Antiwork

I earn decently above minimum wage, though obviously still severely under paid. My parents pay for all my bills, I have minimal student loans, and my car is only a couple years old and I got it at under 5k miles so it rarely needs stuff done. I don't even pay for my health insurance because I'm still on my parents'. All of this and I still cannot afford a surgery. Insurance wouldn't cover it because, despite the problem being caused by sexual violence and thus it being a major source of my mental disabilities being triggered bad, it is said to not be necessary. The cost of living is so high, especially for disabled people like me, before you even factor in bills and rent and all that. I can't even afford therapy to help deal with the fact that I have to live with this. Capitalism really is…

And for 95% of people, work isn't enjoyable at all.

I reduced my work hours (and salary) to 80% and had been taking Fridays off to help more with kids, online learning etc. during the pandemic. It’s been about a year and my wife and I agreed that this schedule works much better for our family, but money was getting a little tight. I had noticed though that I’d been putting in extra hours here and there when needed to stay on top of things and even though I was off Friday I was working closer to 85% my typical schedule. I emailed my boss and explained how this new schedule is working really well for our family and I’d like to stay on it long term, but that I was hoping to increase my salary to 85% as that’s more inline with what I’m actually working (even though I’m off every Friday) His full response: “It’s no problem” no…