Antiwork: Unemployment for all, not just the rich!

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/ijohns15698 on 2024-11-18 13:35:00+00:00. *** I have company owned property in my possession. I’ve been trying to return it for a few weeks now, but she wouldn’t respond on both slack and text. She finally responded Saturday with 5hrs notice to meet her husband over an hour drive away. The best part is my car is not working and she fired me cause my car is broken and I couldn’t make it to work (2hour drive). So I guess I’m driving 2 hours with my fiancés car, filled to the max, tomorrow

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/DaniaLMF on 2024-11-18 13:01:07+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/James-Incandenza on 2024-11-18 12:47:50+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/fairwellfairground on 2024-11-18 10:14:09+00:00. *** Every six months, my company asks us to fill out a “confidential” engagement survey. I work in a large marketing industry, and I assumed the surveys were for the wider company’s statistics.

Last week, though, my manager gathered our team, read out our scores, and started sharing some of our “anonymous” answers. Even though she wasn’t given names, it quickly became clear she could guess who wrote what. My colleagues all denied responsibility, which made it obvious I had written the harsher feedback.

I’ll admit my answers were critical this year. I find my manager abrupt and belittling, and she plays favorites with my colleagues. Our team dynamic feels cliquey, with the “popular, bubblier” colleagues in the spotlight while I’m more of the older, quieter one. I’m also awaiting an autism diagnosis, and my manager has previously told me she finds me “disengaged” and “aloof” even though that’s never my intention.

After sharing the survey results, she said anyone with negative feedback should reach out to discuss it further. But I’m not willing to do that. This survey was supposed to be anonymous, and I feel betrayed that my line manager has access to the results in this way. Now I feel even more alienated and disliked because I’m sure my feedback stood out.

To make things worse, my end-of-year review is coming up, and I’m terrified my manager is going to bring up my survey responses and hold them against me.

Am I overreacting, or is this as inappropriate as it feels?

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/breesaurus_rex on 2024-11-18 07:45:54+00:00. *** The fact that a lot of these companies get away with what they do is insane. I was employed as a behavior technician for about the past year. The amount of unpaid work I did is crazy. I was paid $22 an hour, but it was only more like $15 an hour after all the unpaid labor. I still have not been paid for a few therapy sessions I did with a client even after I complained to multiple people multiple times for a few months. I'm in the process of filing a wage complaint. I can't tell you how many times a client would be late or not show up and I would just lose out on that pay without warning. Not to mention how physical the job is and the fact that some of the kids are aggressive or violent. I finally decided to leave after a client bit me pretty bad. I also did not get reimbursed for the medical bills related to that incident.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/Sad_Support_2471 on 2024-11-17 23:10:16+00:00. *** This is getting under my skin and I can't work here anymore after this shit.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/scuffler23 on 2024-11-18 00:31:24+00:00. *** I’ve recently moved into a new role at my company after being in my previous one for 3 years. I am currently in training for this new role and unfortunately have tested positive for covid, it’s hit me pretty hard this time and I don’t feel well enough to be at work. I tested positive on Friday so I have only missed two days including the day of me posting this. The area of work I’m in is quite demanding, but since I’m in training someone else is currently in my position so I wasn’t too worried when I knew I’d be away sick. Everyone in my family has caught it so I also don’t want to spread covid all over my area, as the space we work in is quite small. I sent my boss a text last night letting him know I wouldn’t be in today as I’m still not feeling too good, but that I’d hope to be in the following day. He replied quickly with “ok” so I wasn’t too worried, until this morning when I checked my work phone in case I needed to pass on any info to another coworker. Instead I saw a message from my boss sent this morning telling me “I need you here tomorrow.” I don’t really know what to do here, if I feel okay of course I’ll go in but if I’m still feeling like this there’s no way I’d be able to work. Any advice?

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/lost_aussie001 on 2024-11-18 02:30:26+00:00. *** Share yours too!

• Work Hard Play Hard – No worklife balance, just Working Hard
• Must have a sense of Humour – Toxic Workplace Culture & bullying/ harassment is unchecked
• More than one emoji, especially any money ones – Scam, MLM ect
• Saying they're a family – you'll get underpaid & exploited

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/Dimension10 on 2024-11-18 01:41:07+00:00. *** This was about a month ago at a cannabis dispensary. Basically this company isn't taking reasonable steps to protect customer data privacy. I wrote a professional email expressing my cyber security concerns which management agreed with in the email and I got fired the next day.

