[ home / overboard / sfw / alt / cytube] [ leftypol / b / WRK / hobby / tech / edu / ga / ent / music / 777 / posad / i / a / lgbt / R9K / dead ] [ meta ]

/WRK/ - Wagie and Work

Work and Wagie related discussion
Name
Email
Subject
Comment
Captcha
Tor Only
Flag
File
Embed
Password (For file deletion.)
Matrix   IRC Chat   Mumble
| Catalog | Home

File: 1783861770578.png ( 96.83 KB , 474x235 , slow-poke.png )

 No.780[Reply]

work for a shady contractor at a warehouse owned by multi billion dollar grocery store corporation, i unload the trucks with forklifts, restack the pallets, wrap them up and other bullshit so they can be 'recieved', i work in the freezer, so it's very cold, which i like, usually you get paid extra for shit like this, but i make less than minimum wage, i'm also working 10-12 hour shifts, exept when they let me out crazy early for days in a row dropping my check down to pocket change

they have this bullshit called 'production pay' which is obviously just some cheese to keep you running on a hamster wheel and act like it's you're fault they don't pay you shit, basically each truck is worth a set amount of money, and supposedly you can make more money the more trucks you move, but the price of the trucks is variable and it's basically impossible to make more thru production than the base pay which is $14 an hour. And then they tell me if i don't make production pay by end of 3 months i'm fired, which, i'm hoping to get a better job by then so, fuck it

if you are employed by the company outright they have good was explained the reason the company doesn't just hire it's own people to do this bullshit, but i was explained it's for legal liability reasons, so basically aside from doing all the most important and intensive labor for less money, i'm also a legal liability shield, yay… the company basically treats us contractors are untouchables / leeches, we don't get the free goodies the company gives out and everyone looks at us with contempt and blames us when anything goes wrong ( and it's like yeah you pay us below minimum wage ) this is in the US South so you know they'd bring back Jim Crow if they could.
>>

 No.781

10-12 hours at below minimum?
I forgot there were even states in the south which set it at $15. Sucks that they're still underpaying through contract BS.
>>

 No.782

>>781

it's supposed to be 15 here but i think employers are just ignoring that and the gop suckers in the state legislature aren't enforcing it

even worse than the contractor shit is piecemeal, which is like 5-10 an hour maybe if you're really good, used to be only undocumented people did that, but with so many of them hiding a lot of citizens are being forced to do that

also food service places will often pay less than minimum wage because you're supposed to get tips, even if you're in the back of the restaurant

File: 1778993770917.jpg ( 9.29 KB , 236x236 , image_proxy.jpg )

 No.772[Reply]

Working at a plant, mill, rig, refinery, factory and any type of converting facility will literally kill you.
Not just physically, mentally, spiritually, it will grind you down into literal dust until you just give up. Completely.
Sure the "money is good" but at what cost? It's not even just the face value money you make. 25+ dollars an hour is great, but, it's really the over time. That is how all these people walking around at these big factories and big jobs in your towns make so much money. They work themselves to death. Myself included.
In the last 2 months I have had around 4 days off. The money is amazing, but, that is the cost; The trade off, if you will.
I exchange not just my time, but, my literal, physical, mental and spiritual essence and receive cash. I don't really have a choice either because you don't have to work over time but it isn't looked at as "being a dedicated employee" otherwise. I don't know how much more of this shit I can take, man.
>>

 No.773

That's really shit. They could just hire more folks to cover more shifts, but of course they don't.
>>

 No.774

>>773
That's another thing. The turn over is crazy at places like these. Mills and Rigs specifically have a much higher mortality rate than normal jobs. Refiniers take a lot of experience in the industry and some college education so there's that, but, these places are just not jobs everyone can do. Everyone wants to work at them, but, the general public has a misunderstanding of how these places operate because they are on the outside looking in. I work at a paper mill and, me too, It was nothing like I thought it would be when I first got to it. Dangerous, hot, gruling labor with little room for error. many people just can't do it and realize that and either quit, make it until they find a place to go in the facility that isn't as intense, or, get hurt, or, worse. We had an 18 year old get his finger cut off on the winder once because a gate was off that MGMT had known about for 2 years that guarded a spring where the rolls of paper board were set to cushion them to get prepped and put into the winder. Well, he put his finger somewhere he shouldn't have because he just didn't have the expierience and understanding but it's a feedback loop: They can't keep anyone cause no one can do the work so they can't keep anyone…..etc etc. In my orientation class there was 10 people that went to the machines with me and me and three other people made it out of our probation period.
>>

