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Reddit ‘antiwork’ forum booms as millions of Americans quit jobs
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> some kind of effective geo-lock
With the sorry state of security that is consumer electronics...
you're nuts.
You'd have to completely rework the entire legal liability system with regards to electronic devices and also put real teeth on enforcement. Otherwise... you just have bots/vpns/tunnels/etc on the devices within the geolock.
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#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
You are not exactly the first person to say this on this thread. How do I know you yourself are not part of a discredition campaign? Can you substantiate your speculation by pointing out inauthentic popular posts or accounts at least?
You're not the first person to question people questioning whether the antiwork echo chamber is being manipulated by state actors. How do I know you aren't part of the counter counter espionage? Can you substantiate your speculation by pointing out inauthentic posts or accounts? What a stupid post. If your first reaction to someone questioning a broad social movement in 2022 as a conspiracy theory is to go directly i…
> What a stupid post. If your first reaction to someone questioning a broad social movement in 2022 as a conspiracy theory (...)
From where I'm standing, the stupidity that stands out is how some people are desperately trying to gaslight themselves and everyone around them by trying to depict people chatting about workplace abuse as being something outlandish and utterly inconceivable.
I happen to stumble upon posts from /r/antiwork and I have to say that personally I had the misfortune of experiencing far worse than what's reported there on any random day, and in western European countries where workers rights actually exist and are enforced.
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> I find it funny how so many HNers suddenly jump out of the wood work to respond to allegations that these subreddits are supported by foreign troll farms.
+1
I mean, the /r/antiwork subreddit features mostly posts reporting how people quit their jobs following a history of workplace abuse, or red flags during hiring processes.
Moreover, the subreddit isn't even exclusive to reports from the US.
Are we now supposed to believe that there is no such thing as a bad interview or poor working conditions anywhere we look?
Why are these accounts so hell bent on gaslighting everyone into thinking that there is no such thing as an abusive boss, and quiting a bad job or rejecting a job offer is unheard of?
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#57Or, millions pretend to quit their jobs for karma points.
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#58Is it really ao hard so believe non skilled jobs have it this hard? Retail sucks, most service jobs suck and exploit workers. They found class consciousness through anger.
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#59It shouldn't be completely dismissed, but I think the forum is more about how an unhappy (or angry) minority have found each other, and the people that like to read their stories. I don't think that r/antiwork should be taken as representative of anything, including a broader movement. It's the same with twitter, there is a committed vocal and angry group, but it's not real life
What about this https://hbr.org/2021/09/who-is-driving-the-great-resignation ?
>>It's the same with twitter, there is a committed vocal and angry group, but it's not real life
>What about this https://hbr.org/2021/09/who-is-driving-the-great-resignation ?
>1. Resignation rates are highest among mid-career employees.
>2. Resignations are highest in the tech and health care industries.
Your source doesn't really contradict the parent comment. The top posts in the subreddit don't match the demographics in the hbr article. Looking at the top 30 posts this month and filtering for anecdotes, I see:
1. some sort of office worker that works weekends
8. something about a skilled tradesman
12. salesman at a dealership
13. a worker at some sort blue collar job (mentions "work boots" and "work pants")
19. someone working at starbucks
20. someone who works as a "Underwriter"
21. someone who has an "engineering degree" but was offered a $40k/yr job
23. someone who is being asked to wear uniforms
26. welder
29. police academy
I'm not sure about you, but from the sampling of these posts, the anecdotes seem to be mostly people working blue collar/retail/service jobs. Programmers and doctors are not present at all.
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#60Is it really ao hard so believe non skilled jobs have it this hard? Retail sucks, most service jobs suck and exploit workers. They found class consciousness through anger.
> Is it really ao hard so believe non skilled jobs have it this hard?
What makes this gaslighting attempts so mind-numbingly pathetic is the fact that even some FANGs, which are supposedly references in terms of high-quality, highly-paid work, are renowned for their poor working conditions and hiring processes. And they have been known for that for around a decade, now.
If this is an expected occurrence in high-quality work in fields where the job market is firmly on the worker's side, why are these guys trying to fool everyone into believing that abusive workplaces are completely unheard of in other less fortunate sectors?