I'm just curious if anybody has any creative ways to call them out on a public forum. I have a much better job now so I'm chill on that front.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/gamerlover58 on 2024-11-18 01:04:58+00:00. *** I was hoping someone could explain what this means. And if some of you guys have actually become homeless what allowed you to get out of it.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/UniqueSearches on 2024-11-18 00:46:37+00:00. *** Mine has to be warehouse jobs (UPS specifically), that's the worst things you can go into. The nepotism is real over there and the management was worse than casinos. At least in Casinos it's more structured. If you work in a warehouse like UPS you have to go through hurdles to even get a phone number for HR. Then they keep leading you into circles. "Call this person instead, what? They told you to ask me? No it's them"

Besides that the work is also grueling the max they pay in my state for Warehouse is like $15-17, you might as well work at Dollar Tree for easier work even if it's slightly less pay. They don't supply you with water unless you brought your own or are given "permission" to leave your station. Then you have paycheck troubles and to top things off the schedule kept changing daily. "Come in at 12 AM" 12 AM Starts: "Uhh it changed to 11 PM, you're late"

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/Ok_Doctor4982 on 2024-11-18 00:45:24+00:00. *** I work remote & was hired on as a remote worker. Our job said we had to come on for mandatory team building days from the 9th-11th. I’m 100% remote, it’s 2 hrs away but in my interview I did agree to come in for mandatory training and events. I been remote about 8 months and this is the first time I’ve had to step into office. Even though it’s a huge hassle and I honestly don’t even know how I’m going to go in office for 3 days straight w/ my husband’s work schedule.

So apparently this was all to see who could “ACTUALLY” make it into office because not so long after requesting that, they said starting the next week after the team bonding days we would have to be in office once a week. I 100% refused it and I am willing to get a new job if need be, but I just found their strategy crazy.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/Endlessly_Scribbling on 2024-11-17 23:36:46+00:00. *** TLDR: After a toxic job where I ended up fired, I started giving my new job 120%. I felt good, proud of my hard work. Might be burning myself out, but so long as I can slowly wipe my "job hopper" status off my resume, I don't care. But a recent announcement of 3 people's departure (both voluntary and involuntary) has rocked me hard. My Sunday blues are especially heavy tonight...

xxxxxx

My first "big girl job" out of college was a temp position (10 months), my second job was for 3 years, my third job was fully remote until we became RTO. I had a mortgage and elderly family needed me. I wasn't moving, manager was very understanding and 8 months into that job, I quit. My 4th job was toxic and I managed at first until it was just daily abuse from my manager (who said things that eventually even HR was appalled at during my exit interview). I had been let go, fired at month 10 of my first year. It was a me problem. I let an abusive man get to my head until I fell hard from a person who used to be crazy with attention to detail to "another mistake." 10 months in and I was fired. HR said what [boss] said to me was completely "not okay. Apologized, but nothing could be done. I too apologized for no longer being able to give my all. And then it was over.

"Found a new job at a public firm.

I finally made it to a point in my life where I started to believe in myself again. Not many like public accounting, but I found fulfillment of clients always ringing me up. Like I mattered. Like I wasn't dumb and my opinions were taken into consideration.

But the work is drying up. Across the company (I've been told so at least). My utilization rate is abysmal and people are dropping like flies (manager's words), voluntarily and involuntarily. In firms like ours...our utilization rate is our blood. Think about it. It's how much billable money we net the company. Why keep around the worker who has low billable hours? But...I can't drop. Two short-term roles on my resume (the 8 month job where I quit and my 10 month one where I was fired), I barely managed to get my this job. I need this job to be on my resume at least 2 years. And I've only been here 3.5 months.

Seeing the announcement last Wednesday about 2 people being let go and a 3rd who has quit (that 3rd person, hired 2 weeks after me) terrified me. Slapped reality back to me. I can't get comfortable, because I could be next.

