Antiwork

Hi everyone. I work in a restaurant in Canada and this restaurant has decided to close for three weeks in January (basically 1st – 24th). I am a salaried member of staff and have been told that I will not be paid for the time the restaurant is closed. The owners are not closing the restaurant for any reason other than they think the profit won’t be worth being open as January is usually a quiet time in hospitality. My assumption is that my salary covers all 52 weeks of the year and that I accrue two weeks of holidays on top of that. I usually get any holiday pay for the current year (2022) that I have not used paid out in December. As I will have no holiday pay accrued in January for the year of 2023, the owners are indicating that I will just not be paid…

Last year I worked for a beauty supply store. I really wanted it to work out, but the manager was a psychopath. She made a bunch of racist, and transphobic comments, and bragged about abusing her pets. I was considering whether or not to go to the DM, who was only a couple of weeks from leaving the company. One day the manager got mad about how some dye bowls were stacked, and started chucking them at me, and another employee, hitting us both. That was the last straw for me. I got the DM's email address from a co-worker, and quit immediately. I had a call with the DM, and explained to her everything that happened. She listened to me, but never gave me a plan of action. I told her I just wanted her to know the truth, so that my future with the company wasn't ruined. Recently…

So I was off my usual two days and during that I got sick. I felt fine enough to work after the two days off though so I went in. My job just stated that anyone who has been sick has to take 5 days off from when symptoms started. Problem is I live in Ontario and I don't get paid sick days. I can't afford to take 5 days off work sick. They aren't paying for it either. Can they just force you to take unpaid time off? Ita not covid so I can't get paid out for that it's just a common flu. I'm just wondering if they can actually force you to do that or if it's just their say so. Haven't been able to find anything online.

Before anything else I want to say that my ex-employer will likely read this post. Ever since firing me he has been cyberstalking me and been a huge fucking creep. I know this because when I filed for wage theft after he fired me for the fact he didn't pay me after saying he would pay me out for the month, unpaid vacation time, unpaid medical insurance that I am now $860+ in debt for, and for docking me $550 for an airline ticket they bought WITH REWARD POINTS AND HAD REFUNDED ANYWAYS, I was sent a copy of his reply, which included a huge list of social media posts, emails, and links to long deleted posts he literally had to use a web archive to dredge up. But I will get back to that later on. I just want it to be known my ex-employer will likely see this,…

I work in a college town as a student to help pay for bills and play catch up for the future, and as the semester comes to a close. I plan to go back home for the break and return when classes resume but I doubt that the GM will actually let me. Truthfully, my parents are getting older and I hate the thought of it and I want to spend the whole month with them until school starts. I'm scared to ask because I don't want to get denied, but part of me wants to ask now because a new employee before hire told him he cannot be here for December, like me same reason. And he told him “We'll see” knowing this he hired him and trained him “his first job btw” Anyways I would like to hear what you all think I should do.

What would realistically happen to you personally if you and every member of your household quit working jobs today and did not ever work a job ever again?

As far as I understand tech companies earned more than ever during the pandemic, mainly because people were staying at home. Yet these same companies are now forcing millions of workers back to offices while also seeing steep decline in revenues. Putting two and two together this decline in earning is probably somewhat related to companies forcing people back. I for one used to order an unhealthy amount of Amazon stuff during the pandemic but since I’ve been forced back to the office I never order anything anymore because I’m simply never at home. Also in general I’m spending less money because I’m so busy and exhausted commuting all the time. If anything these tech companies should encourage their own employees and other companies to implement better opportunities for remote work. I know some of them already do this to an extent but most of them have started calling people…

Is it possible to be a leftist manager who prioritizes their workers' interests while operating a successful business? Yes, it is possible, and these are some tips that I've compiled over my time as someone who manages hourly workers in a small business setting. Not all will apply to or cover what can be done in all work places, but these are some ideas that you might find helpful. I have only anecdotal proof that they work really well, but I work in an industry where the average turnover is like 4-6 months, and in my time there, the average turnover has been about 1.25 years, and the owner (my boss) is happy: – Create a master task list and decide who is going to do what for that day all together in a conversation with those on shift. Allow workers to choose their tasks based on what they like…

I made a post about this a while ago but ultimately took it down because I didn’t want to risk my work finding it and being let go. But now that the dust has settled I’m going to provide an update. The post went something like this (brief TLDR refresher) [TLDR: Head of dept I want to be hired into has discriminatory tendencies and is actually a massive bitch behind closed doors.] After almost a month of trying to get out of the department I currently work in, a new position opened up. I was told I was set to move into that position. I was willing to take it and try it for a little bit and if I didn’t like it, I was going to walk out and move to another city. I was waiting and waiting for the “grand opening” of this new department which was yesterday.…