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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm 37, make over 200K a year, and have worked since I was 16 with the longest break being 2 weeks for my wedding and honeymoon. I've managed teams as large as 18.

I find many of the anti-work points compelling. At a minimum, I think a lot more people should be unionizing.[/quote]

Same. I shouldn't want this since I'm an elite white collar worker who is treated well, slagged my way to the mid-top and will always be working for a paycheck. I shouldn't want everything else to become more expensive and lessen my own paycheck. [/quote]

If you've never worked a minimum wage job, you need to listen to these people.  I'm a lawyer now but I worked a bunch of minimum wage through high school and college.  It's so ironic that you're lectured constantly on dedication and are expected to put up with mistreatment for minimum wage.  I once quit a job because the manager scheduled me to work during my AP tests and told me being a cashier was more important than my education.[/quote]

+1
The number of times, even at white collar jobs, I've had bosses try to get me to work for free (i.e. "everyone works through lunch" or "brendon always stay for a couple hours after, just to finish everything up") is crazy.  The number of times I've had those bosses require me to work through holidays, including Christmas, is also crazy.  The attitude they have, like they just want to squeeze every drop they can out of you for as least money as possible, is dehumanizing and gross.

You can be a company and also treat people like human beings.  You can be a manager and also a decent human being with some compassion that allows people to keep their dignity.

[b]Millennials did this same thing with #MeToo and everyone laughed at the beginning. Now theyre coming for this messed up work culture.  And I'm glad.  Because it's high time it ends.[/b]  I work for myself now, but I remember the mistreatment, and it was really awful. Cant imagine how bad it is for those struggling with a family on minimum wage or something [/quote] Good post.[/quote]

+Agree. I am older than this but even as a white collar worker have put up with horrible mistreatment. No one should have to get on a plane with a 104 fever and work a 90 hr week before they land themselves in the hospital. People should not have to take personal financial losses to cancel vacations with their families, or be expected to respond within minutes 24/7, 365 days a year. It's not good for us and it kills us all slowly. And that's white collar work! Lower down the food chain is even more exploitative and you don't make enough to pay for basic needs? We need a change. No one should be working 40 hrs a week and also qualifying for welfare and subsidies just to get by. [/quote]

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