I'm just so scared of what's to come, and I'm already driving myself crazy trying to prove myself as hard as possible. I never say "No" to any projects at work, I give it my all, but I get feedback that's super weird. For example, I do things that have a 1% of error, all of which can be caught before, during, and after this particular task (and yes, like a crazy person, I take the opportunity to check in each of those phases). It also gets checked by the client AND me during month end, and nobody has caught an error, but in my "feedback for employee" I got "give leaving and coming back to a task to review and ensure accuracy a try" as my feedback...by a manager who has not reviewed my work since the second week of work (and I know they haven't, because they've apologized over and over about not tending to me, especially me being new). My bubble popped.

In my euphoric Honeymoon phase of finding a new job, I had felt so safe because I now give my work 120%. I thought, "If I give my whole and honest hard work, you can't fire me." Who cares if I burn out and die so long as I can keep my behind employed long enough to get rid of the job hopper label off my resume. I was also blind from my happiness at finding a sweet and loving (albeit MIA) manager. After my last boss, if my new manager so much as told me "good job" I'd worship them.

But, I had forgotten. No amount of hard work = job security.

I'm burning out fast and hard. I can't keep up. I literally. Cannot, give another % of harder work. I can't give 121%. I'm already at the "engine is burning" limit.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/infieldmitt on 2024-11-17 23:14:15+00:00. *** I used to have an incredibly easy WFH job that was easy as hell and paid an insane wage for where I live......now working one that's half the money; it's gig app dogshit - it's constant effort and genuinely challenging, driving all day. People treat you like a slave. [Once after finishing putting the groceries on a guy's front step, I said 'that's everything, thanks!' to a guy, and I could see in his eyes, briefly, a flash of 'why do i have to talk to this peon, yeah whatever thanks'] I wonder if it would be less physically exhausting if it were paid fairly; you wouldn't be so angry and tense and absorbing steps badly.

How do I not be pissed off constantly about this?

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/la_vie_en_rose1234 on 2024-11-17 23:02:11+00:00. *** I've come across people freaking out about Amberlynn Reid not having a job again and it makes me think about how TRIGGERED people get about someone "not having a job".

Someone posted a whole rant about how they could not ever imagine not working and how it makes them feel needed and get out and have friends and how they would unalive themselves if they "had to live like her" (as if you could either work or sit at home being depressed and watching TV all day, no other options).

Others chimed in how she "at least needs to volunteer to give back". Why? Seriously, WHY does she have to volunteer and someone who is sitting in a cubicle for 8 hours a day is automatically absolved? Assuming both pay taxes, the one who is working a traditional job is NOT automatically "giving back" more.

It's not just "these people live off of my tax money". Youtubers, escorts and co generally pay taxes (and a lot of 1% are all about tax fraud and making sure that they don't have to pay higher taxes for their generation wealth they supposed "worked for" so hello double standard).

Literally why do you CARE? Yes, some people need to be deplatformed--because they are dangerous or exploiting others (family channels, Mr. Beast) but "sO tHeY hAvE tO gEt A REAL jOb" shouldn't be part of that equation. I don't care if they go to an office every day as long as they stop doing the dangerous/exploitative thing! Yes, some of them are shitty people but do they really think just having a job would make them stop being shitty people? Attention seeking people like that would be on social media spreading their bullshit in their free time PLUS others would have to endure working with them every day. But you could sleep better at night knowing that this asshole over there has to sit in a cubicle for most of their waking hours too? Is that it?

It just reeks of jealously. Of this person I don't like (for whatever reason, valid or invalid) doesn't have to sit at work for 8 hours every day while I do and that pisses me off. They swear up and down that they actually love working and how it makes them feel sooo needed and gives their life meaning and whatever bullshit...but if you REALLY love it that much, why do you care that someone you dislike anyway is missing out on that wonderful thing? If I loved work as much as they swear to and hated a certain social media personality so much, I'd think that they don't deserve something as wonderful as work anyway rather than getting triggered that they don't have a job.

Also funny how everyone screams about how we don't have enough jobs but then wants people that don't need them to take one from someone who actually does just so you can sleep at night knowing that Amberlynn's overweight ass goes to the office just like you?

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/xxariee on 2024-11-17 22:04:35+00:00. *** i am 22 years old. i have been working at this car factory since i was 18. its has done so much damage on my back to the point where im hurting literally everyday. they are refusing workers comp even though my back problems clearly came from working. we only get 4 hours of pto a month & we only get vacation time after 5 years. i dont even think i’ll wait that long. this job is extremely physically demanding but its the best paying job in my area. i have adjusted my lifestyle to my pay unfortunately but i am working towards downgrading my lifestyle cause i hate this job so much. i just want to live a normal life with no back pain or swollen feet every week. on top of that, i work night shift so i sleep literally all day. i want to get back into dance classes but im always too tired to do anything. some people at my job have been there for 20 years & i dont see how they’ve done it. do people really find jobs they love ? i wish that i will one day.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/LumpyJunk69 on 2024-11-17 20:24:38+00:00.

