30 Funny And Relatable Anti-Work Posts For Anyone Who Hates Working, As Shared On This Online Group
Having a job can be both a blessing and a curse. A few lucky ones have managed to pave the career path they have always dreamed of, but the rest are just putting on a clean shirt and fake smile combo and barely getting through the eight-hour bender five days a week.
While having a meaningful job ranked 13th out of 29 sources of happiness in a global survey, only 40 percent of American workers say that they work in good jobs, according to this survey. Many reasons can be to blame, from poor pay to unfair treatment, long working hours, and job insecurity.
Luckily, for anyone who feels that way about their job, here is a safe place to talk about it. Welcome to the Free From Work subreddit which, according to the description, “is the right place if you hate working!” Created back in 2021, the community is still pretty young, but it already features impressive content that is “mostly memes and tweets to brighten up your day.”
Below, we wrapped up some of the funniest and most soul-soothing Free From Work posts that work like a band-aid for our overworked souls.
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Yes and they´d have to fight in the mud for some raise or amenity.
Load More Replies...a year , a month isnt nearly long enough , ALL politicians should have to live on benefits for a year too , then when they are making laws about it they know who hard it is to survive never mind live on benefits
Or live on it while they are in office. That way effects of their laws would have more immediacy. Maybe.
Load More Replies...For a month, that would still look like a joke to them. Let's make it one year at least. See how they survive through different seasons.
Base it in the US, and they have crappy insurance to boot.
Load More Replies...But they can't live alone.... they have to be supporting a family of 3 or more on that salary.
No, a year. And they don't get access to their savings/stocks/alternate sources of money that the lowest paid employee doesn't have. They also have to drive what the lowest paid employee drives.
As well as pay rent, bills, groceries, live in a comparable dwelling, and file taxes all in the manner of that same employee
Load More Replies...I would watch it even if I were blind. My last DM would've been a hoot to watch!
Load More Replies...There is a British Show that does something similar. A Rich family from a town swaps with a poor one, they do each others jobs and have to live on each others budgets for a week. Its interesting watching the Rich family try to live on a 1/100th of their normal budget
Yeah, we have Wife Swap here too. Not nearly the same thing.
Load More Replies...A month could be considered a funny adventure. A year would be more appropriate. At least 3 month.
More people than we think have been in a position where the hatred for their job became overpowering. For some, it happened suddenly, for others it started from the first day at work, while for most employees, the sense of loathing came gradually but became too strong to ignore.
So in order to find out what to do in such a situation, how to navigate a job you don’t like or even hate, and when is it better to part ways with it, Bored Panda spoke to Christine Mitterbauer, a licensed and ICF-approved career coach based in the UK.
Every other first world country on the planet has this .. except the US.
I can't have my own child on my health insurance once she reaches a certain age. She can't afford to move out even though she works full time. Why should she not be allowed on my health insurance? Makes no sense.
I can't afford to live on my own, either, and I'm working, and turning 20 in two weeks. Fortunately, I don't have to pay anything for health insurance out of pocket, because I'm on my state's plan. But the whole system is still messed up.
Load More Replies...It's been a while that the US has been hijacked by corporations. And this is part of the result
Well sorta. In Canada with a large public health system many employers provide supplemental coverage but only for immediate family members. Your granny and sister would not be covered.
Yes, I recently got a job and now have to pay for health insurance. It's like $600 per month and it doesn't cover vision services. This is on top of medical bills and medication costs.
It's odd how being disabled and on Medicare. I still get hospital bills for unpaid amounts. My friend has medicaid and never gets any bills. They want Medicare for all, they can have mine. My Medicare doesn't pay for much.
Coworkers are not friends or family. They're coworkers. Can you have a friendly camaraderie with coworkers? Sure. But there's a difference between a coworker you get along with and a friend or family member and there needs to be a healthy separation from work life and personal life; otherwise it becomes too enmeshed and can border on toxic. So louder for the ones in the back. Coworkers are not friends or family! And as far as money goes too, this person hit the nail on the head with it. The girl bye at the end was the icing to the best response I've ever seen!
"money isn't that important" is only said by people who have enough money to pay for all their needs and most of their wants and not have to worry about how they're going to survive for the next 12 months if they're suddenly out of a job
And THINK they will have enough money to pay for all needs for the next 12 months if they are suddenly out of a job. I've known so many people who made really good money that were left on the brink of homelessness when they lost their job for some reason. They were all, one and all, completely shocked by quickly their money drained away and they had to downsize their life and spending habits. They had to sell homes, cars, it was a real eye opener for them. *By a lot of people I mean 5, but still it's amazing how similar each person's experience was for being in vastly different parts of the country and personal wealth levels.
Load More Replies...The fact you even reached out to confirm if you saw me walk out is stupid in and of itself. Obviously you saw me walk out...
Yes, she's seen the phoniness at the heart of it all. It's outrageous to claim shared values if one of your REAL core values is to screw your workers down so they don't have a living wage. Hypocrites!
$9 an hour is less than starting wage at most fast food places in a low cost of living area prior to the pandemic, I would try to find another job if I were making $9 an hour.
It's a fear and a sound one, especially if you're working to support others.
Especially when you have one of the relatively few jobs that actually provide good insurance, and you can't afford to lose it because you have a sick child.
Load More Replies...I learned this when I was a kid. My mom worked in an office, It was a decent job and I thought she liked it After I graduated High school I joined the military. Mom quit her job. I asked why, because, as I said, it was a decent job and I thought she liked it. She clued me in. ______. She hated that job but she was a single parent and it paid good and kept a roof over our head and food on the table while she raised me. Once I was gone from the nest she could afford to take a pay cut for a job she liked much more.
Often the people forcing you to work a job you hate are the children you need to feed.
Often it's insurance. Even if you step directly into a new position, in many cases there's a lag time (anywhere from 30 days to 6 months) before a new employee's health insurance kicks in. If you, or a family member, has a health condition, you likely can't just suspend your healthcare for however long.
Load More Replies...I think I have fallen for this once or twice. And I can tell you by the time I had to quit job, I quit with no savings, and my last words to my manager was "I'd rather starve and be homeless. No, actually please tell GM that I quit and there's nothing you can do for me, if a place was on fire and you were the only saviour, I would rather burn alive then ever rely to you". In fairness I insulted her to the point of tears, she got therapy, quit her job and heallelujah a pleasant person was returned. But the work itself was such show that a threat of starvation and homelessness mean something if you have kids, if you don't you only have yourself to take care off. We are adults, and sometimes adults have to ignore other adults to sort themselves. I had no savings, no job, no food, no electricity, or internet, but I slept like a baby for the first month after quitting. And you know nothing happened for the company, you are replaceable, but I have myself back. I'd rather die than return.
From her experience as a career coach, people often start hating their job when there’s a clash between their personal values and the values of the company or sector they work in, Mitterbauer argues. “The longer this goes on, the more the dislike, or even hate, can grow.”
