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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/Throwaway-2020s on 2025-06-30 18:22:32+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/dedforever678 on 2025-06-30 15:33:40+00:00.


I just want to vent but this is the most important life lesson for you - NEVER GIVE YOUR JOB YOUR 100% . THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT YOU.

Work at your own pace, improve your people's skill so that you can mug the management, use projects to upskill yourself, make excuses, take that mental health day off, don't produce the perfect output every time.

Always remember no matter what you do, they don't care about you and you are certainly not their family.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/Choice-Act3739 on 2025-06-30 12:08:42+00:00.


Regulatory impact analyses completed by USCIS regularly consider two competing scenarios in which employers are or are not assumed to be able to find reasonable labor substitutes such as U.S. workers to perform work.

Treating each scenario as equally likely, USCIS would describe the impact of policies that result in increased labor supply as partly a transfer of wages from hypothetically willing and able U.S. workers whether actively seeking employment or not, to the foreign workers, and partly a benefit to employers or consumers from foreign workers performing work that otherwise could not be completed without significant training and search costs.

https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2024-29354/p-1198

it's actively making US citizens more poor, and they brush it off as a non-issue?

Umm excuse me? Should we not be appalled by this admission?

(For context, this was Biden's USCIS on January 17th 2025. But there's still plenty of the same people still there.)

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/Ok-Opportunity5731 on 2025-06-30 14:16:23+00:00.


Coworkers, family members, people I used to consider friends. I've never gotten many complaints about my actual job performance at any of my jobs, most of the complaints were about my off hours activities (lesson learned about sharing my business w/coworkers), that I rarely volunteered for overtime & that I was unreachable on my days off. I fucking hate it & always have

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/iiimperatrice on 2025-06-30 13:12:16+00:00.


Somehow my shitty workplace was nominated for a "Greatest Companies to Work For" award. When I saw the email come through about this I couldn't help but audibly laugh in the office.

All the employees are going to get a link at some point to rate the company in categories where its score in reality should be 0/5 (bad management, zero culture unless you count drama, benefits are bare minimum, etc.). I'm not sure how anonymous these things are, but I know that a majority of my co workers hate this place and would love to vote truthfully instead of giving the company 5/5 in every category to avoid stirring shit up.

Have you ever done one of these before? How should I vote? 👀

Edit: Thanks for your input everyone. Looks like the safest thing to do is be a good wage slave and do the survey like this is the greatest company of all time.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/CeeCeeDude on 2025-06-30 12:50:19+00:00.


I started working at UPS last month. I missed a day because the cab I called never showed up (Figures), but my attendance was good other than that. I ended up stuck in the hospital for a week without my phone. I was able to send my supervisor's contact information to my dad so he could call him and explain the situation. As soon as I got my phone back, I contacted my supervisor, and he immediately told me I was taken off the schedule due to missing so much time. I asked him to clarify if that meant I was terminated, and he says "Yes. The nice way to say it. Sorry". Like, seriously? What a dick. I didn't choose to get stuck in a hospital. I was already trying to get another job because these guys are so quick to fire people, but hadn't secured one yet. I'm so screwed now.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/SoftPleasant6911 on 2025-06-30 11:53:54+00:00.


I want to make peace with working. I want to be financially stable. But I feel like it’s impossible to actually be happy with your job in this day and age. I quit my job (that I had for over three years) 9 months ago because it was killing me, I was crying every night and having panic attacks - I tried everything, yoga and white noise meditating and walking and I would just have panic attacks while trying to practice mindfulness - and I lost 20 pounds in 2 months at my lowest. I’m 26 and about 30% of my hair is gray now, I’m not lying. I finally felt ready to start a new job, and I have a few minutes before I have to walk in, and I’m dreading it. I feel like I won’t make it through the week. I might even quit after today. I just want to be at home with my dogs. I feel like I have PTSD or something. Have you ever quit a job quickly after starting?

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/beasttank212 on 2025-06-30 10:36:30+00:00.


