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A community for those who want to end work, are curious about ending work, want to get the most out of a work-free life, want more information on anti-work ideas and want personal help with their own jobs/work-related struggles.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 minutes ago

It wants you to be a janitor?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 hour ago

Fuck you. Pay me.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

"Should we promote Bob?"

"Hell no, he's the only one here who does any work! We need him right where he is!"

[–] [email protected] 8 points 33 minutes ago (1 children)

This is not satire.

It's called being pigeon holed and that shit is real depending on your company. Some hard workers get promoted some just get more work.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 16 minutes ago

Indeed it is not.

I once worked at the new office of a company that just opened in the state, one of the first who was doing the job while the construction workers were still terminating wires and tacking up drywall. When a new supervisory position was created, all of my coworkers assumed I’d be the first one picked but I was told my experience and wisdom would be better served on the job and teaching new hires the ropes.

Didn’t take long before I stopped giving a shit about promotions and left for a different company soon after. Telling someone their hard work has been rewarded with more work and not more money for rent is a good way to drain the motivation right out of people you manage.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 hour ago

Hahahaha talk about corporate propaganda. I feel sorry for the poor schlub that reads this and is like "yeah, I'm gonna do that".

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

I turn the lights on in the morning and make coffee. Because I'm the only one that knows how to make coffee that doesn't taste like dirty water. Has nothing to do with work ethic and everything to do with coffee.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 23 minutes ago

I turn the lights on in the morning because "lmao I'm off at 3 to beat the traffic, suckers".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

Thank thee for thy works, thou serv’st our Dark Lord well.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I managed an auto parts warehouse with a small fleet of delivery drivers, I was the one with the code to the alarm and they keys to everything. Sometimes if I had trouble sleeping or was a bit hungover from imbibing too much I’d sleep in and roll up to the shop around 9-10 instead of 7. Not a single one of my employees ever had an issue with starting the day later and I didn’t care about them leaving early to pick up kids or whatever. Long as you show up and shit gets done I’m putting the same hours on all your paychecks anyways

[–] [email protected] 5 points 47 minutes ago

We work a lot of hard, long hours in my field. Occasionally I get a fuck off easy job but that's only when business is slow. I'm the lead tech on every job. I also have a bad problem waking up in the morning. Despite being fully sober and getting at least 7 hours of sleep, I sleep through my alarms which are incredibly loud and annoying, and they're set 5 minutes apart for two hours. Guys who know me know that they can go in, do their work, and if I'm late I let them go early by the amount of time I am late. I'm often finishing the job by myself at night.

That's ok though. That's the way the world should work. I'm not a morning person. Waking up is literally the worst thing that happens to me every day barring tragedies or serious injuries. It's so much worse in the winter too.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 hours ago

I've learned to be the one to turn the lights off. It pisses the boss off but ensures everyone knows the shift is over

[–] [email protected] 40 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Shit when im the first one in, i leave the lights off. Then i get mad at the person who eventually turns them on. If i have to be in that early, i dont also want to be miserable from the bright lights

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

“Why are you sitting here in the dark?”

Uhh, my computer is lit up and I can hear the damn fluorescent lights when I’m sitting there alone, piss off and let me drink my coffee in peace.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I knew a guy who kept his office dark except for a little desk lamp. He said he preferred cold and darkness. One time when we all walked to a group lunch in below freezing weather, I was shivering in my down jacket and he had shorts and an aloha shirt. Freaking reptile!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Stop trying to make fetch happen

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

If I saw one of my employees being the first one in the office turning on the lights as well as the last one turning them off, I'd see that as a problem.

I'd talk to that worker and first ask why they were doing this as I'd be concerned that they may be having trouble at home (and were using work as an escape). I'd want to find out if there was anything they needed to help their home situation. When you manage people, their home problems become your problems. The corollary to this is that a solution for a personal home problem can become a solution to a workplace problem. I had one worker that had difficulty at work because they didn't have working laundry facilities which affected them wearing presentable clothing at work. I bought them a new laundry appliance for $500 and had it delivered. After that they were always dressed presentably at work. This was a very good worker otherwise, and this fixed the work problem as well as helped them at home in their personal life.

If they communicated they believed the "first in, last out" was their understanding of the work expectation, I'd correct them on that immediately. One of my favorite phrases to use at work are "There are days I might have to ask you to stay later. This is not that day. There's nothing urgent that can't wait for tomorrow. Go home early." (these are salary folks, so they're not losing money by leaving early).

If they communicated they were overworked, I'd work with them on the tasks to make sure they were only getting assigned a reasonable workload. This may mean hiring another worker, or eliminating tasks that don't produce a meaningful result to the company to make sure the workload would be reasonable.

