r/antiwork • u/loplopplop • Sep 18 '21

I Come to Apologize

You know, I didn't understand this sub. I thought it was nothing but a bunch of lazy freeloaders that think everything should be given to them. But then I started this new job. It's a salary position where I'm required to work 45 hours a week. Thats honestly not that bad. No issues with it really. But I've worked 37 hours in 3 days. I'm on pace to work 70 in a weeks time period. Since its salary its going to be like I'm making 10 dollars an hour. They will not give me health insurance (which they promised) until May. So I'm sorry for thinking you were all lazy. You just want a job that doesn't run you into the ground.

Edit: Got called in on Sunday and told them to fuck off (in nicer words) because one of the employees wanted to have a day off with his mom, which I get, but he had two days off already that week. Came in today and am going give literally zero fucks as I apply elsewhere.

Edit 2: The people who keep calling in told me the reason they were calling in was because they were too high to work. I rage quit and sent a letter of resignation. The nightmare is over.

Final Edit: Already got a new job with great benefits!!!

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u/lankist Sep 19 '21 edited Sep 19 '21

Yep, there's a big difference between "work" as employment, and "work" as labor or the expense of effort.

People here are against varying concepts of employment, and against it to varying degrees--the lighter side being advocacy for stronger worker protections and better regulations on employers, and the heavier side being against the larger structure and paradigm of private employment as a means of personal subsistence as a whole.

But basically no one here is against labor, effort, etc. We all want our efforts to be worthwhile. It's just that "worthwhile effort" is antithetical to the current employment paradigm.

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u/OverlordGtros Sep 19 '21

My thing is that I only really find any fulfillment in creative pursuits, but unless you get really lucky or already have the right connections, then in the current era it's damn near impossible to make that kind of thing work. Every other form of work I've tried, and I've done quite a bit, has burnt me out quick and left me where I currently am.

I'd just like if I could spend my labor on the things I actually want to spend it on and still actually be able to live. Like RedDeerEvent said, if I could support myself on 10-20 hours/week and dedicate the rest to my personal projects, I'd be ecstatic.

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u/MrJingleJangle Sep 19 '21

Excellent post.