“Another common reason people hate their job is that they have a hard time with specific people, a boss or colleagues they work closely with,” she said and added, “Whether it’s better to quit or not is a matter of your life circumstances and whether you can afford to quit, but of course, it’s better to notice your dislike for your job growing before it becomes all-consuming.”
as an introvert .... I would LOVE to permanently work remote so that I could stay AWAY from everyone else's unnecessary drama
Me too, although I love drama, as long as I am not involved. Like watching a train wreck from a safe distance. I have to work 1 day per month at the office and I dread that day.
Load More Replies...As an extrovert, I enjoy working in an office. I was a receptionist and then an office manager, both of which required social interaction. But I hated hearing about personal issues. I'm not a therapist and it made me uncomfortable. It was difficult to tell people to keep their personal life to themselves. Being outgoing is one thing, but it doesn't mean I want to know your life story.
f**k you, Dbernn. I will toss your naked, charred body into a pit and leave it there to rot.
Dbernn is extroverted, let’s not throw them in the pit yet (unless they don’t or haven’t adopted an introvert yet)
Load More Replies...People who think they know what's best for everyone around them deserve to rot. It's the fact that she said "are terrible for YOUR mental health" that really gets me. Don't tell me what's bad for my mental health. I'm well aware of that. You're wrong.
I find it funny the number of people who assume going to the office = work. I've worked in offices for decades and can promise you there were numerous people who did just the above--socialize.
I've been working from home since 2020 - although I was on maternity leave for a year - and it's obvious whenever I have a day in the office (which we do for the team spirit every now and then) that many of those socialising people just don't have any intrinsic motivation to work. I like my work, and on weeks when I get paid for what I have done instead of sitting there fixed hours (we alternate because of phone shifts) I never work past 15:30 despite doing my best to work thoroughly. Some colleagues would choose any distraction over actually working, and it shows much more when they are alone at home!
Load More Replies...I prefer to socialise with people I chose to have around, not those I'm forced to have around
But that's great. Some people obviously should be in offices, and some WANT TO. some jobs don't require being in an office, and some people prefer working from home. This should be a positive thing, not a problem for everyone around
Even I don't get paid that much and I'm an assistant manager in retail
Rental bikes in Hawaii are $15 per hour... almost twice as much as minimum wage pay.
When my mom home rolls her cigs, rather than paying for Marlboros, she makes more per hour than my husband at his job. And he's a manager!
It will usually say for a maximum of $$, but still.
Load More Replies...If a "living wage" is just barely enough to pay for a parking lot - not even a room to live in, a flipping parking lot! I think there is no further proof needed to say this economic system is bust.
Пашенька, many of us in this economic system understand that value land indeed varies, making some parking lots more valuable than others. Shame that you've had this system for ~30 years, perhaps with more time you'll understand.
Load More Replies...Supply and Demand. The parking space is in more demand than you. Think about what that means.
That we need to get rid of cars and develop bike towns and cities like Amsterdam.
Load More Replies...billionaires have 1000 MILLIONS , and Musk has 200 BILLION , it's both mind boggling and fcking sickening
Without spending any money from the moment you were born, you would have to get about $63 per second for the rest of your life, in order to hit $200 Billion by the time you turn 100 years old.
Load More Replies...I dont understand the need to hoard more money than you can ever spend in a lifetime. But I am poor so its not for me to understand I guess.
Oh, but they have accomplished something unbelievable: they have convinced a great number of the lower paid people of the working class people that they, too, can be one of the billionaires one day, and that they should support them, defend them, agree with them. That they should yell "communist" should anyone even suggest CEOs, politicians, CFOs, millionaires and billionaires shouldn't make that much money and the people actually making their businesses work should get paid more and treated fairly.
But the overwhelming majority of people of people in the world don't understand that Elon Musk's wealth is not just sitting in a bank account. His wealth is in the companies he owns. There's a big difference between the two. Learn about wealth before you start judging people for it.
Just a little thought experiment. Imagine you are an immortal person at the dawn of human civilization some 20000 years BC. You find some honest work that allows you to set aside $10000 worth of wealth every month on top of what you spend to support yourself and you do it non-stop for the whole human history. By 2022 Jeff Bezoss still has more wealth than you. By an order of magnitude. Profiting from Capitalism is not an honest work.
According to the career coach, there can be good reasons for keeping a job that has neither good pay nor good terms: “jobs in certain sectors, for example, the arts or education, don’t always pay well but they might give you a big sense of meaning and satisfaction.” Mitterbauer argues that “if those are values you treasure, that might be enough reason to keep the job despite the salary being low.”
My job is not exhausting at all compared to others, and I know I'm lucky for that. But it's clearly eating up my intellectual energy. I used to draw from time to time, and write short stories. Now I casually come home at 7 in the evening with zero creativity.
Exhausting doesn't have to mean physically tiring. Being intellectually and mentally exhausted is just as valid.
Load More Replies...I used to until I made myself do some painting. I'm hoping to go somewhere with it. I've got my family in support. But I still have many days I just don't want to deal with it thinking of the clean up.
Congrats for finding what works for you! And best wishes for the journey ahead <3
Load More Replies......it's sad I relate and i can't even get a job yet. our society is truly not doing well.
Burn out is a thing, whether from a job that's relentless or from one that's too easy and not mentally stimulating enough.
Thats that hustle grind culture were somehow promoting here in the US where we live to work and work to live. Your just burnt out and over worked. 4 day work week would be amazing.
I can't even play phone games because it's just like work except with ads!
I used to read a book a week, but I haven't picked one up in a couple years now. I just don't have the ability to relax & immerse myself in something anymore.
Start looking for all the big companies you don't really need to spend your money for on a daily basis, and thus could boycott permanently until they pay their taxes and decent wages to their employees. That seems a fair and quite satisfying thing to do.
You don't have enough experience for us to hire you. But, I need to be hired to get the experience. But you need experience to get hired. The endless cycle of stupidity.
Not going to work. 1) "Big companies" are really good at hiding behind the Web of subsidiaries, trademarks and proxi-ownership so you might think you are buying from a totally unrelated source and still fill the coffers of the big company. 2) Almost anything you use and especially things you need for comfortable living are produced by big companies. 3) And even if such a boycott was possible, it would only be effective if implemented by everyone. Ideally worldwide.
My daughter has a BA in law (not a pre-law degree) and a paralegal certificate she works her a*s off in a legal aid office (real estate law) and gets $11 per hr if she didn't still live at home she couldn't afford to live at all
The only way in my opinion that things are going to change is if enough ppl from a bunch of different companies that basically exploit their workers an all employees either strike or just stop working until things change but if not enough ppl demand change nothin will ever happen. The USA work environment is one of the worst in the world but we're all told how good we got if hahaha what a joke it is here.
