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[@KUwUpa]

r/antiwork is probably my favorite subreddit to see on this channel.

[@redwolf9998]

Agreed

[@charl4478]

Yeah same

[@josephrogers3666]

Same

[@jwalster9412]

Obviously

[@MeebSane]

Yeah same its great

[@DiggerDeeper01]

New rule: if you're sick and feeling nauseous or coughing, you are REQUIRED to either puke or cough on your boss to prove your fucking point.When they get sick, then you can give them the same bullshit sass they gave you.

[@leyrua]

You joke, but I had a coworker do this while he had pinkeye (extremely contagious). The manager said that he still had to come in, until he walked up to her desk and started coughing on her. Suddenly she realized that SHE was going to be first in the line of fire, and she immediately sent him home.

[@DiggerDeeper01]

@@leyrua You think I'm joking? That's exactly what she should have done.

[@leyrua]

@@DiggerDeeper01 Fair enough. 🤗

[@bababooey5402]

"Oh, you won't let me have a sick day? Fine; I'll give *BOTH* OF US sick days, bitch."

[@Just-Schizo]

​@@leyrua this response Literally made my night. Thank you for being kind. ❤❤

[@TuffMelon]

"You'll get to thrive under pressure" = "If you let us seriously overwork you, we might consider paying you appropriately ten years down the line"

[@cosmicvoidtree]

Key word consider, and even that’s a lie

[@BloodThirstyAvengers]

@@cosmicvoidtree "Might" means "Won't", invariably.

[@IWroteSomeThings]

“We’re like a family here” = “We talk shit about everyone, scream at employees, and treat everyone that doesn’t benefit us right at this very moment like dirt! But since we’re family you can’t do anything about it :( bc that would be mean :(( “

[@TuffMelon]

@@IWroteSomeThings "What do you mean you don't understand? Are you one of those weird people who actually has a decent relationship with your family because nobody tried to exploit another family member?"

[@heartofthewild680]

And if they say they’re looking for “someone who can take ownership,” what they really want is someone who is willing to take the blame when anything goes wrong.

[@President_Starscream]

Y'all keep jacking up the prices on EVERYTHING, people can only afford the essentials, every nonessential industry dies. Blame each other, not consumers.

[@RainbyFIN]

Based anti-capitalist Starscream

[@bumblebeeyellowdragon]

If you wanna know just how fucked up America is. Al Capone did more charity work and helped out the working class more than modern day corporations. A mobster known to be brutal and violent had more morals than modern American companies.

[@2chrisby]

​@@RainbyFIN 😂 White kid

[@Arnos-jt4qn]

You know it’s bad when the backstabbing sentient alien robot is right

[@Jokoko2828]

People can't even afford the essentials, we're at the point where people have to choose between toilet paper and food.

[@RigletDad]

I applied for a job with housing and during the interview I asked about pets because I have a dog. The reply: "Well thats not something we advertise but yes we do allow dogs and cats in our housing. Otherwise we couldn't hire enough staff." I'd like to thank my fellow millennials for making this possible.

[@NewPaulActs17]

1- did you get the job? 2- do they allow gerbils?

[@aralornwolf3140]

@@NewPaulActs17 , Are gerbils likely to destroy furniture, walls, doors, floors? Note: I have had pets who did all the above

[@NewPaulActs17]

@@aralornwolf3140 damage? Sure but less so than a cat or dog. It’s actually my chinchilla that has tried to eat my house in her free run time.

[@avelynn5976]

​@@NewPaulActs17 she's such a little menace, i love her

[@elgatomoscato230]

Yes, thank the millenials for burdening themselves to the point society has to supplement for their negligence and poor judgement

[@matthewhalo1799]

The “lazy young people don’t want to work” headlines have been around since the 1870s This is a phenomenon that is legitimately less than worthless

[@BronzeDragon133]

I think Gutenberg set that headline as the first printing when he was trying to find people to print his bible for free.

[@hotarubinariko]

What's different this time is we can talk to each other and are no longer being successfully gaslit like our parents. That, and things aren't affordable at all anymore unlike when they pulled this shit on our parents.

[@debeb5148]

It's really not, it been a growing issue since then lol

[@dakzibbon6589]

​@@debeb5148 It has been a growing issue since if we adjusted inflation rate and sum it up from the 1970s, minimal liveable wage would be around 31 dollars per hour

[@debeb5148]

@@dakzibbon6589 Well that shouldn't be the wage burger flipper lmfao. Sorry, entry level jobs getting that pay is bad for out economy lol. You'd be paying literal teenagers and shit more money they can handle too lol

[@bugs967]

I'm 14. I'm planning on applying for a job at McDonald's later this summer. With McDonald's current pay, I would be making more money than my dad does. I asked him why he sticks with his current job instead of getting an easier, slightly better paying one and he said it's because the job he has allows him to take mental health days and if he tries to get a job somewhere else he'd probably lose it. We are at a point where people have to get by with low paying shitty jobs just so they have the ability to take days off to better our mental state. The people running the country and all these big corporations are so out of touch they don't see their workers as people with feelings, but instead as servants who make their money for them. I can only hope that this will be fixed in my lifetime, but it probably won't be

[@crismcdonough2804]

I'm the same as your dad. My boss lets me leave when I want. I'm 60 and while the job could pay better it's close to home and I can continue to work there part time when I take my SS.

[@woobgamer5210]

most UK jobs have mandatory weekends off, unless your job is super important or has a different weekly schedule,

[@WolfgangDoW]

In some countries the amount of sick days you get is Yes. As in as many you need, period

[@ryanbeev]

dont think mcdonalds work is easy its hectic

[@magicdart5]

I've got a friend who's working currently while also being stressed out during school. Ah, america!

[@shriek_a_boo]

my 21 y/o friend who's a schoolteacher assistant got so sick that she couldn't hear out of one ear for ten days. her boss told her "don't come back to work until you're 100% better" so she stayed home until the day after her hearing finally came back. then, her boss pulled her aside and said "you know, I think you stayed home a little too long. I bet some of those days you could've come to work, but you chose not to because you were being lazy. we value hard work here so if you want to keep your job, don't do that again in the future, 'kay? :)" I have never been so ready to throttle a fully-grown woman I've never even met in my life

[@WolfgangDoW]

Get everything in writing, always

[@powerofk]

Also, that’s probably supervisor getting yelled at by HR. See, most school employees are bound by a collective bargaining agreement. Which puts restrictions on both sides. One of the restrictions placed on employees? The amount of sick time one can take off at a time without a doctor’s note.

[@darenabryant9100]

Me: "Nah, I'm gonna take every single day I need to be healthy over this or any other shitty job or shitty person who thinks said job should be worth more to me than my health... 'kay?" :)

[@FatYoshi619]

Please throttle that woman for me please ;)))

[@Just-Schizo]

​@@darenabryant9100 2TwayyyyUp ❤😢

[@simonteesdale9752]

You know what would be super helpful? Having a mandatory class on workers rights as part of a school curriculum. It'd certainly be more applicable than some of the other compulsory classes.