I used to actually enjoy what I do. The work itself is fine, my coworkers are decent people, and the pay isn't terrible. But my boss has turned this place into absolute hell.

He micromanages everything I do. I can't even go to the bathroom without him asking where I went. He'll stand behind my desk watching me type emails, then tell me I'm doing it wrong. Last week he made me redo a project three times because he kept changing his mind about what he wanted.

The worst part? He takes credit for everything good that happens and blames me for anything that goes wrong. I landed our biggest client this quarter and he told upper management it was his strategy. But when that other client complained about delayed delivery (which was 100% on the shipping department), guess who got called into his office?

I've been looking for other jobs but the market sucks right now. I'm stuck here for at least another few months. Every Sunday night I get this pit in my stomach knowing I have to deal with him again Monday morning.

Anyone else dealing with a nightmare boss? How do you cope without losing your mind????

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/Maxwellsdemon17 on 2025-06-30 09:31:51+00:00.

Original Title: Zohran Mamdani says 'I don't think we should have billionaires.' Mamdani, the presumptive Democratic nominee to be the next mayor of New York and a self-identified democratic socialist, said Sunday billionaires contribute to inequality.

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In accepting the settlement terms Disney is not required to admit to paying women less but must pay $43 million to the 9,000 current and former female employees in the case.

Disney must also hire an external labor economist to conduct a pay equity analysis for the company and an industrial/organizational psychologist to train their compensation personnel.

The original claimant in the case pointed out that six men with the same job title were paid significantly more than her, including one with several years less experience who earned $20,000 more annually.

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Original Title: A Billionaire Trump Backer Is Desperate to Stop Zohran Mamdani. Billionaire Bill Ackman and his rich friends want someone, anyone, to bring down Zohran Mamdani. Their pitch: take our money, it won’t be much time and energy, and maybe you’ll get famous enough to use the campaign as a stepping stone.

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Feels like I'll never have a stable job or career. Probably never move out of my parents house. Am I a loser or is the system just messed up? I mean I work hard and have been at the same place for 3 years now, but I could have a bad day or week and it could all be over in an instant. Rent is insane and wages are barely going up. Being a wage slave just to live paycheck to paycheck. No matter how hard I try still feels like I'm behind. Without my parents I'd definitely be homeless.

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As the title mentions, I had my performance review this month and one of the questions was to do with attendance, absenteeism and punctuality. I have been there for less than a year, only taking sick days where needed. Barely any time off. I have never went into unpaid leave, every day off I have had has been legally allowed (personal, annual leave). I rated myself a 4 out of 5 due to me being late a handful of times, all with explanations. My manager put me down as a 2 as I take more unplanned leave than the rest of my team. During this time, as she was aware, I went through the death of my father. It has been hard but honestly, I was originally so proud of myself for not going into unpaid. Realistically, why should I be marked down in a review when I have not gone over my government regulated personal leave days. This is probably more of a rant than anything but far out am I pissed off. I worked my ass off. I thought the company was supportive but I just can’t seem to actually like anyone in a management position.

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Attention Duped Republicans, Democrats, Independents, Leftists, Anarchists and Everyone Anti-Maga

I have read enough of project 25 to know that maga has already fucked up their plan. Trump went rogue and overshot the mark. They really thought they could sneak this bill through before anyone stood up and noticed, all while keeping their allies. They thought they had full control of the American media but they underestimated that the rest of the planet is not reliant on American broadcasting. They have pushed all of their allies away.

The big beautiful bill has not yet been passed. Maga has put ALL of their eggs in this one basket. All the eggs and all the cards. If this bill passes maga will have given themselves unlimited, unilateral power to destroy the Constitution. They are expecting and anticipating war with the American citizens. Like typical bullies, they have overestimated their power and underestimated your resistance.

The time is immediately. I don't have a large online presence so please help spread the word. I have a plan...

