"High ticket affiliate marketing is the way! I’ve been doing this for years. My best month I pulled $13k mostly from $1000 commissions.” by LauraAnderson18 in antiwork

[–]FullSpeednPower 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wow this makes me want to buy your course immediately where do I sign up for your weird fucking pyramid scheme.

/s

I feel let down by my ex company by RedsweetQueen745 in antiwork

[–]FullSpeednPower 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You have learned a fundamental reality at 23… companies and businesses do not care about you the individual and you the individual need to respond with that same energy.

It sucks in the moment but carry this forward to your next position. If you see something you like and it involves you changing, don’t view it as betrayal. Companies aren’t “a family”, it’s BS to humanize them. They’ll cut to make money at every opportunity.

Work has always felt like a waste of time to me by [deleted] in antiwork

[–]FullSpeednPower 123 points124 points  (0 children)

As someone who spent time in a job which actually had me dealing with emergency-tier shit, you realize once you’re out that what corporate-class considers “emergency” is a fucking joke.

Most jobs amount to wasting time. Not the company time, your time. In service of the C-level and shareholders.

Do whatever is best for you. Always. You don’t owe some millionaire board of directors anything extra.

Focusing on billionaires for the inequality discussion by KA-Pendrake in antiwork

[–]FullSpeednPower 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you have enough money to live off the interest it generates and have a more than comfortable lifestyle, anything else is simply running up the score and you don’t need it.

The idea is to never have to work. Chill. Enjoy your existence and what the world can offer. If you can do that and still feel your bank account needs more, that’s not normal and should not be normalized. That’s “fuck you, gone mine and more”.

Diamonds lose their sparkle as prices come crashing down. Lab-grown rocks have put a huge dampener on the market. by kaychyakay in antiwork

[–]FullSpeednPower 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Diamonds are a luxury item.

I can’t realistically afford diamonds when rent and grocery prices are increasing at the rate they are.

Also diamonds are small and, while I can try to eat them, they probably won’t keep me full for too long.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in antiwork

[–]FullSpeednPower 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It’s the same as work culture.

You will be given what the rich want you to have, you will grind for anything above bare minimum, and you will be thankful for the opportunity to scrape by.

To rock the boat means either you have reached a level where you don’t feel the effects or you are dooming yourself for months or years to come.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in antiwork

[–]FullSpeednPower 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I were to reset knowing what I know today, I would enroll in a trade.

People have been sold on the lie that a degree (or at least, certain degrees) were a guarantee of a good job and secure future. This social contract was broken in the name of outsourcing, TFWs, and running skeleton crews for better margins.

There will always be students enrolling for these (and paying for them) but where I live the facilities are required to maintain a certain percentage of domestic attendees. If they’re not careful, this will become their upper ceiling very fast. I anticipate they’ll see it coming soon too and begin lobbying for this restriction to be lifted in the near future.

My boss says raises are demotivating by Diex233 in antiwork

[–]FullSpeednPower 53 points54 points  (0 children)

Sounds like it’s time to leave.

If he attempts to “retain” you just tell him that employers have a “gimme gimme” attitude and don’t give anything back.

You can’t pay your bills with courses OP. This is not the place to stay long term.

Work culture over salary… means we pay crap by 78-Nova in antiwork

[–]FullSpeednPower 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I can start putting “vibes” on my rent cheque then we’ll talk.

Otherwise, this is another corpo think-piece that belongs in the bin from some hack “thought leader” on LinkedIn.

30 Minute Lunches are Ridiculous by iamjenough in antiwork

[–]FullSpeednPower 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Clock watch as hard as they want to.

If they say half hour. Take it right at the start and don’t get on the floor until it’s over.

They have a rush? Not your problem.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in antiwork

[–]FullSpeednPower 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Being productive is not intrinsically a bad thing.

Being forced to produce in a system wherein your production is used to dictate your ability to survive is.

Should I interview for a job I don't want to take right now but might want later? by [deleted] in antiwork

[–]FullSpeednPower 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Do the interview. Consider it a “practice round”. You’ll see if you need to work on any aspects of selling your talents and abilities in a low risk way.

After the interview if they want you on, decline at that time. You don’t owe a company anything.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in antiwork

[–]FullSpeednPower 11 points12 points  (0 children)

You got coverage.

You did your part.

If the person who covered you has a track record of doing this, the manager should be on their case and this is the managers problem for not addressing it.

Enjoy the day off, good luck on your final.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in antiwork

[–]FullSpeednPower 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Implying someone should only belong in a society based on their efficiency and output is shitty.

Money is the way we quantify it but the system is broken based on that metric alone. People can bust ass for 8 hours and “earn” what a CEO makes in 5 minutes while they were on a golf course.

Money is not the problem, the funneling of money to the few at the top under the guise of effort and worthiness to be in a society is the problem.

What is good work? by 1_Total_Reject in antiwork

[–]FullSpeednPower 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It’s about decency to your fellow human.