That's another perk to me boycotting Hollywood for the last 10 years. Lol.
I hate Musk, But that's absolutely not true. There's roughly 350 million people in the US. Giving each of us 1 million dollars would be 3 trillion, 5 hundred billion dollars. Written out, that's 3,500,000,000,000.
I heard that growing up, people could pay rent on a single income and work good hours. I'll never have that life. I wake up every day knowing that it's only a matter of time until I turn 15, and then I need to start working. Otherwise, I'll never afford college. I want to become a psychologist and live in a nice apartment with a cat. But the most I'll ever be is an anxious, depressed McDonald's cashier.
Don't believe that. You absolutely can become a psychologist and live in in a nice apartment with a cat. The opportunities are still available. All you need to do is identify the best path to get you where you want to be and start. When things don't go as planned, which will certainly happen, adapt. Find another way and keep pushing forward. You will always find many telling you it can't be done. Don't believe them. Find somebody who has done it and believe them.
Load More Replies...My grandfather didn't go to college. He got a job with the railroad in the late 30's, and supported his wife and five daughters while owning his own home. After he passed, his railroad pension helped to support my grandmother, until she passed.
When I was growing up there were plenty of jobs at the steel mills and coal mines. The guys knew when they graduated these jobs were open. They paid well with good benefits at the time.
You could be a trades person. Average 35-40$ an hour. More if you're any good.
Everyone wanted to have more. In the 70s most moms didn't work. 80s moms started to work part time in Holland, so you had some extra money, but because everyone did that, everything just got more expensive and it isn't a choice anymore to work or stay with the kids. You have to work. Then the govt gives you money for child care. Luckily Dutch feminists were so smart to fight for their right to work part time, to also stay home and bake cookies with the kids. America, everything is insane expensive now, way worse than Holland.
In a different post on this site, someone said you could go through 4 years of college and pay full tuition on a minimum wage job.
Yea, but that Bored Panda post about 1978 was BS. The original 'meme' was from 2014 and clearly stated it was for, Tuition Only. (It was analyzed by PolitiFact). Since todays avg. in-state university tuition is $8,500/yr., then someone could also Falsely Claim, "college in 2022 can be paid for by working a min. wage job". Todays Total Cost of attending US university is 2.85x worse than in 1978, but that doesn't mean min. wage pd. for Total College Cost in '78. ....................................................................................Personal Opinion: Today's college costs are outrageous and the richest Americans should pay more in taxes to help* alleviate this situation for their own self interest. Billionaires and multi-millionaires would still be billionaires and multi-millionaires. I mention the ultra wealthy because they are the ones influencing gov't against supporting education and lobbying for more tax cuts for themselves. (*Help = Not shouldering All of the increase)
Load More Replies...Would like to add, my husband works and I stay home with my kid. He makes 12 bucks an hour and we have no mortgage and no debt. How do we do it? WE HAVE NEVER EVER HAD ANY TYPE OF LOAN OR PAID FOR ANYTHING WITH CREDIT. Even our houses (both of them) we bought WITH CASH. Credit is a scam!
86% of Americans live in a metropolitan area. Are you part of the 14% who don't live in one? https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/567613-census-rural-america-shrinks-as-people-flock-to-big-cities/
Load More Replies...It needs to be said, though, that at least in Europe, the defintion of 'comfortable' back then was a very different one from today. I grew up in the 70s and 80s and life was way more primitive. It's what I liked about Stranger Things: It just looks like things did back then. Everything was used, patched together, more clunky and simple. A new bike was a mega-event! Food was less exotic and holiday locations most certainly were.
I've been very fortunate with my upbringing, family situation and career (I'm 30), but the thought of this being a reality is just hilarious to me. Even the thought of having more than 2 kids (regardless of education/pay) is a weird concept to me.
When asked what to do when after years a person suddenly develops a sense of not liking their job anymore, Mitterbauer’s advice is to get clear on your values – what is truly important to you in life.
“I often use the Wheel of Work, which shows people several aspects and values of their job, and then we discuss each in turn, how important it is to them, and to what extent it is being met now. Money, creativity, culture, creativity, etc. Through lots of conversation, you lay out on the table what values are truly important and which ones are less important.”Mitterbauer argues that if you hate your job, there’s a good chance this is because there’s a clash here. “It’s never too late to change, and you can start making small changes today,” she concluded.
Stop asking corporations. START asking politicians why gas is $5+ per gallon, why we have income, gas, sales, property, corporate, and gift taxes. Why do we have 8% inflation, why does it cost hundreds of thousands of dollars for a worthless degree at a government run school, why do we continue to allow MILLIONS of illegal border crossings to dilute the labor pool so corporations DONT HAVE to pay you more (you're replaceable). Stop asking government to pay for your healthcare and start asking why it costs $1500 to walk into an emergency room, before anyone medical even talks to you. Why do some hospitals charge $100 for 2 aspirin. Think I'm lying? Google it. Ask why many multistate multiBILLION dollar hospital groups are tax free while they build giant billion dollar medical centers. On this website the truth always gets negative votes. Let's see how many I get this time.
Decrease your profit margin by 20%, increase your employee salaries (up to 50% in some cases) below Middle Management, and see you Employee Satisfaction numbers grow astronomically. Ironically, by SPENDING that money, you will likely see a more than healthy % increase in profits.
Yeah. Worked somewhere with one of these where u had the option of putting your name, and if u didn't, it was "anonymous". So a co-worker did his as Elvis, and shockingly enough, he got called in to HR about it. Told us he did it to prove it wasn't anonymous at all
Good for him. Proper thing. "They can't handle the truth!" lol
Load More Replies...We got an "anonymous" survey at work, but to access it we had to enter our employee id. 🙄. In the additional comments section, I included the definition of anonymous. This resulted in a chat w/ a bigwig about "sassiness not being conductive to the company values"
Apparently, neither is honesty. ( Not that that is too surprising. )
Load More Replies...I got an in work survey like this once. I critiqued their questions (eg in terms of their ambiguity, pointlessness, mendacity and speciousness) and then added my own options for answers when I didn't agree with their possible answers. Then I added a few questions of my own with options of my own. Someone ratted me out despite the specious anonymity. I was never popular with management anyway because of their iniquitous bastardry.
Yep, At the last two places I worked, my teams were shouted at by management once the survey results were available because we provided honest feedback. These surveys are not anonymous - and results are usually reported by department as well as at a company level. The fact that the surveys aren’t really anonymous and companies can’t accept honest feedback means most employees won’t be honest - resulting in biased survey data. Also, I work in HR so yep - HR management was shouting at the HR team for our anonymous (and very honest) survey responses.
HR: Excuse me you never filled out your anonymous survey. Me: Yes I did. HR: I'm looking at the one you filled out right now and you just put a N/A for every answer. Me: That's not anonymous.