Original Title: Has anyone else just given up entirely? I work 3/4 months a year now, doing anything with free accommodation and a high hourly rate (fruit picking, live in care, chef positions with a room etc) and then I simply travel very cheaply the rest of the year in countries where I can get by on very little. *** I'm from the UK and worked long hours in kitchens and pubs since I was 17, watching as the cost of living soared and my wages stagnated, until a couple of years ago I just though "fuck this, I've had enough."

I'm very lucky, I can earn a relatively high wage in my country and only accept jobs where my outgoings are pretty much zero, then I just work hard for a few months and bounce.

Currently writing this from Albania, off to Thailand on the 28th.

My daily budget including accommodation, food, travel etc is about £20 ($26 ish) and although I dont live in what most people would consider luxury, I get by and I have so much free time...

I dont think I can ever live back in the UK again, I just cant play that whole horrible game of getting up in the dark, coming back to a mouldy apartment in the dark and having no time to do anything. Now, for about 8 months a year I can read about three books a week, go on long walks, write and I just generally do whatever I want to do.

I miss having more than one pair of shoes or having a spice rack, and at times I question what on earth I'm doing with my life (whilst writing this the electricity has gone out 3 times) but the alternative is so much worse!

I hope this little post inspires someone or maybe helps someone see that there is alternatives to the rat race, i'd love to hear from anyone who does a similar thing and if anyone's interested in how i get by on so little id be happy to go into it!

Peace.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/CharacterInternet123 on 2024-11-17 20:24:38+00:00. *** There are a couple coworkers that I assume want to see me fired with them making lies about my behavior at work (one has mentioned before wanting my shifts, the other I see through their narcissistic antics that they brag about that I no longer put up with; they’re both a recipe for this to possibly succeed).

After another encounter in the manager’s office with my narc coworker with lies upon lies of things I did not do and being berated with divisive language and triangulation, I decided to block everyone I work with’s number so they can no longer text me outside of work until I find another job. Unfortunately in this economy, quitting isn’t an option without something lined up.

I can no longer tell who to trust at my work when certain coworkers treat me one way yet the coworkers I have issues with say otherwise. I don’t want to know anything outside of work, and don’t want to be bothered if I’m not getting money to deal with the anxiety of it all. I have diagnose cptsd that I seek professional help for, I can’t afford to lose my shit over any more gaslighting.

We have an app that they can contact me through; that is the boundary I have set. Need me to take a shift? Talk through appropriate channels, not my personal phone. And maybe, I might get to you if I notice it. Year after year, my team effort and hard work gets taken advantage of from management to my helping hands. I’m no longer obligating myself to making sure people are taking care of if I’m being disrespected to the point of panic attacks. It’s not worth the deterioration of my mental health and well being.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/No-Information-1746 on 2024-11-17 19:07:32+00:00. *** Im a new employee, I was left alone in the self checkout with little training (Training video do nothing to prepare you for the real stuff) and kept having to beg the stand in manger to be up there with me and she said and I quote "The front desk people are alone and need me" I need you too! I complained to the supervisor because once again I didn't have enough training to be left alone, A few weeks later I got pulled into the lead supervisors office and she said that "Some people have complained that I can't be left alone" U am new! And this is my first job! I've gotten better at my job but this is ridiculous

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/Roach-kun on 2024-11-17 18:42:18+00:00. *** I work as a traveling supervisor for a cable/construction contractor. The company I work for is a large corporation in the industry and has more than enough money to be able to afford paying for travel and lodging for supervisors when in the field. However they have now decided that, despite being a good little employee and giving my two weeks notice, that they shouldn’t have to fly me back home from my current assignment.

I have worked for this company for 3 years, came up from the bottom as a technician to supervisor for a smaller company that gave a shit about it’s employees only for it to be bought out by a corporation. One that laid off half the company and gave a middle finger to the rest of us.