 No.779

>>774
I think those jobs are meant to be temporary. Stay around for a a year and a half at best and find the next grind

File: 1746970105731.webm ( 13.04 MB , 854x480 , Chappelle's Show - PopCop….webm )

 No.693[Reply]

is this /WRK/ culture?
>>

 No.694

Allahu Akbar
>>

 No.695

such a fucking classic
>>

 No.777

File: 1780302050826.jpg ( 18.55 KB , 805x117 , Eddie Griffin Talks Ice Sp….jpg )

>>

 No.778

>>777
Trips of truth.
It be like that, for real.

File: 1653852993650.jpg ( 47.33 KB , 622x636 , 1631753990398.jpg )

 No.11[Reply]

Welcome to the work day general.

Tell us about your day anon. Did you have a good day at work? Its OK we know work is horrible.

I work graves at a factory. If you have it shitty at work I can relate.

Tell us about your day under the crushing weight of the profit motive.
43 posts and 4 image replies omitted. Click reply to view.
>>

 No.698

>>697
n33t is unhappy too. i think i am gonna save u like 400k and retire early by getting a part time job.
>>

 No.758

File: 1771806474681.jpg ( 30 KB , 250x375 , joanjett.jpg )

A year ago some blue haired manager who looked like Joan Jett chased me out of the supermarket because I didn't do a good job blocking the shelves even though I already went to the time clock and ended my shift.

My last 9-5 shift was awful as usual, customers flooding the aisles and asking me where shit is because they are too lazy to look themselves because they are old rich bastards getting sent to the supermarket by their waifus; they could just look at the signs above the aisles too…
>>

 No.759

>>758
Just keep trying to find something better. Those jobs suck for sure. Try getting into some low level operator positions in a factory or a plant if there is anything like that around you area.
>>

 No.761

>>11
Substitute teacher.
I like it actually :)
Last month I had a 3 week stint as 8th grade science teacher. It was nice to re-learn the basics of chemistry.
Today I'm high school English. They're reading The House of the Scorpion in 9th grade and Kafka's Metamorphosis in 12th grade. We read some aloud in 9th grade and that is always fun :)

Job doesn't pay very well but I like it
>>

 No.776

File: 1779976586137.gif ( 40.29 KB , 498x332 , 1779567909841-0.gif )

We had a guy get his fucking hand crushed today at the mill. The mill manager made a huge deal about it brought everyone in then proceeded to make a big scene. (Imo he kinda showed how selfish he was but maybe he was just shell shocked) But yeah, crazy shit. It's wild cause me and my co-worker were just talking about people loosing fingers.

File: 1774217576568.jpg ( 54.02 KB , 850x505 , 001.jpg )

 No.762[Reply]

Hey guys just wanted to ask what your opinions are on getting a tech job without a degree (sysadmin or cybersec) I have done some of my own research into it and have found promising results and some positive points. My current plan is to get a few certs: RHCSA, RHCE, CCNA and comptia security+. Im fine working for a smaller company since I dont care to work at a souless corp like google or amazon or some defense contractor. Paying for college is also a pain, any advice or words of wisdom are appreciated.
4 posts omitted. Click reply to view.
>>

 No.767

>>766
Oh fuck I hate everything to do with job applications. It's the most degrading shit ever. Why must I solicit whoring myself out, at least in slavery the slaves were guaranteed an existence.

Well maybe there's a way to game the system, prompt engineer ourselves to the top. I have had recruiters in the past even tell me: you need more keywords type shit.
>>

 No.768

>>765
>Email is stupid hard to self-host (IMO), and this makes it very easy.
Email self-hosting is a good privacy practice in general in addition to being good for your portfolio, I say it's a great idea. Though Nextcloud is better since it has other services like cloud storage.
>>

 No.769

>>764
>why would an employer choose someone with no degree over someone with one
maybe personality
>>

 No.770

>>767
Is it worth asking some of these questioms in an E-mail to a few employers (both those that list accepting applicants without a degree and those that dont specifically mention it/say a degree is preferred over just a HS diploma and certificates?)

