Antiwork

I work at this call center for Optimum and this place couldn’t be more miserable to work in. The Supervisors are usually pretty chill ( sort of) but there lies a HUGE power complex with them. I mean these guys act like they are the literal company when it comes to us employees following the rules l. First off I’ve never been a fan of the no phones policy. Their go reason is because of “information theft” me personally I could care less about people’s credit card info. I HAVE A JOB. And not only that I would get caught lol and the people who have stolen credit card info: one guy ordered pizzas for the office. what a nut. Anyways , we have to clock out for our bathroom breaks which is annoying considering I could take a pisser at my 2nd job and still get paid for it.…

Their reason? They wanted someone with higher level experience. They couldn’t tell my experience level by my resume, or the first 3 interviews? The fourth interview consisted of being in-person, 90 minutes, talking to all three men I had already spoken to in the previous interviews, SEPARATELY, and a tour of the place. Four interviews in the span of four weeks plus a personality test, just for them to tell me they wanted someone with higher level experience (which I am completely qualified for btw). I guess in a way I’m glad I dodged that bullet. I will never jump through that many hoops for a job ever again.

assuming i am correctly understanding my manager telling me to “go to the bathroom before they shut off the water”, theyre shutting off our water and expect us to continue working. as i understand from the maintenance man, there is one shutoff valve that controls the entire building's water supply. if it gets shut off, we cannot use the restroom unless we go across the highway to a gas station, which will most certainly result in being denied bathroom usage because it will take too long for us to go. i am fucking livid.

I was going to post to an industry specific board, but decided instead that its probably better-placed here, as these things are universal, I think. ​ I would like to try stepping back: Considerations we try to make within our industry demand state-of-the-art procedures and documentation for constantly expanding spheres of influence, responsibility and complexity. Corporate response seems to be one of an ever-increasing list of demands to justify an increasingly crucial yet thin-spread resource pool with an ever-shrinking understanding. So, here's the spice: for real, wtf is your problem, “management” ? Why do you get to NEVER evolve? Why do you always expect us to fix the problems you have not yet thought of? Why are the problems that you have not yet thought of our fault when you did not even bother to ask what problems may arise from a given plan? Why does no one want to…

I think anyone with heart would agree that the hallmark of a great society lies not in it's ability to corral wealth into the hands of the ruling class and build monuments to big corporations but it's ability and willingness to help provide for and protect those who are struggling to do so themselves for whatever reason that may be, and I think as undesirable and dangerous jobs are automated and we refine all our technology – once we have the way – then the will is what will be lacking. But there are still a number of obvious dilemmas such as people abusing the nonbinding reciprocity agreement, having children so they can harvest the welfare money, the inflation which would come about, and I'm not sure how it would would actually be financed because the economic stimulus and tax wouldn't seem to offset the spending. But I'm no economist…