I thought giving my two weeks would make a nice bridge in case they ever changed policies, ever became better but after this I hope the company goes belly up.

TL;DR Fuck corporations, don’t give your two weeks just leave. P.S. if you have a company card just buy yourself a ticket home, fuck are they gunna do fire me?

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/psychedelic__cheese on 2024-11-17 17:38:30+00:00. *** I’m really struggling with my job lately, and I need to vent. My boss micromanages me to an unbearable degree. He gives me tasks to do, and then when I complete them, he tells me I’m not doing it right. It feels like no matter what I do, it’s never good enough.

For example, I work at a modeling agency. He instructed me to contact only top-tier photographers for our models to shoot with. I took that advice seriously and invited some great photographers to the agency to build connections. Once I got that done, he suddenly said it wasn’t enough and wanted me to reach out to student photographers for test shoots instead. Initially, he said getting two test shoots a month would be great. Well, within two weeks, I managed to line up five. But then he told me I wasn’t doing enough and that the dynamic was off.

I try to take the initiative to make connections, but it feels like my efforts go unrecognized, and that really brings me down. When it comes to bookings, he insists on being a firm booker. There was a situation where a client wanted to book one of our top models for a campaign, and I suggested we go higher with the price since he’s a top talent. My boss didn’t take my advice seriously and was more concerned about losing the client. He completely missed my point about not devaluing our talent. He ended up giving them a lower offer, and of course, they accepted it right away, leading to his regret.

Now he’s telling me that I need to practice being a booker, but he doubts my capabilities because I can’t even manage basic bookings like test shoots. It’s incredibly frustrating because I feel like if it weren’t for my efforts, the company would have really struggled financially over the past few months. I created the entire business plan, advised him on investments, and suggested areas to save money.

To top it all off, he checks my emails and has them all forwarded to him. I’m left feeling like I can’t even handle the simplest tasks anymore. Am I exaggerating here, or is my boss really a mess?

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/connor14kab on 2024-11-17 13:17:48+00:00. *** Sooo this is the 3rd time that I haven't been paid on the day I was supposed to. Supposed to be Friday (now its Monday). This has fucked me financially to where I can't catch back up. I have zero dollars..no gas. No soap to wash my work clothes I have to wear today. Is there anything I can do? Like make a complaint or something, that would actually impact them? Make them get their shit together?. They were supposed to "cash app" me the money but apparently they can't do that either cuz other employees asked for their pay as well.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/Costacoffeebean on 2024-11-17 13:03:26+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/Asleep_Pool_7429 on 2024-11-17 12:59:30+00:00. *** So about 2 weeks ago the company I work at held a meeting with the entire staff. They said that the company is in a ruff state (lost about 6 million dollars in faulty product that had been sent back by the consumers, components that had been damaged during our manufacturing, also never mentioned this for obvious reasons but decisions from higher management) and people will get "unfortunately" laid off. Around 100 people for the moment. Also they require us to give 110% so we can reverse the damage that had been done but until further notice the yearly pay increase will be cancelled.

Now before some of you start, the loses due to faulty manufacturing is due to the tight deadlines set by higher management. We have shipments for abound 50 high complexity machines around 3 times a week for one consumer alone. So my colleagues from manufacturing have a hard time keeping up taking into account that some does the work of 2 and the supplier is not that quick with the components.

But the bottom line in all of this is that they will require us to work harder but the pay increase is postponed until further notice. Let's just say close to Christmas with all of these news, there are barely people wanting to give that 110% they ask.

But what's your opinion on this?

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/OneOnOne6211 on 2024-11-17 11:22:22+00:00. *** Having people competing all the time for the job above them that gets them just a little bit more pay is a scam. It causes people to see their fellow employees as competitors rather than as allies, and it keeps people focuses on working to attain the next rung on the ladder rather than questioning the system as a whole.

People who focus on the corporate ladder are being manipulated. They undermine the solidarity you have with your fellow workers so you want stand up to them together, they keep you thinking about climbing rather than tearing the system down and rebuilding it to protect themselves.

The average CEO to worker pay ratio in 2022 was 344 to 1. You can't climb your way out of that, the system is rigged and has to be rebuilt.

Solidarity for other workers above personal ambition. Rebuilding over climbing. This way all of us will be better off in the end.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/ObviousPenalty1048 on 2024-11-17 10:01:09+00:00. *** Why do people accept that they can be fired at any moment and without reason? And why do they accept so much less vacation days?

