Antiwork

I'm really curious to read your opinions on advancements in AI considering the recent news on AI programs like ChatGPT upending writing in basically all forms, and DALL-E/Midjourney/Lensa/Stable Diffusion producing tons of high quality art in seconds. Many artists have already started losing commissions because of automation, while basically everyone working in any job has begun to worry about robots replacing them. This has obviously triggered much anti-AI sentiment because of its short term disruptions to the economy and the livelihoods of millions of people. Since this sub is against the concept of work, especially work as defined within the present day neoliberal capitalist paradigm, do you all have positive views of AI? Some people claim that AI will eventually become so advanced that its intelligence will far surpass humans, causing all work will be automated, and thus leading to a post-scarcity, post-work society of abundance and overproduction (the Technological…

Would it be against the rules to post in this group about, say, one company (large companies) per day- and past or current employees of such companies in this group can comment about the way you were treated there. So many companies in America are just truly god-awful to their employees. And some companies treat their employees well. I believe it would be illuminating for outsiders to see specific examples (without naming names) of how these companies treat their employees. Put them on blast, so to speak- good or bad. Often times, it's hard to search for specific companies in the regard because many people in this group don't refer to specific companies by name- they often describe them in a way that is easy to figure out. So not sure if this would be against the rules or not.

Work in a small group home for individuals with mental illness Resident manager flip flops on her statements and orders for us all the damn time, which as a person with ADHD is infuriating because I'm the one blamed after. Part of job responsibilities for me working overnights is prepping meals as best as I can for the coming day shift. Sometimes we end up not getting groceries in on time. Sometimes we have a hard time finding the necessary items we need. The last time we had an issue I sent out an email to both Resident manager and operations manager letting them know. I was scolded by resident manager when she came in because “yall should've told me ahead of time so we could've got it figured out” “I sent you an email as soon as I arrived to work at 12:18” “you can't email me I sleepnthrough…

Hello! How should I productively use my free time at work? I love podcasts and books on tape so if you have any recommendations I’m happy to hear them but I’m particularly looking for other ways of self improvement or learning. I’m looking for something passive I can do while working, or something that I can do 5 minutes here and there. Pretty much I have a ton of free time but I can’t dive into/be fully cognitively engaged in this activity for more than a few minutes. I manage a warehouse so I get a lot of questions and have things to tackle right away sometimes so I can’t really work on art or things that make it obvious my mind is elsewhere. It is worth noting that I know “productive” is subjective (I do value working on my breathing and breath holds which is my go to right…

I think that my story would fit here so I will try. If it is not suitable then please let me know and I will post it on different subredit. For the beginning, please excuse all my typos and grammar mistakes as english is my second language. So the company I was working in was my first office job and first job in my field in new country (I am eastern EU and move to western EU country in 2019). Lucky for my in my field working language is english so I got the job without significant skills in language of the country. So start from the beginning… I started working there in 2019, shortly before pandemic hit. What is important is that my company is keeping all employees wages confidential and we officially are not allow to talk about them. At entry interview I asked for little bit lower…

I work as an hourly employee for a company in California. The position is not what was described or expected at all. This place is super disorganized, full of drama, and it seems like there’s some shady business going on at the company within the industry. I started 11/1 of this year and my boss had originally been somewhat flexible with my schedule but as time has gone on she’s changed her mind a few times, then cuts hours here and there because the CEO is a cheap bastard. There is a serious lack of transparency and professionalism all around so being upfront or open with my boss and/or HR is not an option. I need to do what is in my best interest and cover my own ass. I received a way better offer for a new job elsewhere and have already accepted it. Typically, I know 2 weeks…