The heritage foundation filled their manifesto with flowery, flowy language in a purposely light hearted font to give the illusion of family values and good Christian ideology but you and everyone else have seen through that farce. It is race and hate based.

I and all other Gen X Punk rockers in North America spent a decade fighting Nazi skinheads in the streets. We shouted loud and proud, held multinational Rock Against Racism events. They were vicious and angry bullies. Things got violent and started gaining media attention in the days before the internet. 1990 drove them underground, they abandoned they're uniforms and grew their hair, hid in plain site.

Eventually, the heritage front and other Nazi organizations in North America disbanded and I hate to say it but we dropped the ball. We got comfortable in life, raised our families and took the whispers of racism for granted as if they were still small, unorganized and impotent. Until 2015 Trump happened and they started crawling out of their compounds and out from under rocks, and still most of us didn't take them seriously enough.

But just like in the past, they are all bluster and bravado and they are losing. They still use brawn to instigate fear but they haven't gotten any smarter in the 30 plus years they've been regrouping.

These people are not intricate thinkers. They are weak minded and easily humiliated. They've spent decades grooming the Right base with Fox and company propoganda and building a personal, familial relationship with their hosts. Trusted hosts that are now in control of the country. They are puppet heads. They are strictly following orders because obviously none of them have the education or experience for these positions.

I grew up with the founder of the proud boys. I am very, very familiar with their mindset, ideology and weaknesses. They hate people who are smarter than them and call them on their shit. More than anything.

The time to strike is right now. NOW. Abandoning the streets will draw media attention worldwide.

Today is Sunday and time is limited. You need to pull off the ultimate peaceful protest starting today. If you think about it, despite all the bluster and noise they are greatly outnumbered. They will be all over the streets ready to enforce their coup. They are wanting an internal war.

First, everybody who is not an essential worker should call in sick starting now. Do not protest in the streets. Plan to stay in place until after July 4. Get food and supplies, first aid kits, necessary medications. Whatever you need. DO NOT LEAVE PRIVATE PROPERTY UNTIL AFTER JULY 4. I know you'll feel guilty about taking sick days and need your pay BUT don't be fooled. You ARE ALREADY at war for your own country. Is a few days pay not worth your freedom?

Try not to be alone. Group up with friends and family. Throw yourselves an early extended Independence Day. Stay on PRIVATE outdoor property. Pick your place and be ready to fight but only if attacked. Indoors if needed. NOBODY ON THE STREETS!!! We need all streets to be empty. Completely empty. Send a message to the WORLD, loudly and repeatedly that you are not okay with your government. On the streets will give them the opportunity to send in their "paid, violent antifa imposters".

If you are alone, hopefully you can join someone in your community. Otherwise, hunker down and don't draw physical attention to yourself.

Get everyone you know online. As many as possible.

Start bombarding the internet, message boards, comment sections. Their biggest weakness is humiliation. You can see they are already getting desperate from the reactions of peaceful nations and the fact they couldn't fool you. Bombard your representatives with emails and phone messages. Non Americans worldwide who care can do this too. Overwhelm their servers.

Don't start anything in person and give them an excuse to sick their Gestapo on you. They are grossly outnumbered when you stick together.

They are getting more and more desperate which is going to make them more dangerous. If you don't stands up right now, it will be too late.

AGAIN, their biggest weakness is humiliation and looking impotent. You will never win with weapons. Start the humiliation now.

Spread and share this message worldwide.

@MidasTouch @KeithEdwards @LukeBeasley @everybody you can think of.

Every social media platform, news agency, everywhere.

The Power is You!

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/SyntaxPetal on 2025-06-30 00:34:51+00:00.


This happened yesterday and it’s still bugging me. We were finishing up for the day and my boss asked if I could stay late. Before I even answered, they said, “You don’t have kids to go home to, so it shouldn’t be a problem.” I was so caught off guard I just said, “I still have a life.” They kind of laughed like I was joking and walked away. The more I think about it, the more it bothers me. I don’t see why not having kids means my time matters less.

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