[@Jokoko2828]

We both know why they aren't gonna teach kids how to fight for themselves.

[@florencedelves7409]

@@Jokoko2828 Especially when they don't give a donky's horse about the victim of bullying and punish them and not the bully

[@ThatPancakeCat]

Wait, y'all don't have that? We're taught about workers rights a lot-

[@simonteesdale9752]

@@ThatPancakeCat I'm a Kiwi, and we don't have that (at least a compulsory one). I know there's an optional class most schools offer to transition people into the workforce, but it's seen as a dropout option. We did spend about 2 weeks in Year 10 (~15 years old) in social studies (which is mandatory) going over how to write a CV and do interviews. Meanwhile we spent 5 times that over 3 years going over poetry.

[@WolfgangDoW]

In Nordic countries unions are mandatory and have very real power over laws and policies

[@williamsebastian5574]

It should be "people don't want to be slaves anymore! " Instead of "people don't want to work anymore" Many people, particularly the younger generation, use a range of unconventional methods of earning a living these days. I worked in the retail for over 10 years, so l'm quite happy that this is taking place. For too long, retail bullied me and a lot of my employees/colleagues saying things like "if you don't like it,go; another like you is waiting to get into your position " since the COVID, I found a job that helps me grow, pays me more and Values Me Social media cleared the way for a rapidly expanding market, and it taught us a lot. 2020 was my turning point, and investment helped alot!

[@nicolasfernandez222]

You're very right. There's almost nothing interesting or motivating about 9-5 anymore

[@williamsebastian5574]

yeah the 2020 pandemic gave everyone a big rethink! I tried a lot of things; I realised I shouldn't just let my savings sit around in the bank, tried side hustles. It paid off! Right now I’ve got less work time, time for my family and stick making the 6 figures

[@phillawson5785]

Having to spend time with Family, that's the real MVP! 🏆 Time is your major asset as a human but these corporation try to steal it sadly.

[@williamsebastian5574]

There's various profitable ways to invest. Starting out you need to work with experienced hands to walk you through. As a rookie I dabbled in and made mistakes till I got a mentor to put me on the right track. You can search one too, read books and do your own research

[@williamsebastian5574]

Yes! Rachel Blanc. I really recommend her services because she has amazing competence and a calm approach to guiding you. I can attest to her credibility try and do your own due diligence

[@siximpossiblethings6388]

I've said it a hundred times and I'll say it hundreds more: If the system would break by giving all full time employees a livable wage, then the system deserves to break. End of.

[@elgatomoscato230]

Yeah we'll see you at work though

[@butterytoast6447]

Loved the welding segment. "You get what you pay for" counts for jobs too.

[@deltaboi9014]

Last fall, there were a few times where I couldn't make it into work because of allergies and disease, and I didn't want to risk getting my coworkers or anyone else sick. So, I told my manager about the situation, and each time she responded telling me to bring a doctor's note. I explained that I couldn't bring a doctor's note because I can't get to a clinic. She told me to find someone to cover me, which I tried, but nobody could. Later the next week, I check my stubs and see I hadn't even been paid for the hours I had worked during the period. I confronted the manager about it, and it seemed like she basically just brushed it off. I don't care that I'm under 17, but this job isn't worth minimum wage

[@diamondmx3076]

That's straight up illegal. You might want to look into it. If you worked the time, you have to get paid.

[@trolzer1180]

Damn report their ass, that's straight illegal

[@UstraMage]

Thats called wage theft and its SUPER illegal! You can call your state about that and just about any lawyer who does worker rights will drag that company over the coils for that

[@Nostripe361]

Hearing stories like this is just scary as a customer to places that do stuff like this. If someone is sick then they should stay home. I would say start looking for a new employer but its probably hard to find jobs for someone under 17.

[@deltaboi9014]

@@Nostripe361 I tried applying to Chickfila last week but the rejected me fsr

[@HumbleMemeFarmer]

Fun fact, they put that boston dynamics robot in a box-sorting job, and people literally watched as it stopped, held its head for a sec, and turned itself off. What a world.

[@juancr4713]

WTF?

[@bababooey5402]

Ah, America. Our jobs are so bad, robots literally couldn't be fucked to take them 😂

[@5Demona5]

When even robots know they're being exploited

[@halo129830]

Dude the robot literally just said you know what fuck this

[@ZarHakkar]

I mean, it probably crashed, but if you wanna read into it as something profound I guess. Best case scenario in this world is that we do get the machines that can't feel things to do work for us however.

[@Totally_Bonkers]

I love that taxes are basically "you get to live here, we need something from you" meanwhile the rich are hoarding gazillions and don't have to pay a dime

[@NewPaulActs17]

they don't pay a dime to the government because they pay lawyers millions- so they don't have to pay the government a dime

[@TheAllSeeing_Eye2763]

Why is your name so long

[@Totally_Bonkers]

@@TheAllSeeing_Eye2763 because i set my name to be so

[@gabrielhenson5751]

@@TheAllSeeing_Eye2763 because _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

[@Ragehunger]

It all boils down to a tax haven loophole they've found, where they basically start a generic corporation in a lower tax country and transfer all profits they earn from the main business to said generic corporation under the guise of a "contracted payment", since they are officially completely different "entities" but still owned by the same executive. And since the main business can't be taxed without profits and don't have to make mandatory reports of their capital flow to the national tax agency, they get away scot-free. And they'll keep doing it indefinitely as long as nobody forces the rules to change, showing just how easily their unregulated capitalism can be exploited. It's a system designed by rich people for rich people.

[@AccidentalNinja]

A friend of mine told a story of how she was working at a place for a while & planned to take a trip. She talked about the trip with her coworkers & boss for months. The boss introduced a requirement for taking time off that you had to give two week's notice beforehand- one week before she was scheduled to leave. When asked about it, the boss said that if she didn't show up, she'd be counted as an unexcused absence.

[@Totally_Bonkers]

Talking about the trip months beforehand was a notice, technically

[@IWroteSomeThings]

I needed an extra two days to get back from a trip because of flight delays. Something completely out of my control. The next paycheck I got had sick time on it. When I asked why she out sick time on it when I didn’t ask she said “you don’t need to and I don’t need permission.” We only get 6 sick days a year and I have Crohn’s disease. I need all the sick days I can get in case of a flare up making me unable to move….

[@darenabryant9100]

...and that's when the first day of my vacation would have been counted as the day I quit.

[@j.pnewcomer1069]

dude this happened to me twice when I worked at a fast food place for 3 years, after the second time I tried leaving a print out of that months calendar and the days I would be away were highlighted in 4 different colors. 3 days into my 2019 Disney Trip "Hey can you come in tomorrow?" I said "Oh well I'd probably be really really late, considering I'm 6 states away from you right now" "They were like "huh?" and I directed them to the calendar I put up on the wall, up against the desk, right in front of where they were sitting!🤦‍♂

[@Ishlacorrin]

100% illegal in any civilised country... having said that most require you to give at least 2 weeks notice before leave for it to be approved as part of the normal contract terms.