Where i worked, we could do an 'anonymous' survey. On a computer system, owned and run by the employer, using our individual log-in, the use of which they could record and track minute by minute. 'Anonymous'. Sure.
A few years ago, during the annual employee satisfaction survey, I let Corporate know what I thought about our (then) current general manager. At the end of the survey, you had the option of submitting anonymously or signing your name. I hesitated for a few minutes and then took a deep breath, and signed my name. Shortly after this (2-3 weeks) I found that my general manager was suddenly much more courteous and polite to me. Go figure...
Probably not a good move if you knew what was going to happen and didn't care.
As already commented - this, when the money would have been better sent improving your pay and conditions!
Load More Replies...I typed up three pages for my "anonymous" survey. I got randomly chosen for a tedious 3 day training refresh the next day.
I think they actually did invent that flavor of Monopoly. To try to profit on the sadness. Doubt the board is fun enough to be flammable more than once though
But that is what makes it such a good representation, if you want more fun you have to pay more.
Load More Replies...Wait, wait, wait!!! I'm a middle-aged white male. I thought everything was MY fault?!?! I'm so confused. Just when I think I know the answers, someone went and changed the darn questions on me again. 😜
I was raised by a boomer and depression era baby and seeing these posts makes me feel even more lucky that they weren't like that. Both are/were pretty forward thinking (rip dad).
News flash! Gen X started with nothing too. We got jobs with crappy wages too. The difference is most of Gen X did something called "living within our means". Try it! It works!
Dead easy... At $10 an hour, simply work 12,500 eight hour shifts without spending any money, and you too are now a millionaire! I can go without food, lodging, transport, or even clothing and basic hygiene for 35 years! Can't you? ;)
And every retail and warehouse employee. Oh, and every food service employee in general, not just the servers, but also the servers. Oh, along with many, MANY other professions, like healthcare workers and first responders, and, really, anyone who has to sacrifice their physical and mental health on a daily basis. Oh, but the bazillionares are all like n0, wE cAN't aFf0rd iT!!!". My favorite lie of the millennium is when "we have to cut your hours this month", then in the same breath "tell your friends we're hiring!". Go fvck yourself right off.
Restaurants should be paying a living wage. Not this 2.13 bs. Keep the tips too.
Making it even worse, some places require tips to be pooled. I have no issues with the "back" receiving some of the tips serving staff receive...but almost all the stores that pool tips, a share is paid to the store, and a share to the Manager too..
Load More Replies...Every service worker would a millionaire, and every billionaire would be broke.
That should be a standard thing. Once a week, you get a day off, not including weekends
Load More Replies...I used to let my kids take a "mental health day " once or twice a year. Everyone needs that sometimes
That seems like a good idea, although it might just be because I’m a minor
Load More Replies...If your boss asks why you're calling in sick just say you have rectal glaucoma. I can't see my a*s being at work.
Years ago, I remember reading about a company where the boss let you call in, once a year, to say, "I'm not coming in today--I feel too good to go to work!"
With the benefit of hindsight, if there was an evacuation order then any manager who forced the workers to remain under guard should absolutely be liable for their deaths, and the very company should be sued and prosecuted out of existence. Natural disaster in reference to the storm and its effects is accurate
Sadly, in USA, companies have this weird duality where they have rights but are not criminally liable for murder.
Load More Replies...It's not it's terrible managers(As someone who works part time as I'm in hs) if our power goes out,we do what we can while it's out and if it stays out,we go home after cleaning
My neck of the woods. This tornado was horrific! Wiped two neighboring towns off the map! :(
Technically there was a shelter in place order. The company you are referring to figured that since they were there they might as well work. Thinking what is the difference between huddling in a corner and working. Either way the building was destroyed and people were unfortunately killed.
A friend of mine was in the hospital due to cancer. I was with her when they started having tornado alerts. Pulling patients in their beds into the hallway. My friend was in the process of being discharged. They finished discharging her. Then said we had to leave WHILE TORNADO WARNINGS WERE STILL GOING OFF. I drove home listening to our local radio station telling us to seek shelter. I have never been so scared in my life. If someone died on the way home, Amazon would still be criticized. I am so sorry people died, but after the experience I had, I wouldn't have wanted people to leave either.
It hit at 9pm ish. The company is one of the few in the area that doesn't drug test, in an area with high meth usage. They exploit their emote cause they know there are few places to go. But the company is now getting millions of dollars to expand and hire a couple hundred new employees.
There is a theory that people with ADHD have the genetic remnants of hunters (a crude oversimplification for succinctness). We evolved to pay attention to every little change and sound because it kept us alive and helped us find prey. We evolved to hyperfocus on a task and always be ready to move. In a world where these traits were necessary, we were valued. Now that we are asked to sit at a desk, suddenly our strengths are considered a disorder. I'm not disordered, I have the mind of a huntress.
And if i don't want to even apply to a job similar to the one that literally made me try to unalive myself that makes me lazy and selfish.
26 years? And only 78000? Where do you live and can you please get me a place like this.
I was going to say this. I've contributed 90,000 in just the last 6 years. It's going to be a lot more moving forward, as my rent has just increased by $600 a month.
Load More Replies...They must have their maths way out here. I've just calculated that I've paid £39,125 in rent the last 6 years of renting alone. I'm in Wales too, not a big city like London/Manchester or anywhere mega expensive like Cornwall, imagine how high that would be!
That's why I have my daughter and her 3 kids (2 dogs, 5 cats, 2 guinea pigs, a rabbit, snake and lizard) living with my husband and I. They also have well paying jobs. Housing is so unaffordable, if you can find a place at all. If we had the room my other daughter and her family would be living here too.
You paid $380 CAD PER MONTH???? And you're COMPLAINING!?!?!? Why would you WANT to own a home when you can rent for that low????
26 years ago there were 100% mortgages and uk house prices were at a low. Why didn't you buy then? We did on one income. So we had used furniture, cars and clothes and lived on beans on toast for a bit, but we survived. Where did your income go? Ok I've done the maths and we have paid £90,000 to pay off our £46,000 mortgage over that period. At the time we brought we were living in a three roomed studio flat (bedroom, bathroom, kitchen/living room) and our monthly rent was the same as the monthly mortgage on a two bedroom starter home with garden. Property prices went through the roof, so our initial plan to move up and move on never materialised, but we are gen X with a paid for house.
I don't believe in laziness. I believe in inactiveness, which is usually a product of something the individual is not happy about.
Agree, but maybe "Inactiveness" should be "inactivity"
Load More Replies...This reminds me of the story of Harper Lee. Her friends gave her a years salary so she could write, and out comes To Kill a Mockingbird. She didn’t want to “not work”, she wanted to do Her work
People say lazy. I say sometimes you don't know how much work it takes some people just to exist. You don't know their life, their story.
when co-workers my age or older (50's) complain about those lazy younger people that don't deserve to be depressed ... I remind them that when we were their age we didn't have the amount of drugs in the world they do now. We didn't have mass shootings every day, sometimes even in the school we were in. We didn't have jobs that refused to pay us living wage so we would have to live with our abusive, drug-addicted parents. Etc etc etc. they shut up.