Requiring your workers to be "butts in seats" (mine are WFH anyway) simply to be tick a box is the fastest way to lose your best people as it is disrespectful of their skills and their effort. Further, well rested workers (mentally and physically) perform far better than exhausted and stressed ones.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 hours ago

This is a manager ethic that probably gets you too much loyalty and effective people. Bleugh. Who needs that? ;-)

[–] [email protected] 102 points 6 hours ago (5 children)

Work ethic never went out of fashion. Many, many people work very hard everyday. Always have. Work is a part of life, always has been, always will be. It's the incentives that are the problem. Paying people just enough (or not enough, in many cases) to just keep their heads above water, for taking on more and more work, so that owners, investors, and executives can make ever increasing profits, just doesn't motivate people to work very hard. Much of the hard work in the current system is motivated by fear. That is not positive or sustainable.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 5 hours ago (4 children)

Hard work feels great when it benefits you, your community, folks you care about, or even just real people.

It feels fucking awful to work hard when the only people who will benefit are some rich assholes who exploit you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 minutes ago

Super well said!

First, don’t get stuck in the mindset that hard work is only worthwhile when making money. You can work on things that directly enhance your life and those of the people around you and skip the medium of exchange entirely.

Then, upgrade to the understanding that hard work to only benefit others can be the most rewarding yet.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

a great round up of the difference between work versus toil.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

It probably won't make you feel any better, but if you work for a corporation the profits don't just go to rich assholes. People's pension plans and retirement funds buy and sell stocks, and so do mutual funds anybody with money can buy. You don't have to be rich to own stock, just not poor.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 hours ago

Nice and succinct and 💯

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

"Work extra hours so that your boss is sure to notice how ready you are to give head."

[–] [email protected] 51 points 6 hours ago

If you pride yourself on being a hard worker just know that everyone else is in a group chat without you.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 hours ago (4 children)

End of year performance review.

“We think your performance this year has been ok. Not great, not bad, just ok. We can’t justify a bonus for you this year with senior management.”

“But I am always the last one out every night and have been nearly all year.”

“Really, I wouldn’t know. I never stick around that late. Now that reminds me, there were those two days last month where you were seen leaving early. We don’t appreciate that lack of work ethic at this company.”

“It was because I had stayed back late the previous days!”

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

Absolute truth! Your boss will forget the dozen days you stayed after hours, the first time you come in late.

Happened to me, didn't matter to him that 75% of the time I worked through my lunch, didnt matter that 3-4 times per month I either came in early or stayed late to finish up a task.

One day, I came in 20 minutes late, got called in later that week by my manager to, "talk about my tardiness issue."

[–] bdonvr 6 points 3 hours ago

*writing on notepad*

struggles... with... time... management.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 hours ago

I’ve had a version of this scenario happen twice. The last time, when I literally closed double the tickets of the next person down, I was only just doing what was expected of me.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

They were never going to justify a bonus anyway. They just want you to feel like it’s your fault.

[–] [email protected] 56 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

If I turned the office lights off at the end of my workday, it'll just annoy the people who are still working. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 hours ago

That's why I do it. They should be working smarter, not longer anyway.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 hours ago

When you have nothing in you life but your job, are you even living at all? At the very least not a life that is worth living IMHO

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 hours ago

Lol what a brown noser

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

Yeah djuwanowat, figure it out.

— Wayne

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Gus Catlson: US based company consultant who writes for right based Canadian newspaper Globe & Mail. Also was a director at that newspaper. Was in charge of communications for the Thompson Reuters merger. Has a Pulitzer from 1992, but beyond that its all business reporting and opinion pieces.

Everything in his background tells me he hasn't had to work insane hours in decades. He hasn't had a boss ask him to work 10 - 20 extra hours just to have a 2% increase at the end of the year. He was in charge of a Canadian major newspaper, which aren't known for paying a proper wage. So he knows he's lying, he's just annoyed people want to have lives.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 hours ago

He has dozens of these ass licking headlines.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 hours ago

Company Objective: Pay minimum, Gain maximum work

My Objective: Gain maximum pay, work minimum

You know how a country has their country prioritized? (eg: "America First") Well I have a similar idea: "Me First". Fuck the company. They are maximizing their profits, I'm gonna maximize my profits.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Sounds like someone who's really, really bad at managing their time 🤷‍♂️

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 hours ago

I have work ethic.

If work pays me the bare minimum then i will match them in-kind. It's only fair.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

I work just hard enough not to get fired

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 hours ago

I’ve reached a point in my career where I have the same luxury. I have two very impressive roles on my resume that will more or less guarantee that it goes into the pile of callbacks at many companies. The position that I hold now is one where I fuck off a great deal and get away with it because I’m good enough at my job to be able to do so. But I only got here by busting my ass and (nearly) killing myself to build the talent.

It shouldn’t have to be this way.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

If you want to play it that way: let me count my 2 hour commute through standstill traffic as paid hours.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 hours ago

This is a ticket to being seen as insufferable.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 hours ago

Good luck to those wageslaves. I just do the bare minimum, I don't earn extra for going "above and beyond", nor doing so would increase my likelihood of being promoted.

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