Ive been wondering how true it is if some of these companies do in fact consider non degree holders for jobs the same as those who have 4 year degrees.

I first got the idea that I could get an IT role without degrees from:
>https://odysee.com/@AlphaNerd:8/why-certs-are-better-than-degrees-for:9

And:
>https://odysee.com/@AlphaNerd:8/the-absolute-state-of-college:a

I looked into it more and found articles and other forum discussions that seem to validate that its possible and given that college is extremely time consuming and expensive, I figured this was a good idea. Anyways sorry for the long post just have had a lot on my mind and preasure from some family.
>>

 No.771

>>770
>Is it worth asking some of these questioms in an E-mail to a few employers
Your best bet is to find where your colleagues are online. This might mean going on reddit, but you need to find your people and get concrete advice.

IRL is even better, ask around if anyone knows a guy works in a field, and just call them up to have a chat. People are down to give professional advice.

Lastly, to your other point, you obviously need to be competent to get a job, and be able to show that so that might mean this is going to be a hobby before it is a profession. If you're passionate about it you can do it. If you aren't, then actually college (if you can afford it) is a better idea since you have a definite timeline where you come out qualified.

File: 1764774805714.jpg ( 2.6 MB , 3000x1688 , Smashburger_03.jpg )

 No.719[Reply]

switching from working s fuckass grocery job to a dishwasher at a local burger joint is amazing, I love a place I can work and know the guy who owns the restaurant and sometimes even visits to help cook and joke around with the staff, I respect a local owned business more honestly, you guys agree?
>>

 No.760

It’s nice at first but it wears on you after awhile

File: 1766525132575.jpg ( 96.35 KB , 1500x1000 , gig-economy-final-e11918cb….jpg )

 No.728[Reply]

What is your thoughts on 'gig economy'? What if socialism looked like a 'gig economy'?
15 posts and 2 image replies omitted. Click reply to view.
>>

 No.753

>>752
Don't you think convenience can be socially necessary in an advanced economy? I thought labor becomes socially necessary at the point of exchange, so if someone is willing to pay for a commodity then it's socially necessary. It's not just the stuff we need for the survival of the species, even though that's part of it.
>>

 No.754

>>753
If we are talking about delivery of machinery parts than yea that's a social necessity.

>It's not just the stuff we need for the survival of the species, even though that's part of it.

This is not a bad argument but it's a terrible justification for why unskilled service jobs became the common job type of the average person
>>

 No.755

>>754
>It's a terrible justification for why unskilled service jobs became the common job type of the average person

We can talk about why they became the dominant sector, and I believe we can fully figure that out with facts, by looking at the history. I'd like to put a pin in that because…

What I'm actually trying to justify is service workers having a place amongst the proletariat. If we think that service workers, the predominant kind of worker today, are inherently not revolutionary because of their relation to production or whatever, or simply put if they aren't really contributing anything to society, then the consequences of that kind of freak me out.

Hear me out, that would mean that we as revolutionaries don't give a shit about them, that would mean that if there was any kind of revolutionary working class movement then it would be a minority of the population who would be the dictatorship over the rest of the urban, city dwelling, service working population, which might have a problem with what the conservative blue-collar "true" working class want to exert on them.

So how I see this is a contradiction potentially, and I'm not sure how that would be resolved. How could it be a popular movement without actually needing the majority of workers?
>>

 No.756

>>754
>>755
Anon let me know if I'm not making any sense…
>>

 No.757

>>756
You're making sense I'm just bemoaning the fact that most prime age adults are wasting away in service industry work instead of more contributive fields like mechanics, agriculture, medicine, etc.

I think part of the reason why our economy sucks is that people nowadays have to beg corporations for a job scraping grease off the griddle for a living.

It's no wonder why work ethic is low and mass shootings are at an all time high.