[@ClownHoundII]

I have a brother who is very pro child labor. His reasoning on why a 12-14 year old should be working is so they learn discipline, are "responsible with money", and can move out by the time they're 18. He firmly believes as long as a child isn't working in a factory or a coalmine, then the job is for them. This is why I hate the work culture in the USA. Kids should be kids, not underpaid farm hands, McDonald's workers, or meatpackers.

[@ZarHakkar]

Ah yes, the classic "you didn't get to choose to be born into this world, but so God help me since you were you're going to have to earn every day you spend living in it."

[@zakosist]

Maybe there should be a middle thing, where teens can have apprenticeships and get some experience with working, but not spend nearly as much time there as an adult would. Kids should have time to play, but I can see too abrupt transition to adulthood may be a problem too. The companies should still have to hire mostly adult people and pay them proper wages, as well as having reasonable work hours and working conditions. Especially if there are also many people going unemployed they should have to hire adult people first. Only time I think child labor (that takes up a good part of their time) is acceptable, would be if the overall society seriously lack workforce, and its not the fault of the employees for terrible worker treatment

[@nelsama0881]

Your brother sounds like a fun person to have at family reunions...

[@ClownHoundII]

@ZarHakkar That's basically his mindset, but to him, it's "It would help the kids because as a child I never got to work and now I don't know how to save money properly."

[@adampalcek6382]

In my country there was a law that prohibited me from working untill i was 18. Mix that with poor parents and you get a teenagehood that sucked ass. I get what youre saying but maybe these kids want to make a buck aswell. But i guess corporates would just exploit them anyway.

[@rainbow_vader]

6:23 we spent so long fighting for $15/hr that actually getting $15/hr is now worthless

[@CaTastrophy427]

Back when we started fighting for $15/hr, it was worth the equivalent of, what, $34/hr today?

[@Mark73]

That "Patriot Pay" thing is something we should actually do.

[@pennyforyourthots]

I'd advocate for it if it wasn't for the fact that $17.76 is actually still pretty well below the living wage ($25-$30) and that politicians have made it pretty clear that they only care about patriotism when they can use it to harass minority groups. The fact that they pretty openly tried to cut funding for 9/11 survivors and the military is proof of this.

[@ZarHakkar]

When in the video was that?

[@TheFlamingoBird]

@@ZarHakkar4:19

[@danielmantell8751]

They'll just raise inflation until that money is worth less than current minimum wage. Minimum wage was like $7/h like 15 years ago. Inflation just keeps going up. I make 100k now but my purchasing power isn't much more than when I was making 50k years ago.

[@Just-Schizo]

Not to be that guy, but.... This.

[@yuishishido8780]

That “no one to cover your shift” crap happens way too often where I work. People keep quitting because management assigns double shifts without asking, schedule us last minute without notice, throw us wherever they please constantly with no warning or training, never listen to us and pile on extra job tasks from a completely unrelated area while still expecting us to get our actual job done at the same time. Yet they still can’t figure out why people keep leaving.

[@skyblazeeterno]

Companies are ALWAYS understaffed at best so when some is on holiday or sick it's even worse

[@jewelxiat]

I hate this subreddit because it just reaffirms my fears of going into the work business. I’m a 24 autistic woman with GAD and depression in NYC and I have spent the last 7 years mentally preparing to get a job. I’m only just NOW confident in getting one because I need the money… and even then, I’m only doing it because I HAVE to if I want to survive. I’ve talked extensively about this with my therapist, and she told me that in order to survive I have to adapt, and if I can’t adapt then I’ll get sicker. Despite this, I understand that this is for my own good, but I still absolutely abhor what capitalism is doing to this country. My older sister has gotten a plethora of jobs since I was what, 12? And I’ve been a witness to how cruel and demanding having an occupation is like. I told my therapist that I didn’t want to be another cog in the system. I still don’t. This isn’t work, it’s slavery. But it’s do or die at this point because without money I can’t even invite my friends over to watch a movie (subscription services cost money, btw!) and feed them snacks and lunch on my behalf. Like, I can’t even enjoy life without money. But with a job I still sort of can’t unless by some miracle I get an occupation that actually gives a shit about it’s workers. Call me lazy or “political”, I do not care. The work industry is absolutely garbage. And I’m in the USA… My heart breaks for third world countries where labor is costing them pennies or worse. Everything is fucked.

[@ZarHakkar]

God I feel you. Autistic with PDA here. Can't work, the stress actually kills me. I've gotten very good at stretching the resources I have out, but it's like I'm an animal in an ever-shrinking cage. I don't want to work in the same way people don't want to get stabbed, not for a single day much less the majority of my life until I'm too old and broken to enjoy my (supposed) savings. There was a point in my life where I became suicidal due to only being able to see misery in my future and present. However, knowing that there are indeed people out there who feel similarly - that it isn't all boomers clinging to their sunk cost fallacy and shaming others less fortunate than them - that gives me hope that eventually things will change and that I might get to see that change.

[@cpufreak101]

Yup, put up with it or enjoy homelessness. -Life here

[@kyleguajardo]

I'm agreeing with you 100 percent. I just wanted to say that if you want to cut costs on those subscription services for your friends, peer to peer streaming and downloading of shows and movies exists. Much easier and cheaper, and you get to keep what you want to watch.

[@nelsama0881]

Please feel hugged! I struggle since the the age of 17 (roughly, actually since always) to get interested in finding and keeping a job. Turning 19 this year and I think young people are pressured more than anyone could think even though most are familiar calling young people "lazy" "greedy" and "ungrateful".

[@vajoynus]

It's not that "everything is fucked". It's just that nothing is free. Capitalism did nothing to you. Your gripe is with existence itself.

[@Johnny_T779]

People want to work, but only for a decent pay. Nobody wants to work and still be poor... And seems it's what's expected from us nowadays.

[@danielmantell8751]

Speak for yourself, I don't wanna work. I get paid ok these days but I still don't want to work. My job is even fun sometimes and I still don't wanna work. Thankfully I'm in IT where laziness is a virtue. I agree with the working hard and being poor though. I've had to bust my ass way too much to just be paid decently.

[@wonhosmir4898]

this sub is a nice combination of laughing at Robin's commentary and simultaneously feeling the most bone withering helplessness and depression at the fact there's no bright outlook for the working class in the near future. yay!

[@Mariwend]

If all the dipshits making it like this die we all get the chance to replace the system. Unless we fuck that up too.

[@Ishlacorrin]

I have some hope for you... 99% of these things only apply in non civilised countries, the civilised world has mandated time off, sick leave, minimum wages and maternity leave.

