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I might be alone with this notion, but does anyone else just _not care_? Don't get me wrong I've had my share of shitty bosses, employers, coworkers, pay, worki

I might be alone with this notion, but does anyone else just _not care_? Don't get me wrong I've had my share of shitty bosses, employers, coworkers, pay, working conditions, and customer abuse but over time I've managed to fix every one of those. When a new problem crops up I talk to management. If they don't want to fix it, I leave for another place and hope for the best. This includes stints in being self-employed which was nice because I only answered to me, but also tough in that I'm the only one that's answerable. I don't get the (what I perceive to be) hatred for work.

ghaff 5y ago
To be fair, there are a whole lot of low skill jobs that are pretty crappy. And if I didn't see a path to a job that wasn't low skill, I'd probably prefer to not be working too.
- brodouevencode 5y ago
  But that's just it - as far as I can tell (in the US specifically) there's always a path out.
  - s1artibartfast 5y ago
    Not if your your fundamental desire to avoid work that you dont enjoy. There is a pretty stark lack of well paying jobs that require low skill and are enjoyable.
derbOac 5y ago
I have mixed feelings because on the one hand I generally have felt the same but on the other in the last several years have seen people in situations pretty much outside their control get stuck, or really really hurt because of one bad employer that basically ruins their career. I'm not sure if it's a trend but over the last few years it seems like there's more stories coming up about people who lose a job and then seem to never be hired again, and even with investigative reporting it's not clear why, except for ageism or other prejudice, or lack of connections. I guess what I'm saying is that employment seems increasingly precarious to me. Not everyone has the luxury of moving between jobs easily, and even those who are stuck in stable but abused positions aren't necessarily clearly better off in some ways. Add this to the writings about bullshit jobs, and the great resignation, and it feels like something is off about modern human resources, or management, or hiring, or employment, or something. I've never really identified with antiwork — it seems misguided to me — but I do think, like a lot of things, there's probably some kernel of accuracy behind its motivations. I think this is maybe what the article is tapping into, albeit maybe inaccurately itself.
hogrider 5y ago
Of course the mainstream does nlt care as they internalized the cultural hegemony of workaholism. The sub and splinters remain a fringe far left anarchist ideology.

ghaff 5y ago

To be fair, there are a whole lot of low skill jobs that are pretty crappy. And if I didn't see a path to a job that wasn't low skill, I'd probably prefer to not be working too.

brodouevencode 5y ago
But that's just it - as far as I can tell (in the US specifically) there's always a path out.
- s1artibartfast 5y ago
  Not if your your fundamental desire to avoid work that you dont enjoy. There is a pretty stark lack of well paying jobs that require low skill and are enjoyable.

derbOac 5y ago

I have mixed feelings because on the one hand I generally have felt the same but on the other in the last several years have seen people in situations pretty much outside their control get stuck, or really really hurt because of one bad employer that basically ruins their career. I'm not sure if it's a trend but over the last few years it seems like there's more stories coming up about people who lose a job and then seem to never be hired again, and even with investigative reporting it's not clear why, except for ageism or other prejudice, or lack of connections. I guess what I'm saying is that employment seems increasingly precarious to me. Not everyone has the luxury of moving between jobs easily, and even those who are stuck in stable but abused positions aren't necessarily clearly better off in some ways. Add this to the writings about bullshit jobs, and the great resignation, and it feels like something is off about modern human resources, or management, or hiring, or employment, or something. I've never really identified with antiwork — it seems misguided to me — but I do think, like a lot of things, there's probably some kernel of accuracy behind its motivations. I think this is maybe what the article is tapping into, albeit maybe inaccurately itself.

hogrider 5y ago

Of course the mainstream does nlt care as they internalized the cultural hegemony of workaholism. The sub and splinters remain a fringe far left anarchist ideology.