File: 1757705280291.png ( 23.48 KB , 266x190 , ClipboardImage.png )

 No.706[Reply]

Hey anons,
I'm currently an archivist and (substitute) teacher in the US. It's time for me to get the hell out. I know that Taiwan accepts substitute teaching licenses for public schools (most other countries require a real teaching license for public schools)

I know Taiwan was founded by the KMT, are they still fascist? Or Fascist Lite like the US? I'm just starting the process now and it's not like my heart is set on Taiwan or anything.

Has anyone else done this or heard good/bad things about it?

Comradely,
5 posts and 18 image replies omitted. Click reply to view.
>>

 No.712

File: 1757709213371-0.png ( 120.66 KB , 252x288 , Abu Ghraib (6).png )

File: 1757709213371-1.png ( 100.34 KB , 252x233 , Abu Ghraib (7).png )

File: 1757709213371-2.png ( Spoiler Image, 125.51 KB , 252x251 , Abu Ghraib (8).png )

File: 1757709213371-3.png ( Spoiler Image, 236.83 KB , 252x537 , Abu Ghraib (9).png )

File: 1757709213371-4.png ( Spoiler Image, 197.72 KB , 252x582 , Abu Ghraib (10).png )

>America is only Fascist Lite
>>

 No.713

File: 1757709242060.png ( 217.81 KB , 260x675 , Abu Ghraib (11).png )

>only Fascist Lite™
>>

 No.714

>>706
>>713
>>>totally missing the point of the post and derailing it with a bunch of gore images
>>

 No.740

I've never taught abroad but I did work at a university abroad. I was in the Middle East so I can't comment about Taiwan, but make sure you vet the school you work at. Private universities are notoriously shitholes that violate labor laws among other things.

If you don't want to work in Taiwan, why don't you just go to China? Again, I've never been a teacher, but I'm pretty sure all you need is a bachelors and TEFL cert to start teaching English. If you want to break from that, I assume you could study for whatever cert you need online while already abroad.
>>

 No.741

Check out an IELTS if you can

File: 1745196178972.jpg ( 114.73 KB , 1066x1600 , 10 - Times_Most_Influental….jpg )

 No.683[Reply]

Unless you find your dream job and strike it rich, what is the point? To eventually get a house which you don’t even really own? Yours always paying shit anyways. Would rather play Overwatch.
8 posts omitted. Click reply to view.
>>

 No.726

>>725
>There will always be a job and if there are no jobs, that just means people are not looking hard enough.
No it doesn't.
>>

 No.730

>>725
>I want them to have more kids so we can eventually live in a utopia.

>That's true, but everything always happens. There will always be a job and if there are no jobs, that just means people are not looking hard enough. Or my kids can get their own jobs.

These two paragraphs contradict each other.
How can your kids be fruit full and multiply if there aren't enough jobs for everyone?

Are you aware that in small towns, unskilled labor is gatekept single parents?

Also the majority of the current job market is customer service. Blue collar jobs are lacking skilled quantity due to academic propaganda
>>

 No.731

>>730
When my children will grow up, they will get a job. The world will not remain static. My children will be better than other children.
>>

 No.735

>>731
So you're delusional.
Good to know.
>>

 No.736

>>731
not sure if satire

File: 1748538378120.png ( 38.59 KB , 286x380 , 1738597006549515.png )

 No.699[Reply]

I haven't made a resume in years. I am looking for a new job because the mill has become an oppressive nightmare and i refuse to work there. Can you guys help me with my resume? What website can i go to to use an outline?
>>

 No.700

File: 1748541731126.png ( 166.21 KB , 928x639 , ClipboardImage.png )

>>699
What I would do is just get yourself a LaTex template for a resume on a site like this: https://www.latextemplates.com/cat/curricula-vitae

unzip it, edit the .tex file (it's a bit like editing html, shouldn't be too hard) and then make a pdf with the pdflatex command.

(You can edit .tex with any text editor, or Gummi will render the document on one side for you)
>>

 No.733

>>700
Not OP, but thank you anon! I'll try this for my resume, it sounds useful!

Delete Post [ ]
[ home / overboard / sfw / alt / cytube] [ leftypol / b / WRK / hobby / tech / edu / ga / ent / music / 777 / posad / i / a / lgbt / R9K / dead ] [ meta ]
Previous [ 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 ]
| Catalog | Home