“Don’t deserve to be depressed” makes it sound like a good thing :(
Load More Replies...People call me lazy for ''only'' working 28 hours a week while I am still single and have the oppertunity to work full time. Why would I do that if it costs me my health before and I can make ends meet with 28 hours too?
That's so dumb. A guy in the comments of a Dutch News site said that yesterday. Women have to work full time! Why? He got really mad. You don't give me a cent. Why do you complain and whine, that you work more for your own wealth? Go work less too if I irritate you. I used to work 32 hours a week. Since kids 24. My kids are teens now. I want to work more, but then the govt steals it to pay my ex's benefits. Have to wait 3 years. Then he's 67. I'm crazy Henkie not. I rather sit on my lazy a*s and chill. Not gonna work for nothing. Money wouldn't even go to the kids.
Load More Replies...I've seen it happen, you work and work until you are to old to work anymore and you still lose your house ,car and health .you do not become rich from working.
Some people are lazy because they don't need to do anything, having made a fortune exploiting their workers (or inheriting the money from someone who did). These are also the people who call those workers who ask for a livable wage "lazy".
There is a book on this, “Laziness does not Exist,” which I highly recommend.
poor folk incentives: 1) Recommend this job to a friend. If we hire them and they stay for 3 months YOU get $100! ... 2) employee appreciation gets you a paper bag full of candy and 1 fruit
2) employee appreciation gets you a paper bag full of candy and 1 fruit (sponsored by your local dentist)
Load More Replies...Yep....I worked at the Amazon warehouse. Their Idea of motivation when they forced mandatory overtime on us for months was coming to our stations and giving us a couple of pieces of candy.... oh ya now I really can't wait to work an 11 hour graveyard shift.
Well you just connect the dots and realize what this "incentivization" is about : let the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. I can't see any other purpose in current political agendas, to be honest.
Don't lose heart. There's strength in union - and there's a LOT of you!
Load More Replies...Girl: what's your favorite color? Him: post quite my job blue. Girl: if you could f anyone anyway how would you do it? Him: I'd f over my boss by quiting on a holiday when he didn't have anyone to come in to replace me. Girl: Your not getting it, are you? Him: getting out of my job? I just spent the last 30 minutes telling you I wasn't but want to! God, how oblivious can you be.
Load More Replies...Walking in, playing take this job and shove it then walking out 🤣🤣🤣
Easier said then done - most ppl claim they'd make a 'bad a*s' decision on any / everything.
Load More Replies...I finally get the courage in the last 15 minutes of my made-for-tv movie. Last shot, I'm painting on the beach midday with my flowing dress and sun-kissed afro. ---Dammit I'm sad now.
That must be an American thing? We never gave out awards like that, that's ridiculious.
Yep. And if you’re out more than 10 total days your parents get a scary letter in the mail about how important education is and how we wouldn’t want the authorities to get involved now would we. Dude, my daughter is suffering from an unknown medical condition that has her constantly at every doctor I can find. Send your goons to my house and you leave in a body bag. Sorry, still salty about that one.
Load More Replies...This is actually the UK (or Australia or New Zealand etc) not the US (hence "primary school"). They definitely do this in the UK, those who achieved 100% attendance in my school were rewarded with trips to the cinema/bowling at the end of the year, those of us who had conditions requiring frequent hospital appointments or days off ill got sweet FA.
Your country needs more robust labor laws. After COVID is now the time to unionise and advocate. Your peers and your children - maybe your grandchildren - will thank you.
And as a teacher in that elementary school we have to do MORE WORK to call in sick than to just suffer through the day. It takes at least 2-3 hours writing substitute lesson plans which are never followed. So, instead, we come to school sick and get those around us sick.
From what I understand the school districts in America (or at least in California) get so much funding per student showing up to school per day. So instead of giving the children and parents consideration for the days that they cannot attend due to illness or family emergencies, etc. We are meant to feel ashamed when that assembly comes around and our child does not get a reward for "perfect attendance". It's awful. I have 3 kids at 3 different schools that can bring home whatever bug is passing through their particular school and then passing it through the family.... it's a domino effect and I refuse to feel bad about keeping my child home when they are ill.
I don't know! I always feel pretty bad when I have to call in sick like I'm letting everyone down, even though my boss is amazing and would never gripe at me about it. I call it "Past Job PTSD." I've told my boss too that I have issues calling in sick (so if I do just know that I'm dying) because I've worked for some real jerks in the past.
in my company, we have 99 days sick leaves per year. you can call in sick without doctor note. just call and no further question asked other than saying 'get well soon'. btw I'm not from America
My best friend was constantly in the hospital because od some serious medical issues and the teachers regarded her "bad" grades to her parents divorce. Because i was always with her and had slightly better grades on average (she was better than me in math and physics) they tried to talk me out of my friendship with her because she was bad news... B***h in high school we had the same grades, literally the same. We're so similar people mistake us for sisters So yea doesn't matter how many sick days you get in school the only thing that matters is the final grade
I worked for a guy that had a little b*tch fit because I called in sick. Actually told me he wanted a doctor's note. Seriously? Have you MET me? "Um, Jon? I'm a grown a*s f*cking woman & if I tell you I'm sick, then I'm sick, and I sure as hell am not going to the doctor's office so you can have a note like I'm six. Should I just have my Mommy call you instead?". Stupid f*cking twat.
And I'm always baffled by all these Hollywood movies, praised by massive audience and making billions of juicy dollars, while most of them carry very specific anticapitalistic messages that should start revolutions right away at the exit of the movie theatre.
Most of us don't mind if human population decreases, human pop. currently has shown that most people live under poverty, uneducated, not fit for human conditions. My retirement age will be closer to 70, funnily half of my family never reach retirement age before death, b******t!) It is the consequence of you actions. I saw an adult beating a teenager on the street, and i didn't even flinch. The teenager is a piece of s**t, breaking cars, burning cars, has thrown multiple eggs at people head including me. He is not worth more than a spider in my kitchen cupboard, 11/10 I would save an animal, 20/10 I would overthink helping a human and walk away. No regrets, people punish helpers, and make life horrible for others. When was the last mass killing done by animals? dinosaurs? So only humans as early as 2yr up to 90yr. I'd rather Jurassic world than whatever this is.
Load More Replies...Wait - was that not spelled out in the movie? I’m sure there was a whole conversation about it around the lunch table. Even the corporate espionage drove that point home where Neddrie was an over confident twat selling to the highest bidder all the while ignoring safety protocols. The science was absolutely gloriously right and life totally found a way.
