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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 mu
by 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.