[@Just-Schizo]

Yaaaaaay.... 😂❤

[@jamester3484]

​@Ishla Corrin You do realize that a lot of this subreddit is America right? Unless you don't count America as a civilized country, which kinda more makes sense.

[@byereality7492]

Bruh, my wedding was like $3k ish. I think the biggest cost cut was that I didn't want a white wedding dress, so I found a nice dress that only cost $250 instead of like $2500

[@BronzeDragon133]

Mine was $75, and that included the certificate. City Hall all the way, baby.

[@TrepidDestiny]

The cheapest wedding is the one you don't have at all. Follow me for more money saving hacks.

[@Avrysatos]

My stepmother hired a person to do a simple rather elegant white dress for her for about $400 since everything at the bridal shops was so expensive and too ornate for her tastes, and she's like 5'2" and 300lbs... plus size selection was just not there. My mother had us wear nice clothes when she remarried while we went to sign witness papers at city hall and they spent the money their "wedding" costs on the honeymoon instead. A weekend at a hotel down at the shore. (not more than an hour or two from home.) The idea of a wedding costing more than I make in a year is insane.

[@thenuggywuggy8389]

people really be like “this new generation is lazy” when 9-5’s just aren’t a good way to live anymore

[@debeb5148]

So get a better skillset and get a better job lmfao

[@Bruce_Fernandes]

They say young folk are lazy, when in reality they're just sick and tired of being overworked and underpaid and want this BS system to change

[@vasilbraskov4799]

This generation IS lazy.

[@fuckcanadafuckyoutubefuckc4596]

With the current crappy job market, even a 9-5 looks like a comfy, luxurious life. Not having to worry about crappy job searching, or being on call off hours, or losing weekends. Just work and be done by 5 and have the rest of the day free.

[@rhael42]

​@@vasilbraskov4799 ok boomer

[@greengrassgaming2530]

Waiting for the day where robin gets a subreddit thats not just anger

[@blastortoise]

It happened a few weeks ago

[@MontCerene]

Your wait is over! Nonpolitical twitter. He laughed quite a bit too :3

[@weresofansie1457]

Always thought Mr Krabbs was the worst boss but at least he made SpongeBob go home when he was sick.

[@adrianblake8876]

SpongeBob worked at a diner preparing food. Him working sick would violate code...

[@MrBlakBunny]

after working some AWFUL jobs, i applied to one job on a whim. Looking to deliver linen to hotels and that, BEST JOB I EVER HAD SO FAR! pays me better then my old jobs, i don't have to deal with customers, at most tell clients "you'll have to take it up with the boss" and i get to listen to podcasts all day Meanwhile my housemate has to work in a government call center all day, only $2 more per hour then me, and listen to people blame them for their problems, i don't envy him at all

[@coldresin]

My mother is one of those people who acts like whoever answers the phone is directly responsible for her problems. Sometimes I want to take her sim card and snap it in half.

[@schrodingerscat3741]

@@coldresin This is tangential, but I once had a customer roll up to a pump, pump someone else's gas, then come in and tell me it was my fault. Also the person who paid for the gas told me the wrong pump number.

[@skyblazeeterno]

As we know customers and managers are the major causes of stress in a job

[@15cola]

i’m a 19 year old college student who has developed some chronic health issues within the past year (mostly minor, non-threatening conditions, but still things i needed time off from work for here and there). i’m very lucky the owners at my part-time job at the time were understanding and willing to give me that time off if i needed it, but it sucks to look forward and realize that once i enter the “real” workforce i’ll probably working for people who don’t give me that courtesy and will actively manipulate me into working myself into exhaustion for the sake of making rich people who don’t care about me even richer

[@danielmantell8751]

Depends, there are plenty of decent places. Just save your money and remain agile so you can move around when needed. Also make sure your skills are in demand. If you're valuable you can get away with a lot.

[@golden_g8_bridge]

EmKay posts this specific subreddit just as I'm getting ready for work without fail. I think it's a sign....

[@Drag0nmaster]

Ay same pfp

[@qazhr]

It not a sign because antiwork is just full people who want to find excuses to blame the system they clearly don’t understand

[@II-woOOoOOO]

@@qazhr this guy likes to get railed by 30 men every tuesday

[@ayoayo1044]

​@@qazhr don't get me wrong there are definitely people on antiwork who don't try at all and just complain. But the system is seriously fucked up my mom is nowhere near retirement and she's 60, and her company uses her as a scapegoat. Even after having a serious head injury she had to go back to work 2 days later. We as her kids are struggling to stay afloat, there is no way for her to get any reprive. She'll probably be working till she comes down with a major illness. And her story is one of many americans dying to survive. Antiwork is good to get perspective on how shitty working actually is

[@qazhr]

@@ayoayo1044 yes the company did something but that not capitalism fault which what most on of anti work would pin on

[@nharviala]

I've got an antiwork! I used to work at Publix in the deli department as a full-timer who'd been there for 4 years. My pay was 16.50 an hour and had to pay for benefits, and that was pretty average for full-timers. There was a large amount of rotating door workers as the job was stressful, and not everyone wants to do it. To keep new people on, they'd have a starting pay of 18-19 an hour, and still get full-time hours (about 35 and up). Gotta love them actively encouraging experienced folks leaving, and getting replaced by new ones.

[@Avrysatos]

If you ask for that raise they'll tell you no too huh?

[@nharviala]

@@Avrysatos In the roundabout way of "not in the budget, we give you raises during annual reviews", the like.

[@labbit35]

Remember, although they have a lot of power, they can’t do anything if you and most of your coworkers don’t come to work suddenly

[@jamesphillips2285]

umm... bombs and machine guns have been used to break strikes in the past.

[@labbit35]

@@jamesphillips2285 yeah but they can’t do anything if they all just don’t go to work. What are you gonna do? Send a cop to drag you to work for every single individual worker? Bomb or shoot the workers who aren’t working? Even though we have automation we still need humans to take of it currently so yeah, they can’t do anything if they just all don’t go to work

[@phancanedoo013]

@@jamesphillips2285 Keywords "in the past". Pretty sure that kind of action is illegal, and there are much better ways to either get people to work or to deal with the missing hours/days/whatever.

[@jamesphillips2285]

@@phancanedoo013 They are rolling back child labour laws in the states. I would not rule it out as a possibility.

[@danielmantell8751]

Haha, most jobs can be outsourced or automated. And there's always enough desperate people to do any job for any pay. Besides, the companies are just companies. If one goes under another will arise in its place. As for guns, if it's critical infrastructure they will use force. Non-critical not so much, unless they are paying the relevant politicians enough.

[@wallcoconut9634]

I have so many stories about my old job. I had a panic attack at one location because someone who abused me showed up unexpectedly. I got screamed at for going into another room. I started violently throwing up one time and asked to go home because I could barely stand. My boss handed me a trash can and told me to keep cleaning, and refused to let me get my phone to call for a ride (we weren't allowed to have phones on us). Boss told me once I was rude for being upset that my grandmother was in the hospital, with the possibility that she wouldn't be coming home. He told me she was old and I needed to get over it & be "more cheerful" because my "attitude" was bothering coworkers. There's so much more, that place was horrible.

