Work Reform

We wasted so much time figuring out that none of this bullshit is logical or fair, getting mad and saying we wanted change and being ignored. Gen z just straight up walks out if they don't like what they see and I'm all for it. My daughter is 12 and I've been teaching her about her rights, and her dignity at work, and that minium wage=minimum effort, that a work family is not a real thing, that you never do "favors" for a company that can afford to pay you, and that unions are a must. I'm not surprised that gen z refuses to let themselves be abused, it took me way too long to realize that i can tell my boss to eat shit.

the whole workplace culture is so anti-worker its unreal, its almost adversarial like the landlord-tennant relationship. it'd be great if there were a "you take care of me, I take care of you" attitude for employee/employers but these days it feels like they want to squeeze every last bit of productivity out of you and pay you as little as possible for your efforts, and everyone wonders why its so hard to attract tallent. its out there, just take care of your workers!

I opine this is the advantage of growing up on social media and being used to deliberating. When I was a young clerk in the late eighties, we were pressured not to ask questions about cruel treatment, (which factored into my suicidality.)

When zoomers see something weird or harsh, they go on social media and ask their homies my boss keeps hanging around looking down my blouse. Does anyone else think it's super creepy? So they get a lot of rapid feedback.

Maybe they'll lead the revolution toppling capitalism.

Every single gen z person I met, I encourage them to push for unions. I'm so happy they're not putting up with this shit.

I'm a millennial and have been questioning it for quite sometime to the point I've had places cut my hours and pay for calling out shitty practices like making us punch out to use the restroom. And this was at a government facility.

thank fucking god. so much at so many work environments i've been in just seem designed to be malignant and enforce austere application of power moreso than anything, let alone account for worker quality of life and mental health. it's a business so because it's a business and since they have to make money that's just ok to disregard, as though our existence as human flesh and blood bodies and souls is predicated upon keeping these fucking things going, rather than these companies providing for our common needs and goods.

i remember a dishwasher job at college which was literally just standing in place washing dishes, the boss kept coming back to check on us and yell at us if we were listening to music in headphones because we had to be able to communicate at all times apparently - and these checkups were the only time we had any fucking thing to communicate; the only other duties of the job were mind numbing standing in place washing spoons with roaring machines going.

Gen Z is leading the good fight that we could not. I wish them the best and they have my support at every turn.

The website is anti ad-block. It would be nice to post another link to an archive of the site.

Here you have to give 60 day resignation notice here, it's not legally required, it depends on "company to company'" my employer says and refuses to pay my final month's payment before the 60 days end. And ofc I can't do shit about it legally.