Here in Europe we have a minimum of 4 weeks up to 6 months of notice period and you cannot be fired just because the boss doesn’t like the way you look like today. Also you have 4-6 weeks of vacation each year. Depending on the company even more.. If I compare both economy’s, the US economy should be able to be more social?

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/radiantxflower on 2024-11-17 07:07:17+00:00. *** I don’t even know where to start with this. My job, which already pays peanuts, has just announced they’re no longer providing free water to employees. Like, actual WATER. The most basic necessity for human survival. Apparently, the cost of supplying bottled water to the office was “unsustainable,” so now they’re expecting us to either bring our own or buy it from the vending machine they conveniently installed last month.

Here’s the kicker: I work in a warehouse. It’s physically demanding, and it gets HOT in there. We’re sweating through 8-10 hour shifts, and now we’re supposed to just figure out how to stay hydrated on our own dime?

Oh, and let’s not forget that the company posted record profits last quarter. They’re not struggling. They’re just choosing to squeeze a little more out of the workers because they can. Meanwhile, the higher-ups are probably sipping on company-paid sparkling water in their air-conditioned offices.

It’s so demoralizing. It’s not about the cost of a bottle of water—it’s about the principle. They’re literally nickel-and-diming us on the most essential thing we need to do our jobs, while acting like we should be grateful to even have employment.

I’m so sick of this system where every tiny cost gets dumped on the workers while the executives rake in bonuses for “cost-saving measures.” How is this even legal? How is it not considered a human rights issue to deny people basic necessities while they work for you?

Is anyone else out there dealing with this kind of nonsense? Because it’s making me question why I’m even putting up with it anymore.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/MussleGeeYem on 2024-11-17 05:16:02+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/DevOpsNerd on 2024-11-17 01:13:27+00:00. *** Logged in last Thursday and out of my 20 man group, only 3 of us were still in the company Slack or Outlook. The team’s email distribution list was gone, pictures down off the internal sites…it’s like they never existed. Company no longer lists "Cloud Consulting" as part of their offerings. This was the last in 5 rounds over the past 18 months. 76 down to 3. Instead of running high value, year long Cloud transformation projects, we’re doing level 1, on-call customer support. Shouldn’t really complain too much…least I’m still getting paid until we "upskill" the Chinese and Indian recent college grads to be able to follow step by step screenshots. Fuck them. I’m not answering the phone nights and weekends just to still get the axe in Q1. Looking at the next 6 weeks as severance. 9 to 4:30 and I’ve already notified them my $4k laptop got nicked from my car..just bad luck I guess…lol

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/izzyjuell on 2024-11-16 22:35:56+00:00. *** I have an upcoming annual employee review with my terrible manager and I'm concerned that not only the review will go poorly but my manager will be disrespectful and dismissive to me as they've been in recent conversations.

I'm interested in recording this meeting just in case they do act disrespectfully and I need to follow up with HR. I have no interest in seeking legal repercussions using this potential evidence, I'm only interested in collecting evidence to prove to myself and HR this behavior is happening.

However, I just learned I'm in a 2-party recording consent state, does this mean I shouldn't record them? I am genuinely dreading this meeting so I'd love to know how I can protect myself. Thank you in advance.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/TheGoMLStick on 2024-11-16 23:25:32+00:00. *** So, two weeks ago, I returned from my lunch break and parked in the company lot as I’ve done many times. 30 minutes later, during a wind storm, part of a large, long dead tree collapsed and fell on my car. My insurance has called it a total loss, and has just given me their valuation.

I know that all of the rental and tow costs will be covered by insurance in the end but I can’t help but feel I’m getting dinged here for something that’s 0% my fault. Whatever I end up doing for my next vehicle, I have to take another depreciation hit. My last car was in my possession for less than two years for reference.

I don’t want to start a war with my employer here, but are there grounds to ask them for some kind of compensation here?