[@SharkLaserz]

“It’s not a time off request it’s a time off warning. I’m only letting you know as a courtesy.” is one of my favorites.

[@Tim85-y2q]

Enjoy getting fired then.

[@madcap830]

11:47 If that's the case, it's management's responsibility to cover that shift. I WAS management, it was literally in my job description. And in that last one, the one who makes the schedule, is obligated to post said schedule 1 week in advance, so there's time to rearrange it if necessary.

[@johandori7795]

Videos like this need thousands of times more views, we need basically the entire population of the planet to start understanding this stuff in actual words, and REALLY dive into it. Maybe then we'll have the hundreds of revolutions we need.

[@danielmantell8751]

Or just more people watching KZbin videos and doing nothing about it aside from complaining on the internet. It's not like people don't know, it's that the people with the power to change things have too many vested interests in keeping things this way, or too much to lose trying to change things. Revolutions are for people with nothing to lose, most all of us live well enough that it's not worth putting our lives on the line to change things.

[@Nostripe361]

This subreddit is feels important for someone like me. I have a thankfully decent job so I probably wouldn't see just how bad some places are getting without sites like this exposing them for others to see.

[@wtflolomg]

I used to work for Hewlett Packard... around 2015, they started forcing us back into the office, but my team was spread around the US, my "home" office had NONE of my team mates present. Worse, I was not assigned a permanent cube, I got a "mobility" slot... the "desk" was really a hutch, with my back to a main aisle (I was working on a government contract, which required a security clearance, so people could conveniently look over my shoulder and see classified materials). My station had two monitors - HP makes some nice monitors, but these were not those; 1600x900 screens, and one had a permanent purple tint. OK, what about keyboard and mouse? Well, no mouse (at least I did bring one), but what's this? A Wireless keyboard? Nope, it was a USB keyboard with the cord ripped out. Sigh.... I got myself another job a few more miles down the road, for a LOT more pay. My work from home office has dual 1440p monitors just for my work laptop. I get a lot more done there; execs getting triggered over employees not coming into the offices need to grow up.

[@bababooey5402]

How the fuck do they expect to keep employees when they literally give them nothing but garbage to work with?! Manipulation tactics can only work for so long..

[@AeronHale]

I wonder how close we actually are to society just fricking snapping in regards to all of this... I however hope to see the day it happens and maybe enjoy this thing called "living" that I hear people supposedly do in faraway countries afterwards.

[@Bacteriophagebs]

When the rich push things too far, one or more of three things happens: 1) The economy collapses and the rich become a lot less rich, 2) The government realizes things are out of hand and makes massive reforms, or 3) Violence. We already had the economy collapse and the rich figured out how to weather it via government assistance. The parties stopped government reform by rigging the Democrat primary to keep Sanders out of the election and manipulating all the smaller ones, too, of course. Guess what the last choice is!

[@ZarHakkar]

Love it when KZbin censors a reply. Is it a call to arms? A racist remark? Used too many swear words? We'll never know, but apparently the machine thinks it's better off we don't see. How close indeed...

[@cpufreak101]

The problem I think is, it's also a bit of a generational divide issue

[@danielmantell8751]

Society won't snap, they keep everything precariously balanced on the edge. Each generation just gets used to the new standards. Next generation will just get used to living with roommates until retirement. Get rich or be poor. That's what things are moving toward.

[@AeronHale]

Someone tell the French that. They apparently missed your memo.

[@sleepinginmoss]

5:05 literally this, at my last job I would always be bombarded with 100 questions while I was trying to eat my cold frozen dinner before going back onto the floor to get yelled at for another 5 hours. being forced to answer while ur trying not to have a panic attack is the worst feeling.

[@stepver2273]

the 17.76 „patriot pay” is the smartest thing ive ever heard lol

[@Roxor128]

Still a pittance, though.

[@nappa3550]

​@@Roxor128far better than what I'm making now ($13 hourly).

[@DraperStan23]

Understaffed is such a fun thing… And then they call us wanting us to come in at last minute when they should’ve fucking scheduled us in the first place…

[@KageDarkAngel]

We don't just have to worry about working until we die. We also have to worry about being forced to retire when we can't afford to retire either. My dad got a new position as a manager of an airport radar control building around 10 or so years ago. We all moved as a family and after the second year my dad was forced to take an early retirement from his upper management or have his contract forcefully terminated. I was told that the company was removing lots of older people in management positions to make room for younger managers who could come up with "newer" innovations so to speak. My dad was only in his mid-50's when they forced him into retirement and due to a knee injury he received from his job (falling off the manual airlift ramps) and his age, no one else would hire him, thus my mother had to work far longer to make up the difference and I decided to double-down on going back to college to get a new career to help my family as we still had a fresh new mortgage to pay for on the house since we moved. I ended up both working part-time while studying, managed to graduate with honors and start working both a full time and part-time job (bouncing from about three new full-time jobs due to economy and my part-time job closing after 3 years due to upper management being found of embezzlement and owing money). In the end, my dad died at 60 before he could collect his old-age pension, my mom got injured after falling out of an uneven elevator and is too old to work while fighting the government for her old age pension plan and money my dad had left behind (he thought that far into the future so we aren't hurting as much), and I am now working at a job making less than living but slightly more than minimum wage while trying to pay off a mortgage on my own condo which I was only able get with the inheritance left behind by my father while wondering if I am going to have to work until my body no longer functions properly or if I will be forced into retirement once I hit a certain age... sometimes both.

[@victorvirgili4447]

*Less than living but more than minimum* EXCUSE ME WHAT

[@miemsliva4464]

​@@victorvirgili4447 that's how it goes. Minimum is like 7.50 I think, and a proper living wage in the current american economy should be 24.00 or more due to inflation. And that is just to keep up with tbe basic necessities to facilitate life. God forbid you have a family, or damages to your home or car that need fixed, because you will never be able to afford it while even the most simple shit, like a head of lettuce, costs 2.40.

[@victorvirgili4447]

@@miemsliva4464 i think i have a new least favorite country

[@KageDarkAngel]

@@victorvirgili4447 The minimum wage per hour where I live is $15/hour for full-time employment but the living wage salary for the average person is $22.50/hour for full-time employment according the ALWN. I am making $18.90/hour for full-time employment with only one pay raise after 5 years of employment so I am making less than a living wage but I am getting more than the minimum wage.

[@octavius3800]

Im kinda new to the workforce, what even counts as "unskilled" labor? Retail? Cause thats bull, not punching a guy in the face for treating you like shit is definitely a skill!