WTF he's absolutely right! And now watching Jurassic park will never be the same
That's how Hollywood is run. They play pretend in front of a camera and poor people collectively pay billions of dollars to watch it. My children come up with more complex and satisfying plots than they do.
To be more precise it's the Calvinist/Pietist "live to work - not work to live".
Western christian philosophy failing in every turn. Why westerners thought they could rationalize the metaphysical and make philosophies about what God would expect of them, I really cannot understand. You people talk too much and listen very little and have no humility at all. So christianity is not for you guys, get yourself some other system of beliefs that does not make u come up with b******t like calvinism.
Load More Replies...Love it, please upvote ! And read about the Achuar culture for example, studied by French anthropologist Philippe Descola.
This way of thinking is also why I hate the phrase "wasting your life". If someone tells me I'm doing that, I'll respond with "actually, I'm quite comfortable, how are you with where you're at?" Even if I'm miserable, it throws it back in their face that your life is yours and if you don't feel like vacuuming today, then goddamn it, don't vacuum.
I WISH with all my soul that this could be the basis of what shapes our society. WHEN did we lose this???
This should be way higher on this list. So very true. Being alive and experience life is valid without the rest. The rest are a necessity though.
Well they did fire half of them that would leave anyone short staffed.
False. They are suffering staff shortages because they laid all the staff off and they found better payign jobs with better hours. If you really think a cloth mask stopped a virus then you really need to go back to school and study basic physics and biology to understand how a mask trying to stop a virus is like a goal net trying to stop a mosquito.
Yes, that's why during surgeries doctors and nurses don't wear any masks. Oh... wait...
Load More Replies...So ... the customer ISN'T always right? Looking at you, anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers!
Capitalism doesn't work, communism doesn't work, democracy doesn't work, socialism doesn't work... I think our "leaders" don't work.
It's not that all of these don't work, it's that all these need a community support for it to work. There's a reason why some countries handle people well to achieve the life they see. Unfortunately one makes an assumption that ALL people see world same. Politicians should be indifferent and only represent what the voters want even if it goes against their own views. It only works if everyone does what is expected, and knows of real consequences, take bribe get 20yrs for abusing trust as a politicians or any other hurting people position should have real consequences if caught. How many politicians just resigned after money laundering, sex scandal, child trafficking. Nothing happened. some countries have better control on humans through restrictions on outside media and western views. Public servers should serve public same way barista does, and should give what people want not what he wants, regardless of his salary, incentives or bribes. Law must apply harder on public servers.
Load More Replies...Capitalism works great in many countries. Where do you think Sweden, Denmark and all the "good" countries get the money to fund their social welfare programs?
He took out his big spoon and stirred all of the Koop Aid with this one. 😂
Does it or is it that better labour laws apply in those countries? These date back to the 1930's by the way, from the Great Depression, and post WW2.
Load More Replies...This is why these "newsletter" e-mails have to be moderated... To prevent any reality from breaking the fantasy!
Debt based monetary systems. And it's almost all countries. Banks win, nations lose.
Load More Replies...Capitalism has not been adulterated - it was and still is a a rapacious system - but then, so are the other types in different ways. So, maybe we should be asking, what should be our world Post-Capitalism be like? Perhaps we should choose leaders for their sagacity and ethics, not their flash and dazzle demagoguery, or their willingness to be factional puppets.
Load More Replies...Hello downvotes, but they see a return on the investment to the commercial, usually in the form of increased sales. The only return on the investment in the employees is the happiness and wellbeing of said employees, lower staff turnover, increased productivity by happier and healthier employees.... Hmm... (For the sake of potential downvoters, I'm a heavy sarcasm user. Although, this one is closer to satirical)
I remember taking a 10% pay CUT so they could hire a pop star for their ad. No longer in my music files.
If a YouTube and was a white screen with info that instead of paying XX for the ad they gave their employees bonuses, I'd buy their product.
why do you think they like to keep us fighting ? so we cant unite , if we're busy fighting each other we're not waking up and fighting them , the cause of ALL our problems
I’m not much for conspiracy theories, but….y’all remember the Occupy movement? People of all races, religions, etc., taking to the streets, demanding answers and change? All over the news. Suddenly, an unarmed black man was shot in the street. Then another, then another….and we were right back to fighting each other. All media coverage of Occupy stopped, all we see is black/white issues. Hmmmmm….
Load More Replies...Glad to know there is only white and black. No countries, no other ethnicities
I think it's a metaphor. Also (see Stannous Fluoride's comment) this is a comic from early 1920's. They weren't as visible with diversity at that time.
Load More Replies...The artist is Walter Steinhilber (1897-1983), a NY graphic artist who regularly contributed to publications for the Socialist Labor Party in the 1920s-30s. Most of his works resonate just as strongly almost 100 years later. Screen-Sho...13-png.jpg
From the vile J. Pierpont Morgan: “People without homes will not quarrel with their leaders. This is well known among our principle men now engaged in forming an imperialism of capitalism to govern the world. By dividing the people we can get them to expend their energies in fighting over questions of no importance to us except as teachers of the common herd.”
Why oh why do people overlook these sentiments, these direct quotes. These people weren't joking. They were the ones moving decisions in politics. And they had/have a long-term, strategic way of looking at things.
Load More Replies...Problem is you still work under socialism..and you don't actually get paid for it.
This is literally why the first US police forces were founded. To sow discord between poor white and free blacks in colonial America when those groups started meeting and discussing social change. The rich hired poor white men to go around harrassing black people with complete immunity for whatever they chose to do as long as they gave a trumped up excuse. Distrust was sown and the rest became history . Those groups became the police we now have, who preform much the same task. Some of those groups became the KkK and other hate groups.
Yes, but don't forget that's a WHITE FAT PRIVILEGED MAN sitting on that chair.
That's really crappy of the employer, I will settle for getting no bonus instead.
I would demand the money back, I don't need Walmart money, I need my money. Jerks.
Uhh. "I took money from your paycheck and made it so you have to pay it to me" ..That's just theft wtf.
That's not what happened. I can't remember the exact explanation because I don't live in the US, but it's an accounting thing. The person still wound up with $50 more than they would have.
If you toast the bread first they don't scream nearly as much.
Load More Replies...I raised my niece. I never made her do chores, other than keeping her room organized. I didn't make her get a job until this year, after she turned 18 & graduated, and she WANTED to get one. We only get the freedom & lack of responsibility for 17 years....and then the rest of our lives is working just to survive. Children need to be children as long as possible.
The sentiment of work frustration as expressed in the Free From Work subreddit mirrors a broader cultural movement where younger generations express dissatisfaction with inherited cultural and economic structures. This is somewhat reminiscent of the dismissive generational response captured by Gen Z, aimed at their predecessors, around outdated values and practices.
In this context, exploring how Generation Z interacts with previous generations could provide additional insights into the workplace dynamics discussed in the career advice shared by Christine Mitterbauer.
