Antiwork

Someone being a billionaire is often considered immoral because in order to amass that much money, they basically have to exploit/underpay a bunch of people below them in a hierarchical environment. But what about artists who are able to produce a functionally unlimited number of their creation, like a digital song, or an e-book? Could someone theoretically make something that got so popular and made so much money, that they could morally accumulate a billion dollars? This thought experiment came up in a conversation a while ago, and I'd love to hear some other people's opinions.

Hello, everyone! If this doesn't belong here, please remove it. I started a supervisor job in a care-related field in Louisiana. I am working a normal 9-5 type schedule, which I am compensated for at an hourly rate. When I clock out, I am responsible for my work phone calls around the clock, which I am not paid for. I am also on-call every other week. During these weeks, I am on the phone or monitoring a program on the computer around the clock practically all day. I am woken up before 6am and up until almost midnight working/monitoring my workers and clients. I am not compensated for this, but my entire time outside of my otherwise compensated 9-5 is without pay. I have no work-life balance and I am not even being paid. Is this legal? Is this normal? Thanks!

It was a field merchandiser position at a UK clothes retailer. The position was split across two departments that trade in excess of £40 million a year in total. The wage offered? £19,000…

Recently started a new job. It all seems to be going well and a lot less of a work load than my previous job. However I had to have review with my supervisor involving him filling out a form with a score of 1-5 in various areas. I got put down as a 4 for everything with the reason of “I've been told I'm not allowed to give 5s” does this seem ridiculous to anyone else?

I started a corporate job a month ago. I am a receptionist. I don't need to go above and beyond my duties, but since “maintaining clean space” is one of them, I asked for a few supplies to start to tidy up the kitchen area and the breakroom, etc. The woman (F60-something) who is supposed to be equal in terms of work heirarchy and will now be named Turdburglar, told me to tell our boss (going forward to be mentioned as Big Boss) for approval. Big Boss is like “yea go for it. tell Turdburglar to find similar items through u-line, instead of Office Depot or Staples or whatever the fuck we use” and I go, “Hi Turdburglar! I made it easy for you BY YOUR REQUEST, by giving you links to all the substitute items. The ones that I REALLY need are the acrylic signs and the fan!” I…

The title really says it all but after a 12 week paid + 6 week unpaid maternity leave I’ve decided not to return to my job. I currently have 3 weeks remaining before my return to work date. I’m planing on giving notice sometime next week (basically 2 weeks before I’d return). Any tips or anticipated pitfalls for this conversation? I know I’m likely going to have to reimburse for my insurance premiums but there’s nothing in the handbook about reimbursing the paid portion of leave if I don’t come back. FWIW I don’t plan to be a SAHM, I’m going to find another job. But returning to this job makes me feel ill.

For context I’m two months into a job and my boss is the ultimate nightmare. No one likes him and he is very rude and unprofessional. My boss was giving me very vague and non constructive criticism on my work and I’m finding it hard to improve. Today I missed a deadline to amend a presentation he was due to present. I’m not saying this wasn’t my fault but he basically threatened to sack me for no reason yesterday causing me to lose sleep and be completely unproductive today. I’m feeling very nervous tonight as I try to sleep, knowing that I have to face him tomorrow. I’ve also been working from home with covid for the past two weeks and haven’t had many chances to get support with it. Any reasonable suggestions on what to say tomorrow?