#anti work

[chocolateteapotauthor]

Anyone else feel like job applications are asking for too much? I was going to apply for one just now, which was asking for the regular CV and copies of qualifications. Ok, that makes sense. Then it asked for a police background check since it's a job working with minors. Also understandable. Then they were asking for a voice recording, a copy of a utility bill, an audio clip, and professional headshot. All in pdf format only.

This was for a job less than 20 hours a week paying $16 an hour.

What the actual fuck is going on?

[dinamichedelnulla]

I've been anti work for 6 years now and whenever I think about looking for a job, I immediately regret doing so.

Btw, 3500 MAD is not even 380 USD, and that's per month.

If this isn't slavery, I don't know what is. I reported their ass on indeed.

I'd rather be unemployed. Fuck all of this.

[meropaline]

Office a/c still broken and manager decided he’s working from home today. Surprise! It’s also supposed to be the hottest day of the summer so far. Meanwhile his solution to me is “Just open the office door.” Hahahaha.

[meropaline]

Office a/c is broken. It’s 80 degrees inside and rising. We have no windows we can open. I asked manager (who is currently working upstairs in an air conditioned office) if I could go work from home for the last hour of the day.

He said no.

[maramagnus]

It's honestly so fucking hard to go from having a job I actually really enjoy where I travel all across the north of my province doing one project, and doing so well the company that contracted me said I was "indispensable" to being unemployed three months after project completion. I did 98% of the work (a couple people did a couple other sites) and I got 0 training between the time I started and project completion.

After project completion, I got used to doing things around the city instead of travelling everywhere, and I did anything asked of me. At the same time, I finally started treatment for a medical issue I'd been trying to get treated for 8 years, which required me to go to the hospital once a week, though twice was preferable.

I got laid off right after I finished treatment, which feels like retaliation even if I can't prove it. Thing is, I was hoping this supposedly full-time job would allow me to at least get slightly ahead, but 6 months of employment with only three months being truly full-time meant, well...

I couldn't.

I have worked for a total of $1200 this year, because I got hired at another place as a "contractor" and they gave me a total of 24 hours of work at the $50/hr rate they hired me at.

So now I'm just fucked.

[gooned-out-tgirl]

I am gonna be so honest right now. I have very complicated feelings on therapy. I think it can help theoretically, and sometimes does for some things. But in my past experiences they help with 1 issue then give me new trauma. This isnt to say all therapist are bad people, or the profession is evil.

Just i shouldn't fear having thoughts and having to talk to my therapist.

I shouldn't be tying myself into knots because I have the voice of my therapist replaying over and over in my head because life is weird.

I shouldnt feel like a fool, crazy, and a bitch because I have said these two statements: "you know today at work wasnt that bad. I sometimes even like it," and "I genuinely dont like my job, being at it makes me sad and I will wake up wanting to throw up just so I have a reason to call out."

Like both are true even if seemingly contradictory. 'How can i help you if you keep flip flopping on your job?' Im not sir! Listen the job is OK, its painfully OK. Its a job where I fully understand why some people have been here for 30 years, I can even seen myself being here in 30 years, but I dont want to see myself there in 30 years. Just because I CAN doesnt mean I want to.

[happy-amethyst]

Let’s face it: we’ve all lost immeasurable time due to ads.

I’m anti ad and anti-consumerism and this is one way I reclaim my time during an “ad break.”

Turn it over, turn it down down, or just turn it off: if I’m using my phone and there is no option to skip immediately, I turn my phone over, turn the volume down, and sometimes even just turn the whole application off itself. Whatever stops the ad the quickest.

I then pause, and take some deep breaths. I’m mindful of my body and I ask myself some questions like, do I like what I have been seeing? How does it make me feel? Do I need to take a break? Etc… I do this for about 30 seconds.

At that point I can usually close the ad, and I’m already more connected with myself and have decided if I’ve had enough screen time for the day, or maybe I’ve remembered there may have been other things I wanted to do with my time other than scrolling.

Taking a little pause like this is such a great way to reclaim time that is being wasted/taken from us by rampant ads. Every second of our free time counts, so, so much. Especially in a late stage capitalist society where a 5 day, 40 hour work week is the norm, and is often exceeded, just to make ends meet.

[rugmunchiez]

I hate when people say they can't see how anarchy works. You see it constantly in children's media. If there aren't active cops in the show it generally is an anarchist society. There simply the community taking care of each other and punishing each other.

My favorite example is Blaze and the Monster Machines. Blaze, AJ, and the gang are constantly harassed by Crusher and Pickle but instead of facing exclusion from their community, they are taught to do better by their community while remaining fully integrated. People around them correct them and assist them in the path of good.

Crusher and Pickle are taught their lesson through natural consequences, gentle guidance, and being given resources to do better.

This is how anarchy works. Its not just dog eat dog, eye for an eye. Correction and compassion are key elements.