Bro, that’s capitalism in a nutshell. Exploit a land for its people and resources to acquire wealth.
No, it is capitalism gone haywire. Capitalism in and of itself is an economic driver, the U.S. treats it like religious dogma and a uniquely 'American' political system
Load More Replies...I dislike Elon Musk and dislike those Elon bros even harder. Elon wanted to keep his factory open at the height of Covid infection and ‘bravely’ said put me in prison not them. Like its a flex when he actually sounded like a maniacal corporate overlord.
Yeah that was AFTER a two month long complete lockdown. As s**t as it was, I'm pretty sure the workers preferred to be there, with other people, then be locked down with government rationed food.
When I got my bachelor in fashion design, a teacher once told me that you cant make profit without childlabour. Every big brand name in fashion uses factories who enslave children... so I am not surprised.
well sometimes if don't have a 'regular job', you will be judged as a waste of space
Actually, it sorta works the opposite. If you quakify, with no insurance, they reduce the bill. My brother has insurance but tells them he doesnt so he can negotiate the price lower. Paying in full like tgat is cheaper than his deductible/copay
Load More Replies...Having some is better than none. My first Chemotherapy treatment was $127,000. The next 5 were $143,000 each. And then I had an entire year of 1 drug treatment every 3 weeks. They were $5,000 each. And that doesn't include anything else, like having a port put in ($500), routine EKG's ($250 each) PET scans ($60,000), regular blood work every 3 weeks ($175 each), Dr visits (oncologist and surgeon), the mastectomy surgery, 5 follow up visits, blood infusions, port removal and regular mammograms. So far it's close to $850,000. Without insurance and grants it would have drowned me. I still ended up spending almost $25,000.
USA?. I do have private insurance in Ireland just for me just in case. I pay 32 euros a month, but my social security pays for all medical care in public hospitals. I pay about 240euros tax on 3600eur salary, about 40 euros in that tax goes to social security. This gives me free education (2 bachelor degree, one master combined cost 0.00), I get healthcare at the point of need not at the point of insurance confirmation. My doctor's spent time discussing treatment with ME and not insurance coverage on the phone. It is stupid insurance companies deciding what medication and treatment you receive, or deem you healthy. My medication in USA would cost me over couple of thousands a month, in Ireland just got refill yesterday for 11.39. In case I need help in foreign country, though in Europe I get free treatment everywhere or pay the service fee (10-60euros). If something happens to me, I don't have to pay. Especially cancer, accident. Treatment is first discussion
This is so true! For my first 2 kids, i had insurance and had to pay THOUSANDS! for the 3rd kid, no insurance and through a variety of programs the hospital gave us, i paid nothing. And their vaccinations? With insurance: $100 a pop. No Insurance: $5. I"m sticking with no insurance
What happened to the orange dumpster fires wonderful genius medical plan?
"Save things for a rainy day!" Meanwhile, it's 24/7/52 monsoon season.
How else would you get a f##king house, steal it?
Load More Replies...Also being forced to find a side job, then your primary job finds out and acts all offended when you tell then they don't pay you enough and then tell you that you need to choose between your side gig and your primary job. I've been there and I completely resent those places for making me choose between food and shelter or "loyalty". I'll start showing loyalty to these employers when they start doing the same in return. No more bs pats on the back, how about a monetary bonus, or a raise?
So, why do we do it? Let's all think of other ways to support ourselves.
And that is why I will always promote abortions, right to die and not to be enslaved. If your job doesn't give you basics, then your life is hard, and I won't blame anyone taking hardest choices in the world. Yet all the choices are illegal. You are forced to stay alive and slave away.
The Ukrainian didn't care, he was really happy when he was on trial.
Load More Replies...video game term means non player character. like the shopkeepers and stuff in games
Load More Replies...NOBODY is an NPC. We each of us incarnated for a bunch of reasons and purposes, but forgot all that in the process of birth and childhood. Recommend reading books of Dr Michael Newton and Dr Brian Weiss. Also Ainslie MacLeod. We are not here by accident or force.
Slaves, peasants and most women did the hard work - does the OP mean "rich free males" when he says "ancestors"?
I never contribute to those, especially because the companies count that money as their own donations for tax purposes.
Ooof if I had 10.000 dollars, my life would do a 180! Debts paid, teeth fixed, bills paid...
I'd pay off my student loans and use the remaining 10 bucks to get a McDonald's milkshake!
Load More Replies...No it doesn't. The hell-bound rich people plug the pipes and we get nothing.
Load More Replies...In Germany is 67 and may be up 70 due to stupid politicians throwing money around.
In Denmark, for people born the year I was, its 72.
Load More Replies...Genuine retirement plan, not a cry for help or attention. I plan to retire at 50, sell all my worldly goods take anything I have in savings and buy a van. When I run out of money in (I reckon maybe 15 years) I’ll kill myself. I’d rather have between 50-65 retired to enjoy in health than work to 75 then struggle to 85-90 with money. This is before you take into account climate change etc.
Construction companies do the same. One subsidiary owns all the assets, heavy equipment, scaffolding, etc. The other subsidiary, with different, unrelated officers, operates as HR. Came up in a Federal case where I had the misfortune of serving on the jury.
This is disgusting... as is everything else surrounding women in this country.
Read an economic article that stated the lack of workers is due to...... the Boomers! The boomers that were close to retirement, went ahead and retired. The boomers that were retired, but had a hobby job, quit that job. This is because they were high risk to covid and they didnt want to take the chance. So, the boomers are really the ones "who don't want to work." Meanwhile, essential Mcdonald employees worked through the whole pandemic.
Ah yes. Mitch McConnell thinks all Americans are hanging on to the measly stimulus money. He’s a joke.
Load More Replies...Sadly true. And then dudding you with lies to the next workplace before you even got there.
I'm a boomer and I keep stirring all I can. Yes, I was lucky in many ways to be born in that era but it came with a lot drawbacks too - rampant sexism (pun intended), "greed is good" business ethics (same as now), slimy tactics by Church accepted at face value, overpopulation, shortsighted future planning and more. Maybe YOUR grandkids (if any) will look back on YOUR generation as a Golden Age. "OK, Millennial." So what can we ALL do to change things? I strongly advocate a more spiritual approach (NOT religious!) because sooner or later we will be coming back to sort out whatever has been left - a mess, if we do nothing, and maybe some better pathways if we do.
I work for an insurancecompany in The Netherlands. Half of our main offices have been converted to house Ukrainian refugees.
Load More Replies...Used to DM at a buddy's place before the 'vid ended all human contact. One time, there was almost a TPK and his cat got on the table and carried off the mini for the BBEG.... I decided that was canon and they party was saved by the indifferent cat god. Haven't laughed that hard in a long time.
How long could I go to jail for breaking into my DM's house in the middle of the night to train his cats? Never mind, with my stats, I would never succeed. I'm going to have to bribe his wife or daughter to do it.