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/SovereignJames on 2024-11-16 21:14:47+00:00. *** Whatever happened to decent customer service? Every time I have an issue, I get stuck talking to a chatbot or waiting on hold forever just to get someone who can’t actually help. Companies love taking your money but vanish when there’s a problem. It’s like they’ve completely forgotten that customers are the reason they exist.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/johnnyvlad on 2024-11-16 20:02:08+00:00. *** Around 5 or 6 weeks ago, the work coming down the production line in the plant I worked for all but stopped. We've had maybe 3 days worth of work spread out over that whole time. I'm actually shocked we're still being given full 40 hour weeks. Normally this is our busiest time of year. Any questions about the lack of work is met with the same answer, "supply chain problems". As if I'm a total idiot who doesn't realize the other departments in the company, who use the same materials we do, are operating normally.

Our department is its own building, adjacent to the rest of the company. Well I found out, that building was sold. The day before all the work stopped. To a company that has nothing to do with manufacturing. Nobody told us of course, I had to dig. Over this last week, things have been disappearing from our building like its being cleared out. They took a bunch of job carts. A few key pieces of machinery are gone. They took most of the furniture and the vending machines out of the break room. They took the colored tape lines off the floor that were used to earmark space for new production lines. A handful of co-workers were also transferred to other departments without explanation. I'm figuring any day now we're going to be told it's our last. Probably right before the holidays because who doesn't like to rub salt in the wounds of worthless peasants.

Naturally I'm not getting any hits on any of the applications I sent out across multiple platforms. I swear to God I won't be homeless, one way or another

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/Cute-Revolution-9705 on 2024-11-16 18:51:30+00:00. *** I’m super confused by this. A lot of people are saying that if jobs can allow you to work from home, what’s stopping them from outsourcing your job to another country for cheaper?

And I’m saying what’s stopping ALL office work to be outsourced already?

At the end of the day a business seeks to make as much money as possible, while cutting costs as low as possible. What financial advantage does physically being in the office provide that online doesn’t? I don’t understand how us physically occupying the same space at a more expensive rate than farming the work out to other countries makes financial sense?

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/ManyNamesSameIssue on 2024-11-16 06:49:50+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/Eagles56 on 2024-11-16 20:25:32+00:00. *** I’ve worked at 6 different places in my life. Out of all of them only one had a boss who was actually a good leader. The other bosses, God I wander what goes through their minds. They either had habits of insulting all of us, not giving a shit (my mom was hospitalized and I had to take a day off to help her and a manger thought I was faking it) or just straight up act like they’re perfect and it’s their way or the highway. When in reality most of the time they do less work than us

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/Leuris_Khan on 2024-11-16 20:23:53+00:00. *** Inequality has never been as visible as it is today. We look around and see houses that no one can afford, prices that are constantly rising, and salaries that are barely enough to cover the basics. And do you know what is behind this? Financialization and deindustrialization. These processes are transforming the economy into something that only serves those who are already at the top.

When central banks print money, do you think it reaches us? No. It goes straight to the big banks and investment funds. And what do they do? They buy houses, land, companies, and transform everything into something that only those with a lot of money can access. For the rest of us, we are left with the bill for inflation – the bill for this unfair system.

Meanwhile, employment is increasingly scarce and precarious. Factories have closed or moved to other countries, and what is left for us? Jobs that pay little and demand a lot. Purchasing power is decreasing, and the feeling of running around without getting anywhere is growing.

It is as if the game is already rigged. Those who have money turn more money into power. Those who don't have money are stuck, paying dearly for everything, with no chance of changing their position. The dream of owning a home, of having security, is being stolen from us, and all of this because the system was designed to enrich those who are already rich.

What hurts the most is realizing that this is not an accident. It is a choice, made at the top of the pyramid, far from us. Inequality is not an accident – it is the result of policies that prioritize the financial market over people. And if nothing changes, it will continue like this.

We need to talk about this, we need to look for alternatives. Because, the way things are, only the 1% win, and the 99% are left with the bill.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/bigjagoff82 on 2024-11-16 18:11:48+00:00. *** I work union in the construction field. Some of the union carpenters vote Republican. I tell them if you want to be a union guy you should vote Democrat. Joe Biden was the biggest pro union president ever . Trump an Elon muskrat are the biggest threat to all unions. I now call them Union SCABS . They don't like it.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/Jealous_Weakness1717 on 2024-11-16 17:29:26+00:00. *** Huge red flag that indicates:

1. They treat you like crap.
2. They pay crap.
3. Toxic work environment is guaranteed.
4. Expect no work / life balance.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/Hexdoctor on 2024-11-16 16:58:48+00:00.