[@sammidoneff]

Had a Colombian coworker at a theme park remove her language pin and change her hometown to Orlando because she was tired of getting sent every Spanish speaking guest in the store (plus some other things). “I’ll help you out when we get someone French speaking!!!” coworkers say, but the guests never speak French, do they??? You admit to speaking a bit of Spanish while working a customer service job and suddenly your coworkers are throwing Brazilians at you like “Bro this isn’t even the language I said I speak.”

[@sammidoneff]

Basically, not only should bilingual employees be paid more, but people who are CONSTANTLY using that second or third language should be paid MORE more Like, it it would be nice to get a bit extra for being one of the few people to know a bit of german in the store, but I didn’t use it ever because German tourists are far less common, and they also all speak English. My Spanish, however, I used literally daily. Every day. All the time. Half the time it was with Portuguese speaking customers who started the conversation by asking me if I spoke Spanish. If you live in America, work in a tourist heavy industry and speak Spanish or Portuguese you should be paid accordingly cuz you will be workin more

[@selenarobertson3955]

0:21 shout out to the editor for knowing frugal aesthetic and adding him in the vid

[@The_legendary_hunter_Zero]

Eventually, the French Parliament shouldn't be surprised if a bunch of angry French people start beheading them... Like all five other times.

[@emoliaxo]

these kinds of posts make me so incredibly grateful for my job. i work at small daycare where i 1. dont have to deal with any customers and 2. have one of the nicest and most flexible bosses ever. im starting college in the fall, and while im excited for it, im absolutely not excited for the full time job that'll come after it 😭

[@AugustinUndertakerSdmn38]

Hi guys and Emkay, I live in France and about the unionists who are against the new pensions reform, they’re still there on the streets and doing demonstrations and on May 1st, during the French labor day, there will be a lots of demonstrations against the pension reform and tonight there’s some threats of cutting the electricity of the Stade de France during the final of the soccer/football French Cup (Coupe de France) between Nantes and Toulouse as a sign of protest against the reform also the French president Emmanuel Macron will be at the stadium for the final, btw the unionists will continue to do demonstrations and going on strikes until either the new pensions reform is retired definitively or to the end of Macron’s term in 2027 and there’s as well threats that the unionists will disrupted the organisations of the Rugby World Cup this year and the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics. For the foreigners who don’t know about the French people, it’s a people who refused to be governed by anybody, whoever is the President, whatever is the political party he/she is come from far-left to far-right and I give you an exemple why the French people refused to be governed, I know in Australia the retirement age have been pushed from 65 to 67 and there’s a very small amount of people who are against it but the majority of Australians are saying OK why not do to that for empowering and growing our country but when in France they decided to push it from 62 to 64, there’s 3 million people in streets who said NO and chanting “Macron démission” (eng: Macron resignation) in massives demonstrations.

[@fernandomarques5166]

I love how the french people never lost the Bastille spirit, soldier on brothers!

[@ANCM2211]

You guys really didn't get a good choice in your last election. Between a fascist and a kind of Conservative in American terms really sucks.

[@jamester3484]

This is why I love France as an American

[@cchantal5435]

It's not about the raise to 64, it's about the fact that state pensions will not pay enough and that French people will be forced to get private pension through Blackrock, and that you can only retire to 64 if you worked all your life starting at 18 non stop, with no unemployment period or parental leave, so very few people will be able to retire at 64. Plus, the fact that the law was passed despite not having the required votes, through a antidemocratic process that was only meant to be used in war and terrorism contexts.

[@karltheskitarii4941]

Wait the rich abandoned Norway? New vacation spot unlocked

[@hiroshell7973]

Vacation? Nah new home

[@karltheskitarii4941]

@@hiroshell7973 a very extended vacation

[@godsamongmen8003]

Nobody of any class ever likes taxes. The difference is that the rich can actually afford to leave. This is something politicians have to consider -- raise taxes too much on the rixh and they'll just move. Sure its an unfair situation, but how do you fix it?

[@qaaris4280]

Hearing the phrase "wealth tax" spiked a shit ton of endorphins into my brain. Can we do that *literally everywhere?* Would probably solve a lot of debt issues in many countries.

[@graysonllewellyn8734]

We do here in the US. It's just that the shrimp dicked kid diddlers.... er... politicians we have don't enforce it.

[@davidrw61]

That's what Biden means when he says "making the rich pay their fair share". (Of course, the Republicans oppose the idea....)

[@Skyte100]

9:45 unskilled labor doesn't exist anymore. Its labor that requires no education or training. Every job has training now.

[@90sbunny]

I currently work 2 part time jobs right now and every single minute at them makes me want to quit. I get scheduled for double shifts too so sometimes I come in as early as 7 am and leave as late as 30 past midnight. I work on average 43 hours per week. My combined income for them is a little $2k a month. In my area, that can't afford you a studio apartment around here, let alone a car (which I'm currently saving up for.) It all feels so overwhelmingly pointless that my bf has to talk me out of quitting nearly every day because my goal feels so out of reach anyway. Any goal I have feels out of reach.

[@cathrynesten4364]

Hang in there

[@agrobots]

A “Brown Bag Luncheon” is management’s code word for, “we scheduled a meeting during lunch hours. But didn’t worry, you can bring your food so you don’t go hungry. Also, since this is still considered your lunch break, you will not be paid.” And that was the last brown bag luncheon I ever attended.

[@mushroom_thing7927]

11:30 Hold on, I think I know this woman. She never pays my grandma sufficiently; she has one of those crusty white dogs that she always wants my grandma to baby-sit, she's rich, has multiple houses, is very stingy, and she's always on vacation somewhere. I remember on one instance she didn't pay grandma for two whole days because they "didn't count." even though my grandma had her dog for 48 hours before but because Deb used up gas in those days to get to my grandma, she just took away her pay :/ Might be a different Debbie but I wouldn't be surprised if she treated, her workers like this.

[@Ann-si8rq]

Ah, the glories of being a minor and not having to deal with this, only see people deal with this

[@evanchismark3092]

Hopefully child labor laws will still be strong enough to the point minors won't have to deal with it.

[@damienearl8302]

And then again, the horrors of being a minor and watching as your future repeatedly, spontaneously implodes-

[@vincentcampaert8497]

Yet

[@gavinisdie]

I'm 16, almost 17, that 18th birthday feels like a Countdown to the end of the world

[@zipherdias420]

Existential dread kicks in when you realize, your next.

[@raineblackstar3522]

4:42 bruh they get to stop 6 years earlier than we dutchies do. I feel like by the time i reach that age, it'll have been upped by another decade...

[@literallyhuman5990]

I can't say how much happiness to return to work at Scrapyard that my family owned (and actually I actually have shares on it) after quitting from my old workplace. Yeah, there's no fancy AC and easy parking. But I got free lunch from my mom, aunt, grandma, and my gf. Also close to homies.

