Antiwork

I just saw a post about how millionaires/billionaires paid 91% effective tax rate in the 1960s and today they pay near 0%. I’ve heard arguments from the media and wealthy people trying to explain why they can’t or shouldn’t be taxes on assets like stocks since they can go both up and down in value. Then they take tax free loans against those stocks to get around selling them as a taxable event. The thing is, a lot of Americans are taxed the way everyone says billionaires can’t be. Homes are assets that can go up or down in value yet they are taxed every year based on their current assessed value. Stocks have expense ratios that are percentages paid to the fund manager yearly based on the current value of the stocks. What is stopping Congress from doing something similar to assets held by billionaires so they can pay…

This has been bugging me the more I think about it. Some months ago, I was interviewed for an overnight janitor. Now to preface- I'm a quiet person. I don't talk a lot, and generally keep to myself especially when I'm at a place of business. They asked a series of questions, and I felt I had answered adequately When the interview was over, they said that was the quickest interview they've ever had, almost in a kind of negative tone in hindsight, but I didn't think much of it. Safe to say though, I never got the job. This has happened more than a few times. And it just makes me wonder- why do jobs that have nothing to do with customer service, hospitality, etc. Seem to look down upon those of us who are quiet and introverted? Does it make us look like bad workers? Does it make…

I still lurk in the r/publishing reddit to worn people not to go into publishing because it's an absolutely terrible industry. Even in 2023 starting salary can be as low as 20k… average now seems to be around 40k for the 'better jobs.' But overall, only a few at the top make all the money and they always seem to have million dollar advances for shitty books that don't earn out their advances and yet they don't pay the people on the bottom a living wage to live in NYC or LA where the publishers are. Earlier this year there was a strike at the only union in publishing, Harper, for something like a 5k raise.. which to me is a pathetic demand but that just shows you how beaten down the publishing mice are. They also kept telling supporters of the strike to continue buying books because 'we don't…

I’m sure it’s go talk to the boss and get it adjusted. But is a lawsuit gonna be why they give her the 15 cents?

I applied for what I thought was one position, with the implication that I would have to help with the other, if needed in a pinch. Now I’m told both jobs are actually part of my role. One position is web related and marketing work, the other is food delivery. While working on the website, I saw they were indeed, two completely separate roles that they were hiring for 🤷‍️ Aside from that, the low pay I agreed to was because they were a non-profit, and “pay was fixed in grant budgets”; however I am actually working entirely for their profit side of the business. Rant over.

Look I get it, social networking is important for careers. However, one thing that that makes me vomit is how make people act like working a corporate job is their dream. Like sure Caroline, working 50 hours a week and making 55k is your dream while only getting 10 vacation days a year. I know some people LOVE there job, but thats not me.