Antiwork

Just watched the first two episodes of AppleTV+’s new series called ‘Severance’ which is a thriller about a group of workers whose memories and identities inside of work are kept separate and hidden from those outside of work. I was struck by how this seemingly shocking condition mirrors quite closely the plight of the ordinary laborer. Without giving too much away, the characters have experiences necessitated by their employer that, at first glance, seem bizarre and dubious but quickly reveal themselves to be more and more unethical, humiliating, manipulative, dangerous, punitive, and harmful. They also reveal themselves to be more and more familiar, commonplace, ubiquitous, and quotidian. The tension between these two states exposes the mundane banality of the insidious oppression inherent in the modern subjects experience of labor. As the distance between a worker and the fruits of their labor grows, so grows the ability of corporations to dehumanize…

Hello everyone, does anyone know if the website that has all the graphs on how Reagan fucked up our economy? The website is just a bunch of graphs that shows how everything is terrible now. Sorry this isn’t a normal post just figured someone would know the link in this Reddit group.

We’re all connected as a node in this shitty network and there’s no way out for you. Even if you are unemployed we will keep harvesting your data and work that you do by continual monitoring and complete control of your day to day actions. We might even find a way to steal your thoughts because we just love slavery so much Thanks 1984. My old workplace said I’m bitter and I said they misunderstood. Apparently I need to prove they are right before they release the clutches

It’s almost like a profits>life culture.

Obligatory burner account notice. What the title says, anon and posting on behalf of a friend because they would probably be fired from this place if this manager found out. The regional dispatching agency called the cops for a “welfare check” on their employees because this agency is so short staffed that if someone calls in sick, they don't have enough people to cover every agency and frequency that they have a contract to provide a service for. So for the dispatchers who are on their days off, this means that their manager harasses them constantly to come in and work shifts. My friend had almost ten texts and three missed calls in one day from this manager harassing them to come in and work on their day off. Some of them are working 60 plus hours a week and if they don't want to be worked into the ground…