[@coolzcatzz]

11:08 in this situation, pretend to pass out in front of at least three customers. Make sure you say before that you're sick and your boss is threatening to fire you if you leave and you can't afford to be fired. Most people who faint only do so for less than a minute. If in your area you have non profit hospitals with financial aid, let the customer call an ambulance. Or when you "wake up" request they call the ambulance. Make it a big deal. If someone records it, post it online, send it to corporate if you can't afford to sue. Request your boss's position and a fat bonus as compensation.

[@dexterdogthelovey1052]

Free my boy Robin from the angry subreddits

[@barbarajean7644]

We will never see him freed lol

[@Aaronnh]

We need some r/aww

[@qazhr]

No first free Robin from leftist beliefs

[@blastortoise]

He was, a few weeks ago

[@spoopyvirgil4944]

@@qazhr Why are you on the leftist reddit youtube accounts? Literally every narrator on Emkay is a leftist.

[@aralanstradivari2841]

Unfortunately, the topic of work is bittersweet for me. I managed to get a decent job that is rather flexible, with good managers who actually try and be better, and focus primarily on: “Did you meet the expectations? Yes, then good.” Any exceptional work they praise, and us coming in on days previously considered off is the exception, not the norm. Even then they reserve it just for emergencies (like another manager getting into a car crash, and me being the person with the 2nd most experience could hold down the fort) But then there is the bad: 14 dollars an hour, and the sales process makes me feel like a disposable person when my performance is based on how well I can drive up the price on people, which taints the actual fun part about taking the photos that the people would want. TL;DR, even me, who got lucky, still wind up with a bittersweet relationship with my job. Fun work and good bosses, but not good pay nor requirements. I hope y’all have a fantastic day by the ay

[@danielmantell8751]

No better life skill than learning to enjoy being poor. Working a job with low pay that you like isn't that bad if you don't mind not owning things. Still better to have a job you like and money, but that's not easy to find.

[@HappilyHomicidalHooligan]

Employer: You'll need to give us a minimum of 4 weeks of Notice when you quit. Me: No, I need to give you the Minimum Notice required by the State...

[@mrcattoonist4766]

I base my notice on how well they treat me

[@Freshadventures_]

Remember in most states an employer can let you go at any time they see fit for any reason without notice. So you don't owe them a god damn thing.

[@thomashummer6162]

You want to know something crazy? The main indicator that is used for inflation is prices. Basically, there's these things called the Consumer Price Index and the Producer Price Index. These are how the government measures inflation, by measuring the cost to be a consumer and the cost to be a producer and running that through an equation that gives you inflation. The problem here is that CPI is going up faster than PPI, when they should be going up at proportional rate. This is price gouging. The Federal Reserve has a website where you can look at the CPI and PPI separately, along with basically every statistic known to man. Go look, the proof is there.

[@Roxor128]

Sounds like the real index should be CPI minus PPI, and the goal should be to keep the result at zero.

[@Polaris5664]

Alot of these feel less like "anti work" and more "anti getting treated like garbage at work"

[@davidrw61]

There's a difference?

[@shadds3715]

I’m so grateful to have a good manager. We were given a task that she herself labeled as impossible, and she couldn’t do anything about it, so she got everyone Starbucks instead.

[@JamesTDG]

2:50 if I get banned from the mall, no joke, I'll be unable to go to ANYWHERE until I'm an adult. I have to take a bus to a transit center that is also a mall to be able to access the wider bus network. This means no college access, no school access, no work access for the population who is forced into slave wages in my area.

[@muzichan8642]

4:59 - As a French, I confirm that we are thinking about bringing back the guillotine

[@Nobody_is_here_right_now]

YES redo the revolution

[@Jokoko2828]

It really do be feeling like violent murder is the only way to solve issues at this point.

[@noahandreasen9221]

I Can help built Them. Im surprisingly good at it.

[@corvusdominus9835]

@@Jokoko2828 nobody listens unless consequences are involved, its why mental illness is and has and always will be an issue.

[@muzichan8642]

@@corvusdominus9835 surprisingly, that's true.. I never thought I would read a parallel between protests and mental illnesses, but that's really what it is

[@Air_Pilote]

so I live in Paris and while I was watching this, I saw an firetruck go down the street to put out a pallet fire about a hundred meters away the pension age problem is FAR from being resolved. Some of us are even starting to think we might enter a 6th republic...

[@darenabryant9100]

I worked for Staples once. During that time, I caught the flu, so stayed home for a couple of days. When I went back in, one of the newer managers there took me aside and sat me down, then said to me, 'Next time, when maybe you're feeling sick, just come in anyway.' I said, 'So, if I have a contagious sickness that I can spread easily, I should come in, get everyone sick, then *everyone* wants to stay at home? Maybe come in and throw up on the floor, or pass out and get hurt, then sue the company?' He paused for a moment, and it seemed like some extremely rusty gears were starting to turn again. Then he goes, slowly, '....nah. No, don't do that.' then after a bit more, 'Ok, well in that case yeah, stay home.' I swear that place was brainwashing it's managers. The one manager we had that stood up for the employees over the other managers got ousted, and this new guy, after I jogged his brain a bit, started reading about how all this stuff he was being told was wrong, and eventually quit as well because he finally saw how f'ed up everything was at that store. Later, it was found that the managers there were all part of a theft ring, stealing things and selling them, or giving them away to family and friends. I worked in the back, and a return I had packaged up got ripped open. Come to find out it was one of the managers, mad that I was actually doing my job, and was taking something he might have wanted to steal.

[@Danka42]

3:18 "You need to quit." I don't know, buddy, not everyone can afford to. Barely anyone's hiring and you might not have enough saved up to bridge the job hunt.

[@LucanVaris]

11:30 I would show up to work that day, and do what I could to "accidentally" make Deb sick. Not holding back a coughing fit in her presence, spitting my phlegm into a clear plastic bag, making sure that I faint in her direction, if I'm about to collapse from exhaustion, the possibilities of making her completely _regret_ calling me in are endless.

[@SinnohJohtoKanto]

I had the same thing with the next to last one at my last job. I was one of 10 people working the front desk at a hotel, and sometimes we wouldn't get our schedule until the day before the work week. Luckily I was full time with a pretty routine schedule, but most of my coworkers were part time and it really messed with people not knowing if they would be working the next day

[@ArAsDeCos]

I've been applying to jobs here there and everywhere - and heard NOTHING. There are some of us who want to work. Which is why I volunteer at a charity.

[@darenabryant9100]

As for the concept of super rich people not wanting to pay taxes... I read recently about a rich lady... don't remember which one, think it was a Kardashian... who claimed she owned a penthouse in New York City that she paid for every year, had people working for her to clean and maintain it weekly and keep stocked with food and other things *just in case*. She hadn't been to the place in YEARS and had FORGOTTEN SHE WAS PAYING FOR IT OR OWNED IT. Imagine being so rich you could afford a penthouse in NYC, along with all the maintenance and people to do the work, pay for it all, and NOT USE IT OR REMEMBER IT because it didn't even register as a blip on your radar. What is likely millions a year, tossed into the void without even registering with you. And yes these people RUN from taxes in a great country.

