I said yes to the interview. On the appointed time and date, I arrived at the company and the entrance hall was just amazing. I was impressed and I felt like I want to be there. The HR picked me up and said we start with the tour and then discuss the job in his office. We arrived at a section where I would work and the workplace was nearly empty and I said: Oh awesome you still let people WFH. I did not see his reaction but he replied: No, they are on morning energizer let’s see them, it is an important part of our culture. I had no idea what is morning energizer and I did not ask since we…