Antiwork

I work at a place, let’s call it, where the owners kid is taking over as manager. It has been a struggle so far, but the most notable thing came to my attention today. My coworker has worked there for over 13 years, and has always had a five day schedule. Well, come to find out, they’re cutting his days down to three for the off season. And the new manager told him in a text. No conversation. Just a text. If an employee of over a decade can lose their scheduled days just like that, it’s clear this is no longer a company that values it’s employees. That was the final straw (along with paying me less than new hires, who do immensely less work and a crappier job than me). I’m officially applying for other jobs. This is so disheartening. It’s actually breaking my heart but I can’t…

i’n lgbt and i’ve been looking for work for months. part of me thinks maybe going stealth and working abroad may help. i don’t have my degree yet but considering the socio-political climate i think getting out of the states asap will be good since i could be hurt if i’m outed while looking for work where i am. sorry, idk if this is even gonna help anything, i just want to feel like i’m not trapped.

So I worked for Kroger (Ralphs) for a few months, absolutely hated it, and just became a no-show towards the end of October. Before that, while I was still working there I caught COVID and was supposed to receive sick pay for the time that I was missing. I never received the sick pay, should I contact the union?

During the pandemic these asshole corporations and the government allowed us peasants to work from home so that they don’t lose out on profits. And these guys tripled their profits while we worked at home. Now that the pandemic is gone, they want us back in the office. Like why? We have proved that we can still work and be product at home. So they just want to control our lives. Basically they are saying – fuck you, fuck your needs and wants. All of us should stay strong and resist. Unless you want to work from the office or need to, there is no need for us to go back into the office.

Just had someone above me explain how I could get fired or possibly brought up on charges if someone robbed the store at gunpoint or a coworker stole from my till because I don't drop the money off at the safe often enough for them. I'm pretty insulted by the idea that they give less of a shit about my safety then the comparably meager amount of money I might have in my till. The excuse that 'we have had staged robberies' really didn't help his argument.

Has anyone noticed that when we don't focus on someone's job as “who they are” and focus on hobbies and interests, we usually have or can relate to why someone likes something? For instance, my brother likes skiing. I never done it before. I go skiing with him. I end up liking it. When someone mentions a video game, like Elden Ring a good majority of people enjoy it for different reasons. Most of us want a boyfriend or a girlfriend who we think is attractive and we all know what attractiveness looks like in different ways. If we show someone why we are interested in a certain band, and they are willing to hear us out on it and listen to us, we can understand why they may like that kind of music right? Morever, we are all born social creatures! We were all once children who didn't understand…