[@debeb5148]

Sucks to be you it seems

[@tieflingcorpse9817]

why do people keep acting like its such a big deal that some places have minimum wage 15 instead of 7-8 when 15 IS STILL BELOW THE LIVING WAGE FOR ALL OF THE COUNTRY, EVEN IF YOUR A SINGLE ADULT?!?!?

[@debeb5148]

Because there's better jobs out there lol, just ain't your turn yet bucko.

[@tieflingcorpse9817]

@@debeb5148 the job i have doesnt change the minimum wage in the state tho????

[@mushroomsoup2866]

I had a meeting at my old job. I managed to postpone it until just after payday. I got fired in the meeting. A clause in our contract says that, if the company ends the contract early, they owe us pay for the entire pay cycle I would be missing out on. I got an extra month's pay as severance a few days after regular payday.

[@SkaerKrowe]

I eat my work lunch in my car. I'm on my time, leave me alone.

[@Play-On7]

We should pass a law to make it illegal for people to get fired for being sick. The employee will have to provide proof they were actually sick.

[@Totally_Bonkers]

How about the employer provides proof that they were not actually sick?

[@Freshadventures_]

Terrible idea. Not everybody can afford to go to the doctor everytime they are sick and have to pay hundreds or thousands out of pocket if they dont have insurance.

[@Orange_Swirl]

@@Totally_Bonkers based

[@laszlobandi6456]

amazon in uk ;) like you are sick and can't work but go to doctor. also still 3x occasions per 6 months. even if justified. then they fire you at a random time.

[@SierraRose98]

having work buddies is one thing. work wives/husbands are a person who you can act romantic and playful with who isn't your partner. there's nothing wrong with not being okay with it, and I don't personally know a single gen z person, including myself, who is okay with it.

[@kenkaku3989]

I love hearing robin go off here because everything he says is right. I fucking hated working at mcdonalds and sonic. Im so glad i got a new job making 19 bucks an hour that isnt too demanding. Im also lucky as shit that i was willing a house by my grandma. Sucks that not everyone is that lucky

[@thomasfoster4370]

3:48 Huckabee? I didn't know they needed to be thrown

[@thomasdatoneboi405]

As a French person… no the protests have not stopped. They’ve been going on daily for months. The president pulled a “I’m gonna do this without doing it legally by pulling a legal loophole” and nobody’s gonna stop protesting until he takes it back…….

[@ZarHakkar]

If it's been going on for months with no progress then they need to escalate.

[@margonaut]

the commercial real estate industry was the real victim of the pandemic 🎻

[@spamuel98]

13:00 I had that happen to me before, and I laughed at my manager over the phone for it. Told them if it was so important they should have at least had the schedule up the day before. I still went in that day, but not after taking my sweet time getting over there about 2 hours later. Didn't get fired for it either.

[@Slenderquil]

I had a coworker who had to work 6 days a week, scrounge for all possible coupons and offers she could find, and even sell feet pics all at the same time just to make it by.

[@catlover7015]

My dad worked at a GameStop for 10 years, was the manager and everything and was super friendly. All of his coworkers loved him, and he loved working with customers. GameStop fired him so that they could put someone else in his position to do the exact same thing but pay them like $10 less. Know what their excuse was? They had to keep the garbage bags in the back room until it was the day they were picked up because they had to share a dumpster with a couple other stores and there wasn’t enough room for everyone to have their garbage in the dumpster. This had been going on for years, the higher ups knew about it and were fine with it, but that was what they tried to explain firing him for. Note, this behavior didn’t change after my dad left, they were all still perfectly fine with it.

[@Squish-E]

As a college student without a job, this makes me very “excited” for the future

[@tyler4378]

I hated the jobs where the boss forces you to find coverage when you're sick. I've grown the mindset that it's not my responsibility, if I can't make it and no one can cover then I guess we just need to close a few hours till the next shift or the boss can do it themself.

[@felixcaskey4193]

5:00 They did bring out the guillotines. Not even fuckin' kidding. Yet the government refuses to back down, even under treat of public execution. The fucking BALLS. If only they would use that courage for almost literally anything else.

[@CodyRushDriving]

Posting the schedule 40 mins before the shifts has a simple solution under most union contracts: any job/shift with less than 24-hours notice is considered "last minute" or "ASAP" and is automatically billed at overtime rate (time and a half).

[@markkeilys]

if anyone brings up quiting your last job without giving a notice, just say "I didn't quit, I fired my old employer"

[@lorivaldez4839]

Y’all keep up with this great content, EmKay! Y’all rock🎉

[@genxrants]

It's still an employee's market right now. People need to learn to say "I quit" more readily. My husband had to explain this to his bosses for the umpteenth time this year. They need to pay more, offer more, and relax a little if they want to keep their SKILLED workers from being poached by other companies.

[@mrcattoonist4766]

Some people can't afford to quit though and they know this, if someone is living paycheck to paycheck and asking for a raise doesn't do anything, quitting is just going to fuck them over even faster

[@nappa3550]

Not anymore, you literally have to settle for terrible pay because so many people are having to work two jobs (clogging the job market in the process). It's a terrible market for a employee, a great market for employers..

[@nickpapadopoulos9978]

Another problem that i have noticed in America as an outsider and never been to America is that is the adjustment of minimum wage itself is in the hands of the poiticians instead of an economic council that adjust the minimum wage to the current inflation rate once and sometimes even twice a year like the rest of the world, meaning it's subject to lobbying by giant Corporations to keep the minimum wage as low as possible!

[@glacialsnowman3709]

Btw the part about the French protests is soooooo much more than just a pension age increase.

[@buggy997]

Dude i was sick and went into work bc i was afraid the new manager was going to fire me, i stayed maybe twp hours before i threw up essentially on my supervisor...😢😂❤

[@lucaspec7284]

if this keeps up we might indeed have to dust off the old guillotine.

[@ZarHakkar]

Rusty Cage has a great series where he builds one if you're feeling the revolutionist vibes.

[@shiny2401]

The changing schedule at last minute is so annoying. I work in customer service and once they changed my virtual training schedule (which was initially set in a different day) during my lunch break (the training was right after the break). So, I missed it and I had to do it on my own time. The best part, if you do anything outside your schedule (eg, you deal with customers when you're scheduled for something else), it will affect your attendance score.

[@RooiRokBokkie]

Damn it sounds like the US doesn't have very good labor laws. Where I'm from you can't just fire someone, and there's certain procedures that have to be done to retrench

[@Freshadventures_]

Most states in the U.S. they can fire you without notice for any reason. I have no issue at all giving absolutely zero notice to disrespectful employers if I am quitting a job. That's on them.

[@courtneywoodbury5198]

"What word would you use to describe Sanders?" Lol I just had a flash to a moment in the Spongebob movie: "Well I've got somethin' to say to YOU *inhale* PPPBBBBPPBPBPBBBBBTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"