Load More Replies...I wonder what would happen if every millennial declared bankruptcy - simultaneously?
Since student loans aren't forgiven in bankruptcy, not sure it would help. My mother declared bankruptcy twice, finally rebuilt her credit, and still somehow owes more than she borrowed.
Load More Replies...To be fair, if you think FICO scoring is bad, it was even worse before that. Hard to believe, I know.
If Millennials were guinea pigs like mine, they'd be living a great life: big house with lots of friends, a cleaning lady, a cook, three fresh and healthy main courses a day, someone who takes them to the doctor and pays their bills - and all of that for a head petting every once in a while that will also be paid with a treat. I wish I was that guinea pig...
Boomer here. (1950) Credit scoring is an *abomination* Credit reporting companies have controlled our lives waaaayyy before 1989. A business would determine our eligibility for credit directly through a (mysterious) "report". We had no access to that "report". We would just be told we "didn't qualify". No appeals. Analogy: Say you have worked a job for 5 years. Solid, reliable, good employee. The equivalent of a "B-Plus" Time comes to move on to a different job. Solid application. Great interview. Then your prospective employer contacts your current employer. Next thing you know, the prospective employer says "we've decided to consider other options." and you're left thinking "wtf?" No idea what was said. Just that it couldn't have been good. That's what it was like before credit scores. So we demanded to have a data driven, mathmatical, standardized "score" based solely on past financial activity, treating everyone the same. And it all went to *s**t* from there. ☹☹
before that you couldn't get credit unless some guy behind a bank desk said you could - black ... Oh ... i don't think so, married woman .. i need to talk to your husband, single woman .. please! young ... too irresponsible, old .. you'll never pay it back . I don't like your family ... tough there is nothing you can do about it. oh, and I'm only available between 10 - 12 and 2 - 3:30 Monday to Friday make an appointment - yep it truly was paradise!
1966. I was almost 16. Got a summer job. Went with my mom to open my first bank (savings!!)) account. I was single, so could get my own savings(!!!) account. (But NO "checking" account.) (I was a girl.) MY MOTHER, with a fulltime job, could not have a bank account of her own. She was married. She was on a joint account with my father. The *husband* could have his own separate account. Not a wife. (Both were employed.) She could not deposit her own paycheck anywhere but a joint account. *She could not cash her own paycheck* because on her drivers license it said "M" (for "married") She was a girl. ☹☹☹
Load More Replies...It's just a job. No matter how much you work or love it, it will never love you back. It's only your life and other people who matter. In union is strength, which is why the original people who started unions were victimised by the elite and their minions, jailed, murdered (judicial executions, assassination), transported as convicts and vilified in the elite owned press. In the USA, unions have been effectively muzzled and demonised over the generations but in truth, though they are as subject to corruption as any other human enterprise, vital progress re labour laws has been made. But eternal vigilance of the workers is necessary. Be courageous and persevere. Change comes. As Mandela said "It's always impossible until it's done."
15, just got a job and realized in a month
Load More Replies...You can still choose to be really nice and work hard but also you can stand up for yourself and others. Don't expect rewards from those who have no idea that there is anything other than money and power. Nobody can win a rat race, so don't play that game. This life is a temporary role you have taken on and you are by no means helpless or hopeless.
"That depends. If it's a once in a while situation when I can help my team, sure, I don't mind. But if it's a daily expectation it means the company is understaffed or mismanaged, and has no intention of changing that."
Mine gave me a swiss army knife. I asked if I was supposed to use it on myself.
M job literally gave me a framed certificate and a pin that broke within the first week. Not even a mint. :(
That is insulting in one sense but pathetic. Feel sorry for people with such negligible awareness of other people as being just as real as they are. Would they be happy and feel validated if that was what they were gifted? Remember "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you?" That is a rule they do not know how to live by. I would be planning my exit strategy, and looking for somewhere more congenial to work.
Something I learned later on in life is that an interview or job offer is just as much you deciding if you want to work there. So ask questions. Ask how long people have worked there (it tells you A LOT if people quit after a short time), ask what's expected of you, ask what's in it for you. Is it possible to advance? Do they offer development in your field? If the pay is off you tell them, if you don't agree to any of the terms - tell them. You can negotiate now, just accept whatever is a thing of the past. OFTEN they will change/work with you on whatever is off if you tell them BEFORE you sign or agree. They are interested in you - that's why they offer the job and recruiting is expensive and hard. If they picked you it means they need you and if they won't agree to what you expect (in reasonable amounts) someone else will. This goes especially if you have education and experience. And never settle for less than you've had before.
Im gonna start my own business probably and have a small farm so i can sell things at the farmers market i think it's an okay idea
That's a huge trend to do exactly that right now! Check out the number of young people selling sustainable goods at your local farmers market to find your community
Load More Replies...I was recently told about a woman who resigned because she wanted $19 an hour instead of $16. Her employer said that the extra $3 per hour wasn't what she actually needed. They said that she needed benefits and that they couldn't provide them. They didn't fire her. I'm fascinated by that interaction.
Most of these had valid points, but the payroll deduction for the gift card was misleading. I've had gift cards given as a bonus. There is the amount of the card added as income before taxes, then a deduction from net pay. This is done to pay taxes on the gift card. Is that fair? No. But neither is making misleading memes. Misinformation is misinformation, even I agree with the sentiment.
Something I learned later on in life is that an interview or job offer is just as much you deciding if you want to work there. So ask questions. Ask how long people have worked there (it tells you A LOT if people quit after a short time), ask what's expected of you, ask what's in it for you. Is it possible to advance? Do they offer development in your field? If the pay is off you tell them, if you don't agree to any of the terms - tell them. You can negotiate now, just accept whatever is a thing of the past. OFTEN they will change/work with you on whatever is off if you tell them BEFORE you sign or agree. They are interested in you - that's why they offer the job and recruiting is expensive and hard. If they picked you it means they need you and if they won't agree to what you expect (in reasonable amounts) someone else will. This goes especially if you have education and experience. And never settle for less than you've had before.
Im gonna start my own business probably and have a small farm so i can sell things at the farmers market i think it's an okay idea
That's a huge trend to do exactly that right now! Check out the number of young people selling sustainable goods at your local farmers market to find your community
Load More Replies...I was recently told about a woman who resigned because she wanted $19 an hour instead of $16. Her employer said that the extra $3 per hour wasn't what she actually needed. They said that she needed benefits and that they couldn't provide them. They didn't fire her. I'm fascinated by that interaction.
Most of these had valid points, but the payroll deduction for the gift card was misleading. I've had gift cards given as a bonus. There is the amount of the card added as income before taxes, then a deduction from net pay. This is done to pay taxes on the gift card. Is that fair? No. But neither is making misleading memes. Misinformation is misinformation, even I agree with the sentiment.