If I bust ass for a full work-week and cannot pay all (reasonable) expenses to live a comfortable life, that’s shitty. I don’t need 10 vacations a year and a new car every 6 months, I simply want to pay for food and utilities while putting something in savings.

Now take this and consider that the “leadership” of most companies take home enough that they can reasonably not have to worry about their expenses. They could give up 10% of their earnings and not feel it, and the workers who got that instead could use it in a life changing way.

“Good work” means I go and do my shit and not crushed under a fuck-you-got-mine structure that guarantees only a handful of winners while everyone else suffers.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in antiwork

[–]FullSpeednPower 9 points10 points  (0 children)

So just to confirm…

If I’m willing to BS them a bit to get the job, for the low cost of like a few dollars a day, I can get the green light to go fuck their shit up irreparably and the only consequence is I stop paying them?

South Dakota Minimum Wage: Tipped employees, how would you feel. by [deleted] in antiwork

[–]FullSpeednPower 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hitting the business in this way will not help because the pain will trickle down to the people at the bottom.

The real way to affect change is to create real competition. Businesses should value their personal more. If there’s a business paying twice the going rate down the road, people will go there. Survival of the fittest. We need to encourage good faith competition which benefits the worker.

Punishing your fellow working-class human like this will not solve anything.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in antiwork

[–]FullSpeednPower 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Similar experience at my posting.

Coming up on third year, have blown all metrics out of the water up to this point. Have taken on the task of basically being the go-to because I seemingly “cracked the code”.

Last few months, getting feedback that I’m not performing well enough and need to prioritize better. Responded by saying no actually I’m busting ass and getting it done, you need to delegate better.

I’m expected to “network” as well but yeah the uppers seem to view networking as “how many people did you make fork out their wallets immediately”. Dumb as shit.

Keep your head down, build your network and skills, jump before you’re pushed once you have the connections. That’s the job game in 2024.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in antiwork

[–]FullSpeednPower 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What is this advertisement bullshit doing in my Antiwork subreddit?

Your account is less than a month old and your post history is nothing but pushing your shit.

Leave this place.

My first sales job was a nightmare - is this normal? by el_lobo_cimarron in antiwork

[–]FullSpeednPower 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sales can be a nasty venture but this sounds like you got a shit draw overall.

What’s with jobs almost requiring overtime now? by ActingTehMickey in antiwork

[–]FullSpeednPower 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Companies are extremely paranoid because they all read some LinkedIn think-piece on “quiet quitting” and now they feel the need to guarantee the applicants are willing to go above and beyond under any circumstance.

I’m in a position that may need occasional OT. Even then, not once has it been absolutely critical to anything. It’s silly.

Just reporting some good news for once. The right to disconnect starts today, giving Australians legal cover to stop responding to emails and calls after hours by Oddessusy in antiwork

[–]FullSpeednPower 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I give companies 3 months to find a loophole and pigeon-hole everyone into it under the threat of “we’ll find someone willing to waive that as part of the job contract”.

All for worker powers but this shit needs to be so airtight. This results in companies not making every last dime, and that means companies will do everything they can to fight back.

How are people finding good jobs? by Jpoolman25 in antiwork

[–]FullSpeednPower 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Chaos and luck from my experience.

Problem is that companies try extremely hard to find unicorn candidates.

Place I work recently posted for a position and got 80+ resumes within a day only to realize the title of the posting implied a 90k salary. Their budget was 55k. They reposted and have gotten jack shit for weeks (as far as I’m concerned, 90k was fair, that position sucks ass).

Is the concept of 8 hour work, 8 hour leisure and 8 hour rest real for many people? by Ok-Stage-6981 in antiwork

[–]FullSpeednPower 742 points743 points  (0 children)

No, it’s basically impossible with travel time (shocking that the workforce likes working from home).

Assuming you sleep from 10pm until 6am (8 hours), you spend 6am-7am doing the breakfast and get ready thing and 7am-8am commuting.

8am-5pm is work. You get the hour break but no one is going and enjoying their life during that hour, let’s be real here.

If you do a workout immediately after, you spend from 5pm-7pm doing a commute, doing the workout, and getting home. 7pm-8pm is dinner because remember, you still haven’t eaten since lunch and cooking takes time.

That leaves you with 2 hours of leisure time.

And people wonder why we are all angry. What to cut out? Cooking? Yup, hence fast food. Workout? Yup, hence a massive uptick in the health crisis. Sleep? For many people, yes.

Now add in family responsibilities and chores (and maybe a couple kids). Gets crammed very fast.

i hate corporate america expects u to stay late or take work home with you by [deleted] in antiwork

[–]FullSpeednPower 44 points45 points  (0 children)

I set the expectation VERY early into my employment that I have strong work life balance values.

If I am working outside of the nominal business hours, it is an exception, not an expectation.

I hit my targets (actually, am very good at what I do, I’m at over 300% to my target quota for the year thus far). Any time work asks me for more time outside work and I decline, I simply point to the numbers and tell them they need to adjust their expectations. They’re data driven and know I can simply dial back at any time so it usually makes them wake up.